The price is right, but the polish isn't.
Grammarly will eliminate verbose and passive-voice copy, and that will increase its polish. I can take or leave the existing design aesthetic.
Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email
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#22Thank you for making this service available. For entrepreneurs who like to launch new ideas with custom domains, pricing models like the one here is a HUGE savings over pay-per-account (or domain) pricing found at most major email providers. Further, it's not easy making much money charging just $10/year, even if the business gets quite popular... so again, thanks for making it available.
I'm curious, what are your thoughts on Zoho mail. You can use your custom domains even in their free tier
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#23This looks like a good deal. We could use this at https://fabform.io our web forms "google forms alternative"
platform.
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#24Thank you for making this service available. For entrepreneurs who like to launch new ideas with custom domains, pricing models like the one here is a HUGE savings over pay-per-account (or domain) pricing found at most major email providers. Further, it's not easy making much money charging just $10/year, even if the business gets quite popular... so again, thanks for making it available.
I'm curious, what are your thoughts on Zoho mail. You can use your custom domains even in their free tier
Zoho Mail's free tier doesn't include IMAP (for new accounts since about 3 years ago), so you wouldn't be able to use Thunderbird, FairEmail, K-9 Mail, or other third-party apps. Offline access on the free tier is restricted to Zoho Mail's desktop and mobile apps. Zoho's Mail Lite plan ($1/user/month) does include IMAP access, and you'll need to do some calculations to see whether Purelymail or Zoho Mail is cheaper.
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#25I've been using Purelymail as my sole mail provider for over a year now (previously with Fastmail) and it has been my best email experience. It's a one-man enterprise, which may frighten some people, but I prefer boutique internet companies to the faceless monoliths. (I'd like more of the internet to be made of these small corner bodegas.)
From the FAQ > Occasionally, obscure email servers will block emails sent through us. Maybe it's good for personal use or as a throwaway email, but it is not good for main business email. Certainly not a replacement for Gmail or Fastmail kinds. Because you expect the email service to have 24/7 availability and near-perfect email delivery and receiving. > It's a one-man enterprise A person can get sick or just wish to…
> A person can get sick or just wish to take a holiday for a couple of weeks. What happens when service goes down or I need customer support urgently?
I think the expectation of urgency should be put into perspective alongside the $10/year price tag, i.e. if you need someone to get out of bed in the middle of the night $10 is probably not enough incentive.
That said, any issues or questions I've had have been resolved way faster than I experienced with Fastmail.
Re: Purelymail – cheap, no-nonsense email
#26Thank you for making this service available. For entrepreneurs who like to launch new ideas with custom domains, pricing models like the one here is a HUGE savings over pay-per-account (or domain) pricing found at most major email providers. Further, it's not easy making much money charging just $10/year, even if the business gets quite popular... so again, thanks for making it available.
I'm curious, what are your thoughts on Zoho mail. You can use your custom domains even in their free tier
I've tried Zoho mail and the "problem" is that it's so much more than mail. It's a huge suite of online apps, really. That means if you purely need mail, it'll take a bit of time to find the setting you need.
(It's been three years since I tried it, and looking at my notes, I couldn't get Zoho to sync contacts for me, and somehow didn't get calendar notifications.)
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#27I recently switched to Posteo from a few years with ProtonMail. Reading from Purelymail's docs and with price being within $3 annually of one another (Posteo is €12 annually)
Posteo pros: comes with calendar and contacts via WebDAV, not registered in the US (Germany is part of 14 Eyes, but not 5 or 9, and the EU is better about privacy), cash payment option
Purelymail pros: more storage @ $10, custom domain support, security key 2FA (though unclear according to docs if this is WebAuthn/FIDO2 or Yubikey vendor lock-in)
Neither: cryptocurrency payment option
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#28I have a question: if this is hosted on AWS, what (and I'm sure there's something, I just don't know what) is stopping Amazon from accessing my mail and using it for whatever?
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#29can anyone explain what benefits are to a managed email service over rolling your own on a vps server with stuff like mailinabox? you use your custom domain anyways and it allows s3 or backblaze backups so data retention is not an issue. you use your custom domain so in case something stupid happens to your vps provider, you can just restore and be done with it?
and its not like managing your own vps email server is much of a hassle, every few months you have to update the install script and thats it
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#30Oh cool, my project is on HackerNews! I was wondering about the sudden uptick in user signups, and then I checked HN...
I'm Scott, feel free to ask me anything about the service.