I use my own email server (Postfix + Dovecot + OpenLDAP + OpenDKIM + DMARC + Spamassassin) and have SOGo on top of it for calendar / todo / contacts sync.
Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
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Re: Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
#72a static IP, and a home email server.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
#73I use my own email server (Postfix + Dovecot + OpenLDAP + OpenDKIM + DMARC + Spamassassin) and have SOGo on top of it for calendar / todo / contacts sync.
very good sir, same here.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
#74I have run my own mailserver for not quite 20 years. My preferred mail client is mutt, but I use K9 on Android several times a day and I set up rainloop, a web mail client. When people ask me for advice and they are not in a position to run their own mail server, I generally recommend Fastmail.
ya, i used to run webstar on a mac in the 90s.
Re: Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
#75Earlier quoted context omitted.
> orally communicating [anything]@gmail.com is much easier than any other domain Sure, if you had the foresight to reserve your.name@gmail.com twelve years ago, but today you'll have to use your.name772@gmail.com. Chances are that you won't even get incredibly.obscure.name@gmail.com. However, chances are better for your.name@fastmail.com, your.name@protonmail.com, etc.
I managed to get firstinitiallastname@gmail.com (account created in 2004ish) but for my Proton Mail account I had to add in my middle initial.
Yep, that one was taken by the dude that couldn't use @gmail, because you already had it ;)
Re: Ask HN: What do you use instead of Gmail?
#76I have been using Posteo for a few year ( https://posteo.de/en/help?tag=end-to-end ). Pro: - Cheap: 1€/month for 2 GBs mailbox - Basic functionalities such as Web interface, SMTP, POP3, CalDav, CardDav are all included. - They seem to take privacy and security seriously, including email encryption, 2FA signin or recently Autocrypt[1] - The warm fuzzy feeling of using 100% renewable energy for your email. Cons: - No c…
If you want custom domain but same high privacy quality as Posteo, try out Mailbox.org - have been happily using both for years