Not really about selfhosting, but I read that a lot of selfhosters do not selfhost their emails. Should have pop/imap.
I am thinking about iCloud that offers 3 aliases, but actually I need 5. Does iCloud has a catchall-option?
mailbox.org and skiff are „too expensive“ with 3€/month.
migadu is another candidate. 19€/year.
I once read about a cheap one-man-show-E-Mail-provider, that I would like to try, but I can‘t remember the name.
Do you have more suggestions?
Not really about selfhosting, but I read that a lot of selfhosters do not selfhost their emails. Should have pop/imap.
I am thinking about iCloud that offers 3 aliases, but actually I need 5. Does iCloud has a catchall-option?
mailbox.org and skiff are „too expensive“ with 3€/month.
migadu is another candidate. 19€/year.
I once read about a cheap one-man-show-E-Mail-provider, that I would like to try, but I can‘t remember the name.
Do you have more suggestions?
Edit:
Thanks for your recommendations! After a short comparism, these are my current candidates:
icloud 12€/year 3 emailadresses/50GB BUT catchall-option (good)
mxroute 80€/lifetime unlimited/10GB
purelymail 9€/year unlimited/unlimited - BUT one man show (bad)
infomanikak mail-service 18€/year 5 adresses/unlimited
sorted out
migadu 19€/year unlimited / only 5GB / BUT only 20/200 (out/in) mails a day (bad)
Protonmail -> no SMTP (bad)
posteo -> no own domain possible (bad)
other recommendations: too expensive
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Just switched to iCloud last week. Yes, it does catch-all (although it needs to be enabled through a checkbox in one of the settings menu). It also does sub-addressing / plus-addressing natively (no menu setting needed), which doesn’t seem to actually be documented but it works flawlessly for me.
I’ve been extremely happy with it so far. Pairing plus addressing with some of the filtering rules allows me to direct bulk mail to the right place automatically. For whatever reason, filtering rules can’t be done on iOS but need to be set through icloud.com (not sure if they can be set on macOS).
You don’t need a mail server if all you want is a custom email domain. You can just use something like CloudFlare DNS to have them forward all emails to your domain to another private email address (e.g. Gmail).
I bought a Synology disk station a few years ago that has faithfully served as a NAS, website host and email host. Only recurring thing I pay for now is the domain name and it works splendidly.
I’ve used mailbox.org for the last few years. They are a privacy-focused provider out of Germany. They aren’t restrictive on the app you use, like proton, and offer an integrated PGP-signing solution.
I’ve been using https://www.migadu.com/ - can recommend
Me too. Using Mailbox before that, but cancelled when they moved custom domain to a higher tier. Tried the 5$ Mxroute, but that looked too messy for me; too many frontend options, whereas I like my mail simple and secure.
mailbox.org and skiff are „too expensive“ with 3€/month.
Ah… I do use mailbox.org and I’ve self-hosted with
docker-mailserverbefore.I agree, selfhosting mail is a really big pain, and at least where I live most ISPs don’t open the ports necessary for mailservers, so I had to spin up my own server & it was more expensive than just using a mail provider. Could potentially be the cheapest option if I could host it from home & just use a RasPi or something
I’m happy with mailbox.org; the Standard Tier price is 2.50 Euro/mo if paid in full if that helps. Probably not the cheapest option especially since it’s not unlimited, but they do allow domain matches at Standard tier or above, and there are other goodies like calendar/video conferencing/cloud storage & stuff.
yea also custom domain with catch-all + custom rules on mailbox.org is hilariously powerful and allow you to use an own email address + its own folder for every website without actually creating any alias beforehand
I also have a hard time understanding how 2,5€ a month is to expensive for someone who most likely owns Apple devices since iCloud is really awful to use without at least one Apple device
I’ve been using fast mail for about 6 months and have enjoyed it.
I’ve been using Zoho for email on my domain. My residential service blocks port 25 so being actually self hosted wasn’t going to work. I had rented a cheap VPS for $4/mo to run it on, thinking I’d have other uses for it. Eventually I just went to the Zoho free email hosting with my domain. It’s been fine for years and I’m reasonably sure it has a catch-all as well.
zoho
Please excuse me if this is just superfluous. Just wanted to chime on Zoho. It has been excellent for me and lowest tier is very cheap (gives protocols for external access without browser)
That one man is mxroute
Lifetime is $150 for 10gb otherwise is $40 per year for 100 gb both unlimited domains emails and aliases
What’s PurelyMail like? They seem very cheap.
Here are a couple of links to help you get a better idea of what purelymail is like:
- http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?s=18ba5e009f62a6219d55930609f6bdd1&t=77218
- https://github.com/ScottPeterJohnson/purelymail-issues/issues
I’m in the process of trying it out for a year before I switch over fully. Have yet to run into any issues but I’m not a heavy email user.
Thanks. I’ll take a look. I’ve wanted to move away from gmail for a while now and this is cheap enough to try out.
I’ve been using purelymail. 10 dollars a year and you can add as many domains and make as many accounts as you want.
Serious question - as a normie I’m usesd to - Email Provider=Domain.
Google = @gmail.
ProtonMail = @protonmailHow does custom domains play into this? Does using a custom domain for mail requires a special entry in the DNS record?
Magnets, how do they work?
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Yeah they give you the DNS records to add to your domain
Not sure why I see this one recommended so much. Seems like it’s run by just one dude who won’t always be able to respond to support requests, security issues and other emergencies in the time frames you’d want with such a service. I also really wouldn’t want to bet my ability to securely access/send/receive important emails on that one person in Delaware not randomly getting hit by a car or something.
Yeah, I didn’t know it was just one person. That doesn’t really feel umm… safe for something like email.
It is true afaik but support has been excellent from him. Used it for a few years but switched to zoho for better support of protocols.
This looks pretty great. How long have you been using it for? I am using FastMail for quite a while, but I don’t use web interface, or calendar / contacts syncing (have my own nextcloud server for those), so just need email. Its’ pretty pricey compare to purelymail.
I’ve been using it for around a year
MXroute personal tier is 10GB combined for unlimited domains and addresses (aliases) with IMAP/POP3. It’s $49 USD per year, or $99 USD for lifetime service.
Mxroute is great. It just works, and there’s no sneaky fees, upsells, or any other bullshit.
Im pretty happy with protonmail. Email is kind of important you may not want to go with the cheapest option.
Second proton, I use my own domain with it. Works great!
Another vote for the proton services. Been with them for years and very happy.
I use protonmail with their family plan, it’s not terribly priced when you consider it comes with calendar, vpn, and drive storage as well. The biggest annoyance is probably that you have to use their mobile apps due to the encryption and they are not the greatest, but it does encrypt everything which I find outweighs the forced use of just their app.
I’ve been using Posteo with my own domain for a few years.
You do need an email forwarder in addition to the hosting since, as you noticed, they don’t support that use-case natively.
My DNS provider, LuaDNS, does that for me. I pay for their Basic tier (US$29/year) but only because I’m using a lot more than what the free tier provides. I did get away with free for about a year though, so that could in fact be sufficient for you, if you decide to go that route.
