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Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by sigio »

MatekCopatek wrote: post #128
em-bee wrote: post #75

Earlier quoted context omitted.

+ is not gmail. + is industry standard, supported by almost all mail servers (if configured) since long before gmail existed.

It's gmail in the sense that they deliver you+[whatever]@gmail.com to you@gmail.com By default it's just a valid character.

As stated by others, + addressing is not gmail specific. One thing that gmail does however is allowing you to add (or remove) arbitrary dots in your mail-address, and these are stripped out / all end up in the same mailbox.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by technothrasher »

micw wrote: post #125
Imustaskforhelp wrote: post #77

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have heard this a lot of times but self hosting email is one of the hardest things to do , sure if you are masochist then do it , but if you are a working functional part of society , not recommended.

I really have an issue with that. On the one hand, it's just wrong. Self-hosting mail is not easy because you need to learn how things work. But it's far from being "one of the hardest things to do", even in the domain of hosting things. A properly set up mail server will seamlessly send mails to almost any other MTA. The only large exception is microsoft. The abuse their market power by black-list all new MTAs by de…

> The only large exception is microsoft.

Comcast also gives me no end of annoyance by repeatedly black-listing my server for no apparent reason. The process goes: get blocked, request reason, get a hand shrug and unblock, rinse and repeat.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by TZubiri »

77pt77 wrote: post #33
drunner wrote: post #17

Customer for a few years now. I don't do anything fancy with it. It was the cheapest and most appealing option for a custom domain for personal email. I think it runs me ~$11 a year or something I combine it with simplelogin to handle all my aliasing needs. Thanks for the great service.

How is deliverability? Because for $11/year you can get a simple kvm machine and run your own servers.

Are you insinuating 11$/yr is too expensive for the service lmao.

It's so cheap people probably don't buy it because it will go bankrupt.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by infecto »

TZubiri wrote: post #172

>No arbitrary limits. Have as many users and store as much mail as you want. New company policy, if you need to save large files like 3d renders, please use email for storage.

"If you use significantly more than $10 a year in resources, you may need to switch to advanced pricing"

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by nickweb »

I'm genuinely surprised no one has mentioned mxroute[1]. Thier pricing normally is pretty decent, but they keep the BF deals going pretty much all year [2].

I've been using them for 6 years with no issues. I use it now with all my domains and never have any deliverability issues.

The owner (Jar - one person shop again) is passionate about their email reputation for deliverability and is active on both lowendtalk and the dedicated sub Reddit.

I ended up comparing purleymail and mxroute - tested mxroute and stayed with them.

[1] https://mxroute.com/ [2] https://mxroute.blackfriday/

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by notepad0x90 »

dejan wrote: post #117
notepad0x90 wrote: post #89

Delaware incorporation is the norm, but for anyone who cares about dragnet surveillance, the state of incorporation is important, as well as the country. Proton also does end-to-end encrypted email and supposedly, your emails are never stored decrypted, they are decrypted in your browser and in ingress/egress out of their environment. They're also hosting in switzerland. That said, like many, I also am looking for an…

end-to-end encryption? yes, if both users are on Proton - but don't call it email then. Storing encrypted makes only sense when keys are not in their hands. Plaintext password enters their system on each login which means they can have your decryption key at any point if needed. smoke and mirrors marketing...

if they use the email/smtp protocol then it's email.

plaintext password does not enter their system. For example I still have to enter a second password for the in-browser decryption (although these days they use the same password). Most of security feels like theatrics, but small measures that add difficulty for a potential threat actor add up.

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