My privilege. It acts as a local proxy for any existing email addresses and remote email servers. So you can consolidate addresses/accounts to send and receive from the one local desktop app. And you can also get a new custom address and account using their affiliates if you like.
I kind of get what you’re explaining, and I browsed the article at the link you gave. I’m only about 25% comfortable with current technology. Before I retired in 2008, I tried to be “up” on as much as I could absorb, and did some technical support. But in today’s world, things move so quickly that I am lost.
Anyhow, when I’ve had more coffee, and then get back home from church, I’ll try to learn about this.
Last week, someone here posted that in September when you log in to Outlook.com, they’ll require a two-step verification each time — a code to your cell phone. I’m not liking that.
We’ll be cruising for two weeks later this year. On board, we’ll have internet (thank you, Elon!), but no cellular. So we’ll have to figure out how to get the verification. (Life should get easier, not more complicated.)