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HostEurope, a formerly European web and e-mail hosting provider acquired by GoDaddy in 2016, just informed its customers that it will move their IMAP folders and everything e-mail to Microsoft's MS365 offer.

This move does not only incur additional fees for many customers – it also raises privacy concerns.

We recommend you empty all of your IMAP folders now and move your e-mail (domains) to one of the trustworthy e-mail services listed here: switching.software/replace/gma

Trademarks used by HostEurope Group include 123-reg, Webfusion, Heart Internet, BrandFortress, Host Europe, Domainbox, Domainmonster, Domainfactory, DonHost, Sign-Up.to, velia.net and RedCoruna. Their users might also be affected.

PS: HostEurope has published the following FAQ:

switching.softwareBye, GMailRecommended E-Mail Providers:

TIL #GoDaddy offers a domain squatter negotiation racket. Er service, I meant ‘a domain squatter negotiation service’

Might’ve settled on a name and domain for a new project. Someone there has the domain. I hate the idea of buying a squatted domain, but to try it you must:

- Pay $120 for a ‘domain broker’ to begin negotiations
- Your ID is supposedly kept secret
- If you like the price, you pay for the domain, plus
- A TWENTY PERCENT COMMISSION

Seriously. A racket

“GoDaddy has failed to implement reasonable and appropriate security measures to protect and monitor its website-hosting environments for security threats, and misled customers about the extent of its data security protections on its website hosting services.”
—FTC

theregister.com/2025/01/15/god

The Register · GoDaddy slapped with wet lettuce for years of lax security and 'several major breaches'By Jessica Lyons
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I quit the GoDaddy hosting shitshow the day I saw CEO Bob Parsons posting photos of himself proudly standing with a gun over a dead, endangered elephant he had shot on safari.

I've only discovered more reasons to be glad I left ever since.

My current host is awesome, flexible, reliable and uses 100% green generated energy in a privacy respecting juristiction.

There are so many infinitely better hosts if one just takes a moment to Kagi it.

Question for my nerdier-than-most friends here on #HamRadio Mastodon...

I've used #GoDaddy as my registrar since the '90s, I think. Long time. They were cool back then. They've become more icky since.

Not moving my primary domain 'cuz it's too much work. But I'm also holding a domain for my son who doesn't have any complex needs like I do. Just an email alias that points to his gmail - that's IT.

Can you suggest a registrar that's fair priced, & good to work with?