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Gmail alternative: good idea to use personal domain+hosting? (lemmy.world)
submitted 1 day ago by skamu@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world
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I know there are alternatives like proton mail, tutamail, mailbox.org, etc... But what would be the issue if I create an email using my personal domain, stored in my hosting.. maybe encryption? It seems that no-one even consider this option, but I am not sure why...

What would you suggest?

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[–] async_amuro@lemm.ee 3 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I only dipped my toes into email hosting at a (terrible) job, the effort and complaints when things didn’t send/receive properly was too much.

That being said, personally I’ve used Gmail and I’m ready to get rid of it. I’ve got a domain I’d like to start using.

What’s everyone’s preference for provider? (I’m avoiding Proton Mail due to the CEO’s recent controversy)

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I moved over to fastmail and have been enjoying it, but I'm sure there are plenty of people who will tell me why it was the wrong choice.

[–] NobodyElse@sh.itjust.works 3 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

I’ve been happy with Fastmail.

The cost isn’t too bad at $5/mo per user.

The wildcard email thing is cool. You can use addresses like whatever@user.domain.tld to hand out to companies on the fly.

I may go back to hosting my own, but I have no complaints with Fastmail at all.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.earth 2 points 1 day ago

Oh I didn't even thinking about using wildcard addresses on the fly. I've been using the masked email addresses, but that obviously requires forethought.

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Depends on your use case. I went with using a custom domain with my iCloud mail account. This lets me accept all messages sent to my custom domain.

So when I create accounts I just use that as the email address like this: lemmy@customDomain.com, bsky@customDomain.com, etc.

They all go to one mailbox but that’s all I need anyway. I’ve been happy with it.

[–] hddsx@lemmy.ca 1 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

Can you send mail through each email? I had a catch all forwarder before but it l had to reply with a different email, leading to occasional issues.

That’s basically the reason I have a server. I can set up forwarders between my wife and I, and if I need to send mail as kobra@domain.tld, I can just set up the alias and send it.

[–] kobra@lemm.ee 2 points 22 hours ago

With apple you’re limited to 5 sending addresses per domain, so no I cannot reply as the from address to most, but that hasn’t been an issue for me at all.