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Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by philip1209 »

ecesena wrote: post #6
philip1209 wrote: post #4

I 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.

Yes, but I don't like using Google authoritative DNS. Also, I'm not sure if they make DKIM accessible.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by grecy »

K-Wall wrote: post #20
grecy wrote: post #7

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

If you sign into the admin panel of the grandfathered domain you can add the new domain to that Google Apps Account. Granted any settings will effect all the domains associated with that account.

ohhhh. Now that's good to know! Thnaks. I'll be doing that right now.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by tombrossman »

toomuchtodo wrote: post #2

Fastmail business account: https://www.fastmail.fm/help/receive/domains.html

For clients that are after 'free' email I set them up with an account at Gandi (transferring the domain if necessary) and for those willing to pay a little bit more, the Fastmail business account is definitely the way to go.

Both options are very inexpensive and if the client still wants cheaper I would probably refer them to someone else for advice.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by ecesena »

philip1209 wrote: post #31
ecesena wrote: post #6

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

Yes, but I don't like using Google authoritative DNS. Also, I'm not sure if they make DKIM accessible.

As far as I can see from the console, you can both change the DNS servers (if you don't like Google's ones) and edit the zone file. So, I guess, you could support DKIM via another SMTP, e.g. Amazon SES. (please note that I have no affiliation with G domains, I'm just trying to reply to the original question to the best of my knowledge)

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by LeoPanthera »

philip1209 wrote: post #4

I 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.

Sounds like Fastmail does most/all of that.

https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/domains.html

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by fredsted »

colinbartlett wrote: post #24
fredsted wrote: post #19

Virtualmin: http://virtualmin.com Setup a supported Linux distribution on any cloud provider (eg. Linode, DigitalOcean) and run the Virtualmin 1-liner on it. 10 minutes later you'll have a control panel where you can create domains. Each domain can have Web sites, email accounts, git repositories, databases, DNS management, and more. Don't want to use half of those things? Turn them off. You can add as many as you wa…

While I like the suggestion of something so easy and quick to setup, I dislike the idea that it will be my responsibility to maintain any sort of hosted VM. How long before I'm scrambling to patch updates or recover some kind of hack?

You can always enable automatic security updates. I've been running this for 3 or 4 years, haven't had to do anything special besides paying bills.

Re: Ask HN: Alternatives to Google-Apps Custom Domain Email Hosting

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Post by apaprocki »

ummjackson wrote: post #17

https://mailinabox.email/ on a 1gb DigitalOcean droplet. Will cost $10/mo and you get full control / unlimited accounts and aliases.

Curious if anyone here (possibly besides parent) who is running this in production? I thought it looked like the best option for a custom configurable stack (and keeping it up-to-date with security fixes), but there are so many moving parts in a full e-mail stack. Any experiences good or bad?
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