Get a domain and a proper hosting provider. I use HostGator, which is probably the bottom of the acceptable barrel. I'm sure others can come up with better hosting ideas.
Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
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Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#42I'm soft-locked into Google Workspace/gSuite/Google Apps/??? with my primary account at a custom domain, and I really want out of my subscription but there isn't any way to convert that to a personal account. I have so many OAuth accounts, purchases, doc shares, etc associated with that Google account that it would be difficult to do without. Is there any way to keep that Google account without having an active subsc…
I was in the exact situation as you are. I moved my custom domain to iCloud Mail. I'm not sure how complete the custom domain is with iCloud Mail. It basically uses the custom domain email to redirect to your @icloud.com email address. In email clients I have to login as username@icloud.com and set my name@lastname.com email as an alias. It works perfectly though, I'm very satisfied.
My Google account still exists at name@lastname.com, I can still OAuth with that account. My Gmail inbox is just not updated anymore since the emails are actually going to Apple's servers. I requested a Google Takeout (basically all the files and emails associated to your account" so if I ever lose access to that account, I don't lose the files.
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#43Fastmail Supports custom domains and I believe has a tool to migrate emails away from Gmail
I also use Fastmail with custom domain and I alias every single new account I make to know who sells my data. Through last two years I think there's been only one major incident that made me unable to see my emails and it lasted like an hour or two. Otherwise it works properly, it's fast, Calendar integrates nicely with everything else I have(like Apple and Google calendars), search is insanely quick, it's easy to sa…
I use custom email domain with apple and do the same catch all.
Embarrassingly, I found one of my ex colleague’s company selling my data
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#44I'm soft-locked into Google Workspace/gSuite/Google Apps/??? with my primary account at a custom domain, and I really want out of my subscription but there isn't any way to convert that to a personal account. I have so many OAuth accounts, purchases, doc shares, etc associated with that Google account that it would be difficult to do without. Is there any way to keep that Google account without having an active subsc…
I was in the exact situation as you are. I moved my custom domain to iCloud Mail. I'm not sure how complete the custom domain is with iCloud Mail. It basically uses the custom domain email to redirect to your @icloud.com email address. In email clients I have to login as username@icloud.com and set my name@lastname.com email as an alias. It works perfectly though, I'm very satisfied. My Google account still exists at…
I migrated from Outlook’s custom email domain to Apple’s. It took a couple of changes with the DNS records and exporting the emails from Outlook.
In Apple, you can change the login details for your account to your custom domain.
Sounds like a project though - I also have a paid Bitwarden account which I use for my 2FA codes. Works well for me
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#45Earlier quoted context omitted.
I also use Fastmail with custom domain and I alias every single new account I make to know who sells my data. Through last two years I think there's been only one major incident that made me unable to see my emails and it lasted like an hour or two. Otherwise it works properly, it's fast, Calendar integrates nicely with everything else I have(like Apple and Google calendars), search is insanely quick, it's easy to sa…
> I alias every single new account I make to know who sells my data. I wonder if that's ever happened yet. I do the same with Firefox Relay, it's only $1/month to keep using my existing email. I have probably hundreds of accounts that haven't had their emails updated yet.
It did, I received unrelated spam onto aliases I used for major electronic chain(MediaExpert - polish MediaMarkt essentially) and two other minor services I don't remember anymore. It also happens that few of my aliases were leaked from data breaches so that also helps.
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#46I have been using https://posteo.de/en from many years now. They are ad free, secure and an affordable alternative. Their web interface is poor but not a problem for me as I use email clients on all my devices.
I've been with them for a couple years. Also very happy with the service. Quite cheap.
I use it with my own domain and its been stellar.
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#47Earlier quoted context omitted.
Or Tutanota https://tutanota.com/
But not when you're placing e-commerce orders. Tutanota is often flagged because the same privacy-preserving features are also used for online fraud.
Really? I get PayPal alerts and train ticket alerts (in Italy) without any problems.
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#48Just a warning that owning your domain means also owning the security of the domain. If you lose access to eg gmail or they ban you, nobody you care about will access your email. If your domain gets hijacked or you fail to renew, now a bad actor could receive all your email forever. (I use my own domain for email)
Can confirm about the security issues. After having a domain not secured enough being hijacked by wordpress exploit and then flooded by porn and blacklisted by Google and Facebook - happilly I didn't have email on it - I definitely got rid of the idea of having my @owndomain mail adress.
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#49https://aws.amazon.com/workmail/
$4/user/month for a 50GB inbox
multiple domains + multiple aliases that you can also send as; us-east, us-west, eu-west regions
cheaper than fastmail, protonmail, tutanota, ...
Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?
#50I have been using https://posteo.de/en from many years now. They are ad free, secure and an affordable alternative. Their web interface is poor but not a problem for me as I use email clients on all my devices.
OP wants custom domain support, which Posteo explicitly does not support and will not support directly.