I am a professional, but to the IETF lists (and other mailing list) I
subscribe via gmail because (i) the largest quota of gmail (ML, especial
open source related ones, can easily clog your mailbox) and (ii) I find
more convenient the "label" approach of gmail, rather the usual
"folder-based" approach. In other words, gmail has features that the mail
of my university has not.
On Fri, Aug 29, 2014 at 5:54 PM, Ross Finlayson
<finlayson(_at_)live555(_dot_)com>
wrote:
I've also seen many people who keep a gmail or other mass market account
as a professional address knowing that they will move between
institutional addresses. As companies come and go faster and people
transition between them more often, keeping a semi-permanent
professional contact point is a sound strategy.
Can these people really be confident that "gmail.com" will outlive their
professional life? At the very least, they should use their own domain
name - even if they use a GMail or Yahoo Mail-type service to host their
email. (As an extra benefit - to keep this message on-topic - the email
that they send won't be subject to DMARC.)
The fact that such services are useful is undeniable. As is the fact that
"@yahoo.com" and "@gmail.com" email address look unprofessional. They
just do.
Ross.