Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by newscracker » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:40 AM UTC

cassianoleal wrote: post #46

manfromearth wrote: post #7

I 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.

Do you use a mail forwarding service along with Posteo, since it doesn’t support custom domains on the service?

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by newscracker » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:43 AM UTC

For comparatively better privacy and lower cost, here are a few services to consider (they offer custom domain support and IMAP access):

Mailbox.org

Runbox.com

Mailfence.com

Migadu.com

If price is not a big concern but privacy is, consider the following:

ProtonMail (supports IMAP on paid plans)

Tutanota (no IMAP support)

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by derN3rd » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:51 AM UTC

manfromearth wrote: post #7

I 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.

One of my colleagues was using it for ~3 years now and is considering switching, as their anti spam is less and less useful. Some days he wakes up to 30-40 spam/scam emails not being blocked, while he also did miss important mails being filtered as spam. (There is no spam folder on posteo, they just don't deliver spam emails to your inbox. Keep that in mind).

When he tried to forward these mails to the email address they provide for reporting spam, he got an automated mail delivery system email, that he was blocked from sending mails to that address...

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by derN3rd » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 9:55 AM UTC

I'm using a own domain in the format of service-namemydomain.com all hosted by mailcow. The feature set and anti spam worked better for me than GSuite/Gmail and I have the server for various home/fun projects already.

So if you are going self-hosted, I can really recommend MailCow (https://mailcow.email/)

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by mkup » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:42 AM UTC

I've moved my 3 domains from GMail for Domains (whatever it's called now) to Migadu about a year ago, no complains so far.

I also self-host Postfix, Dovecot and OpenDKIM on my VPS, but that's mostly for sending automated emails (notifications etc) from the subdomains.

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by tarsinge » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 10:56 AM UTC

chunkles wrote: post #2

Having seen people argue about this here before, my guess is you're going to get one of three recommendations. Zoho ( https://zoho.com ), Fastmail ( https://fastmail.com , Proton ( https://proton.me )

Between theses any one more suited for business (small/medium company)? Zoho?

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by bkishan » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 11:47 AM UTC

prashantsengar wrote: post #22

bkishan wrote: post #16

I can recommend both Zoho and Protonmail. User of both and each is great for its intended use, Zoho - commercial, multiple accounts with a custom domain, Protonmail for personal use and storage.

Why not Zoho for personal use?

Lots of integrations, like their Zoho suite I don't need for personal use. I just use Apple calendar, and the notes app for writing which get the job done. Zoho for personal use is either bloat/ overkill, depending on how you look at it.

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by pupppet » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 1:06 PM UTC

gepardi wrote: post #4

Fastmail Supports custom domains and I believe has a tool to migrate emails away from Gmail

I’ve been with Fastmail for about 20 years, they’re the absolute best.

My one gripe is the spam filtering. Plenty of block rules but it can’t be trained terribly well. That or it’s long given up on a mailbox my size.

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by ajdude » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 1:16 PM UTC

I use mailinabox on a Linode vps. I have no trouble receiving email, but my email doesn’t always arrive in gmail and outlook inboxes.

Mailinabox supports exchange activesync and comes with an install of nextcloud for syncing my contacts/calendar/notes and some specific files like a keypass db across devices.

My only issue is, I need to still use something like a gmail account as a recovery email for my domain registration and Linode account. A major fear of mine is for some reason being locked out of the domain, or VPS, or a credit card that pays for it, and having no email since the recovery email relies on that domain. I have been considering fastmail or zoho.

Re: Ask HN: What email service should I use instead of Gmail?

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Post by c0wb0yc0d3r » Thu, Dec 08, 2022, 1:16 PM UTC

simonjgreen wrote: post #20

gepardi wrote: post #4

Fastmail Supports custom domains and I believe has a tool to migrate emails away from Gmail

Fastmail. Can't fault them. I particularly like the custom sieve filters

This is a feature I've recently discovered and never used. Could you provide an example of their use and why you like them so much?

Is it just that you can manage your own spam rules? Or can you do some near tricks with them?