Purelymail [0].
$10/year, unlimited accounts, unlimited domains, unlimited everything. If you use unusually high amount of anything, your bill goes up accordingly.
[0]: purelymail.com/
Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
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Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#12I recommend ProtonMail. Or you can buy your own domain name and config a email to Zoho Mail. but personally, I think proton mail is more secure and private. But the free version only has 1GB as I remember.
ProtonMail is an interesting case. It does not provide SMTP or IMAP servers, except via a weird proxy service that runs on your local machine, and obviously isn't compatible with smartphones.
It may still class as an "email service", but only just, since it is effectively limited to webmail and their custom apps.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#13I've been using fastmail for the past 3+ years in an effort to de-google my life. It's been excellent, and I haven't had any issues with emails I've sent being classed as spam.
+1 Fastmail. $3.88/month if you pay in advance for 3 years for their standard plan. Totally amazing.
Also in their web UI, you can select a professional font: Proxima Nova! The attention to detail is great.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#14I have been using Runbox - (www.runbox.com) and it seems to work well.
Based in Norway and claims to require using a Norwegian judge to sign a warrant before any info will be given to law enforcement etc. Not sure how you verify that though.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#15will not be categorized as spam if I email the conventional gmail There will be many recommendations here about affordable and reliable email providers. I can name a couple if you really want. As for not being categorized as spam, all bets are off. Based on a myriad of posts here over the past year about gmail it seems their spam filters/detection have been a moving target and highly unpredictable. As for recommendat…
Delivering to gmail is unpredictable when you try to send from IP space with unmanaged or poorly-managed IP range reputation, like most low-cost VPSes or residential ISP IP space.
Incidentally, I'm pretty confident the same filtering engine runs both gmail and google workspaces spam filters. Perhaps with some minor differences.
If you're paying for an email service from a respected provider like Fastmail, they almost always have professionals managing IP range reputation, so gmail delivery ends up being significantly more predictable. Make sure you set up DKIM/SPF if you're sending from your own domain.
The reasons Gmail's filters tend to generate complaints that surface on HN is:
1) IP range reputation can frequently be a stronger spam signal than individual IP reputation
2) Most people aren't aware how much of an impact IP range reputation can have on delivery
3) There's no way to publicly check IP range reputation with gmail
Disclaimer: I don't work for google or fastmail.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#16I recommend Posteo https://posteo.de/en . Nothing special, just a simple, straightforward email provider that does what it says (including respecting your privacy). It’s cheap (1 Euro per month for 2 GB, and 25 cents for each additional GB.
I’ve been using Posteo for years and have never had any problem with spam filters.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#17I was pretty impressed with AWS's "workmail" product, and since I run all my DNS through Route53 it ended up being a very simple service to setup and run on my own.
It's a relatively well featured service and you can route your mail through lambdas and other advanced features if you want.. or you can just use the simple "alias table" it gives you and just have a basic mailbox.
It may not be the best choice if you're not already familiar with AWS, but if you are, I found it to be a reasonable and hassle free choice.
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#18Most important is to use your own domain name for your email. That way you can switch providers as you like without having to change your address, and all the hassle that goes with that.
Personally, I like Migadu for mail hosting. The mail gets delivered, the price is reasonable, and there’s good tech support
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#19I recommend ProtonMail. Or you can buy your own domain name and config a email to Zoho Mail. but personally, I think proton mail is more secure and private. But the free version only has 1GB as I remember.
ProtonMail is an interesting case. It does not provide SMTP or IMAP servers, except via a weird proxy service that runs on your local machine, and obviously isn't compatible with smartphones. It may still class as an "email service", but only just, since it is effectively limited to webmail and their custom apps.
>ProtonMail is an interesting case. It does not provide SMTP or IMAP servers,
Just half-true..
Re: Ask HN: Looking for Email Service Recommendations
#20I enjoy using HEY from 37signals. It's different than other services (more opinionated), but it keeps my inbox under control. They also take privacy seriously. I was a paid subscriber for the first year, stopped for a year, and then went back because I realized how much it helped. It lacks a calendar, though, if that's important to you.
Hey has been well worth the $100/year, especially since they improved search. Curious how it worked when you returned after a year. Did you get your old address back?