The risk is not that they shut down, the risk is that you lose your hosting account.
It happens all of the time.
Downloading your mailbox is trivial, comparing it to self-hosting is not accurate. (I do both.)
It happens all of the time.
Downloading your mailbox is trivial, comparing it to self-hosting is not accurate. (I do both.)
Essentially you just have to configure mutt on a *nix host to download your email once an hour. 10 minute set up time?
Miles different from managing your own email infrastructure.