Ask HN: Good email host? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by fmisle » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:20 AM UTC

AlligatorAxe wrote: post #9

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Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by CLGrimes » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:21 AM UTC

frequentlywrong wrote: post #4

dubcanada wrote: post #3

Zoho is based in USA. It would carry the same privacy concerns as the other US companies. Without knowing exactly what you want it's hard to say. There are literally thousands of email hosts.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Corporation says that "the company is headquartered at its largest campus in Estancia IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Formerly, it filed headquarters in Pleasanton, California, USA."

They still have an office in Pleasanton, CA.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by mappu » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:22 AM UTC

Be careful with using your own domain, there have recently been a number of high-profile attacks based on hijacking the DNS.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by rufius » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC

As a fastmail user for the last 3 years, I would say fastmail.

I pay $130/3 yr so about $3.61 a month. Considering how integral email is to my day to day life, the cost of a drink at Starbucks seems reasonable to pay per month.

The flexibility in configuring aliases is excellent - I maintain a couple distinct email address domains but can send all my mail from a single account. Not to mention my wife and I now share address books, calendars, and domains which has all been exceedingly easy to setup.

Honestly, I think FastMail is absolutely worth it. Give them a shot - it's a great service that I'd pay twice as much for.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by TheOtherHobbes » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC

wje wrote: post #2

Run your own!

Postfix.

Not a miracle of simplicity to set up, but so far it's been bullet-proof while running.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by jghn » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:23 AM UTC

Not Dreamhost, their spam filtering has gone from mediocre to nonexistent over the last few years.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by jupiter90000 » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:29 AM UTC

runbox.com

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by meira » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:31 AM UTC

I recommendation yandex domain.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by pantalaimon » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:35 AM UTC

TheOtherHobbes wrote: post #15

wje wrote: post #2

Run your own!

Postfix. Not a miracle of simplicity to set up, but so far it's been bullet-proof while running.

I still don't get why the configuration for something as simple as mail has to be such a hassle.

Re: Ask HN: Good email host?

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Post by kyrra » Sun, Oct 30, 2016, 2:36 AM UTC

Can you elaborate on your privacy concerns with Gmail? Google Gsuite (formerly apps for work) has some fairly strict privacy controls.

https://gsuite.google.com/learn-more/how_google_protects_you...