Free alternative to paid G Suite.
Your custom domain. Unlimited amount of users. No storage limit, but attachments stored only for 1 month. Option for saving attachments before deleting. Some safe ads in web client.
Would you register?
Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
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#2put the question into the title and start with "ask HN:". otherwise this post will be ignored. i almost flagged it as bogus.
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#3Possibly
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#4free or not, i'd rather have a storage limit but no time limit. either way i'd have to forward all emails to my local machine, so the storage won't do me much good other than as a temporary buffer.
with a storage limit the worst that can happen is that mails get rejected, but the senders do get notified. and, if set up well, forwarding should work even if the storage is full, so even rejections would not happen.
with a time limit i am relying on the forwarding always working, and, in case of failure i'd be loosing mail possibly without noticing. because it's attachments from old mail that i am not looking at now that would get deleted. that's not something i'd want to ever happen.
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#5free or not, i'd rather have a storage limit but no time limit. either way i'd have to forward all emails to my local machine, so the storage won't do me much good other than as a temporary buffer. with a storage limit the worst that can happen is that mails get rejected, but the senders do get notified. and, if set up well, forwarding should work even if the storage is full, so even rejections would not happen. with…
Old emails will be saved. But without attachments.
Is it okay for you?
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#6put the question into the title and start with "ask HN:". otherwise this post will be ignored. i almost flagged it as bogus.
done
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#7free or not, i'd rather have a storage limit but no time limit. either way i'd have to forward all emails to my local machine, so the storage won't do me much good other than as a temporary buffer. with a storage limit the worst that can happen is that mails get rejected, but the senders do get notified. and, if set up well, forwarding should work even if the storage is full, so even rejections would not happen. with…
Old emails will be saved. But without attachments. Is it okay for you?
any system that deletes stuff automatically without oversight is dangerous and can lead to critical loss of data.
the only time it is ok is when it is backups that are superseded by new backups, or a trash storage where i put things manually, and even there i prefer to empty the trash manually too.
but this is just how i am used to working. i realize that i accept messages in irc disappearing if i don't log them too (but then i set up logs for quite a number of channels that matter to me), and i could accept this service for certain use cases like for mailing lists which are usually archived elsewhere anyways.
but i could not use it for emails from family, friends or customers who might send me things that i want to keep.
furthermore, if you consider encrypted email you can't even tell what is an attachment and what is the body. removing the attachment would also affect unencrypted, but signed emails.
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#8I would register if there was a storage limit and you were prompted to manually delete attachments when you are nearing it. I’d rather do it myself and save what’s needed that risk losing important documents.
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#9free or not, i'd rather have a storage limit but no time limit. either way i'd have to forward all emails to my local machine, so the storage won't do me much good other than as a temporary buffer. with a storage limit the worst that can happen is that mails get rejected, but the senders do get notified. and, if set up well, forwarding should work even if the storage is full, so even rejections would not happen. with…
Old emails will be saved. But without attachments. Is it okay for you?
No, a lot of times, the attachment is more important than the text of the e-mail.
Re: Ask HN: Free mail service for custom domains - G Suite alternative
#10Earlier quoted context omitted.
Old emails will be saved. But without attachments. Is it okay for you?
No, a lot of times, the attachment is more important than the text of the e-mail.
I understand the importance of attachments.
But it's the only way to make email hosting cheap or free, bc attachments occupy 99,9% of disk space.