In reply to a post by b4dger:

Their email is available from any internet device and they don't have to worry about backing their data up.

You can also Send from any internet connected device, which a lot of ISP generated E-mail accounts deny.

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In reply to a post by b4dger:

When people register their own domain it's worth pointing out that this can make them easy to trace! i.e. If they have their WHOIS information on show strangers can see their registered (home?) address. Also some people pick the house name etc. as part of their domain perhaps giving away too much information if talking to strangers...

AFAIK you can still request the registration company to remove your address from the WHOIS details, although this only applies if you are a private individual. If you are a business it has to be on display as required by Company law, although I can imagine that you could use your Accountant's business address rather than your home one.

Certainly the company I use removed my home address.

Yes, for .uk (nominet) addresses individuals can 'opt out' of WHOIS - it will still show your name though. If you use a .com or .net etc. then you would have to pay for an anonymising service.

A lot of people reading this thread to work out their email options probably wouldn't be aware of any of this though...

You're right! Never noticed that before. It must be that GMail's SMTP server is communicating with its mailstore, which is unusual for SMTPs.

In reference to support.google.com/mail/answer/78892?hl=en:

If your client is sending mail through Gmail's SMTP server, your sent messages will be automatically copied to the [Gmail]/Sent Mail folder.

In reply to a post by b4dger:

Yes, for .uk (nominet) addresses individuals can 'opt out' of WHOIS - it will still show your name though.

The option is free when you register the domain name. If you change your mind later on, you have to pay and you have to contact Nominet directly. Your registrar cannot do it for you.

I guess registrars work differently...
I mostly use Freeola/GetDotted - you can 'opt out' of a WHOIS whenever you like not just when you register (for free).

In reply to a post by XRaySpeX:

You're right! Never noticed that before.

I only noticed when my phone, connected to G-Mail via, IMAP, was continually running out of memory!

(I would urge anyone using G-mail on their phone to enter the app and check all of the folders for redundant info.)

Edited by deleted (Sat 03-Jan-15 18:33:00)

I believe that only started relatively recently. There were many old SMTP sent GMails that were not on the server when I deleted today the recent ones I discovered. These had already been deleted from my mail client not long after they were sent but they remained on the server (they were tests).