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?

  • async_amuro@lemm.eeEnglish
    41·
    8 hours ago

    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·
      7 hours ago

      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.worksEnglish
        3·
        7 hours ago

        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·
          6 hours 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.eeEnglish
      2·
      6 hours ago

      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.caEnglish
        1·
        3 hours ago

        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.eeEnglish
          1·
          1 hour 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.