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Cancelling or switching email providers
How to switch email providers without losing mail or downtime.
Key points
Export/import your mail first
Set up new provider before canceling
Change MX records
Forward during transition
Keep old account briefly
How to do it
Sign up for the new provider
Import your mail (IMAP)
Set up new MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC
Test sending
Forward from old, then close it
Common mistakes
Canceling before migrating
No overlap period
Losing archives
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