"...w¡ñ§±¤ñ" wrote

| The concept of 'real email' - at one time maybe, not anymore, the only
| difference is the brand name of the domain and that is no longer absolute.
|

Not at all. That's my point. And it seemed to be
what Brick was expressing. If you pay for it
it's real email. If you use gmail then it's their
email. As your email address here demonstrates,
you don't care about Google storing and reading
your private correspondence. Many people
don't. But that doesn't mean real email is a
thing of the past.