I'm trying to find a good alternative to google-apps free custom domain email hosting for a client that doesn't want use there services. Doesn't necessarily have to be free but it does need to support custom domains.
Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting
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#2Fastmail business account: https://www.fastmail.fm/help/receive/domains.html
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#3I am using Zoho Mail, web client is not on the Gmail level, but it works well and it is free.
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#4I wish there was a simple domain email service targeted at individuals rather than businesses. Allow wildcard forwarding of email at the domain to specified email address (e.g. for parked domains or retired ones). Allow arbitrary smtp access at the domain for any email using the same password (plus DKIM & SPF support). I'd pay Google Apps prices for something simple that accomplished this.
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#5I thought Google Apps email wasn't free anymore? Didn't they stop offering it around late 2012?
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting
#6I wish there was a simple domain email service targeted at individuals rather than businesses. Allow wildcard forwarding of email at the domain to specified email address (e.g. for parked domains or retired ones). Allow arbitrary smtp access at the domain for any email using the same password (plus DKIM & SPF support). I'd pay Google Apps prices for something simple that accomplished this.
With Google Domains you get 100 email forwards and one of them could be * (I'm using this config). The cost is just the domain registration, e.g. $12/y for a .com.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting
#7I thought Google Apps email wasn't free anymore? Didn't they stop offering it around late 2012?
Correct. It's no longer free.
I have it on an older domain, and it's still free, grandfathered in.
I recently signed up with a new domain, and I'm paying for it on that domain.
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#8Fastmail business account: https://www.fastmail.fm/help/receive/domains.html
Another vote for fastmail--it's a fantastic service. I prefer it to Google's in many ways.
Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting
#9Fastmail business account: https://www.fastmail.fm/help/receive/domains.html
Another vote for fastmail--it's a fantastic service. I prefer it to Google's in many ways.
Do they still do that awesome thing where if your invoice isn't paid they delete all your mail and give you no way to recover it? This has actually happened to someone I know, where he didn't respond to the invoice fast enough.
Edit: I should say that of course they need to have a recourse to stop providing services to people who don't pay. However, giving maybe 30 to 90 days to at least download your mail after your payment is late would be nicer than going "remember years of email you have saved here? Say goodbye to it all".
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#10My Kolab (https://mykolab.com/) might be just what you want.