# Ways to avoid single point of email failure

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-single-point-of-email-failure/1024848>\
**Category:** In My Humble Opinion\
**Created:** [November 14, 2025, 3:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-single-point-of-email-failure/1024848 "2025-11-14T15:03:55Z")\
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**Author:** ![RitterSport](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/rittersport/32/6326_2.png) [@RitterSport](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/RitterSport)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-single-point-of-email-failure/1024848/21 "2025-11-14T20:39:04Z")

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> [@Reply](#):
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> Then I tried logging in with the wrong password 10 more times.

\<faints dead away\>

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**Author:** ![Reply](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/reply/32/15952_2.png) [@Reply](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reply)\
**Post date:** [November 14, 2025, 8:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/ways-to-avoid-single-point-of-email-failure/1024848/22 "2025-11-14T20:55:58Z")

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Never underestimate the power of a determined one-man botnet on a lazy Friday afternoon.

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