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Fastmail natively supports JMAP, is pretty cheap ($3-5). I always like selfhosting either at home, or using a cheap VPS - iRedMail, MailCow etc.
Thank you, I will look into FastMail. I have always understood it to be a deliverability nightmare when self hosting email servers, would you agree or disagree with that?
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Thank you, I will look into FastMail. I have always understood it to be a deliverability nightmare when self hosting email servers, would you agree or disagree with that?
It depends, it can be... But tbh just set up a cronjob (auto repeating task) that refreshes your ssl certificate via certbot and you should be good to go. The initial setup might that a few hours of tinkering, but once you've made it you can easily have a mail server for $1-3. If you really don't wanna fully self host you can buy a Plesk workspace for like 99ct-5$ which allows emails, websites and databases
As long as you use your own domain you can migrate away at any point so there’s that.
Fastmail. They offer an MCP server, but keep the AI features out of the product. Data export is available and trivial. An MCP Server for Fastmail – National Email Day - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870988 - April 2026 (14 comments) https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060590573-Dow...
Thank you for the suggestion. You are the second person to suggest it and I will look into it! On first glance, this may be exactly what I am looking for.
As others have also mentioned, Fastmail is reputable with the added bonus that they have an MCP server, which would combine well with what you mentioned about wanting to be able to use with your AI agent.
If you’re already invested in the Apple ecosystem you can get iCloud+ for $1/month and get the email provider (bring your own domain) among other things (50GB storage mainly). This is incredible value for the price. As long as you use your own domain you can migrate away at any point so there’s that.