Fastmail natively supports JMAP, is pretty cheap ($3-5). I always like selfhosting either at home, or using a cheap VPS - iRedMail, MailCow etc.
Thank you, I will look into FastMail. I have always understood it to be a deliverability nightmare when self hosting email servers, would you agree or disagree with that?
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#12Earlier quoted context omitted.
Thank you, I will look into FastMail. I have always understood it to be a deliverability nightmare when self hosting email servers, would you agree or disagree with that?
It depends, it can be... But tbh just set up a cronjob (auto repeating task) that refreshes your ssl certificate via certbot and you should be good to go. The initial setup might that a few hours of tinkering, but once you've made it you can easily have a mail server for $1-3. If you really don't wanna fully self host you can buy a Plesk workspace for like 99ct-5$ which allows emails, websites and databases
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#13As long as you use your own domain you can migrate away at any point so there’s that.
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#14Fastmail. They offer an MCP server, but keep the AI features out of the product. Data export is available and trivial. An MCP Server for Fastmail – National Email Day - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870988 - April 2026 (14 comments) https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060590573-Dow...
Thank you for the suggestion. You are the second person to suggest it and I will look into it! On first glance, this may be exactly what I am looking for.