I had a free google workspace for over a decade with a domain I own before it became a paid service, I’m looking at putting it all in my hands ideally using services that cost less than the $15/Month in paying for a handful of accounts.
I’m looking at running a Nextcloud to replace most of the Google services but I still haven’t found an email server replacement. Any ideas/suggestions/links to guides?
Edit: I’m not necessarily looking to host my own email, as I understand it to be a pain, but looking to migrate my current one to somewhere else.
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I switched from google to Proton and it’s been solid.
For email I think the best choice is still M365. It’s not free and not self hosted but IMHO it’s by far the best e-mail/collaboration suit that exists
Just use mailbox.org or posteo. They’re cheap and reliable
I use Migadu
I use cloudflare, the free tier, that includes email associated to your domain. In essence it will route email messages to any domain/address you own to a destination. Say outlook.com or gmail.com free email tier.
Got Apple devices? iCloud+ for .99/month gives you the ability to use a custom domain for your mail. Not sure it can get much cheaper.
Proton mail is a great private hosted for a bit more $
See this howto: https://poolp.org/posts/2019-09-14/setting-up-a-mail-server-with-opensmtpd-dovecot-and-rspamd/
I have delivery to the inbox of all major providers using this. Email is not that hard…
I can really recommend Mailcow, and if you have a Synology NAS, Synology Mail Server. Receiving emails is the easy part. Sending them is the tricky one. If you wish to self host at home, you will need an external provider anyway, like a cheap VPS for its dedicated IP. If you already rely on something external, you may just use an SMTP service, like AWS SES, what is dirt cheap on a home lab level. (I have not paid anything since I started to use them with my weekly 5 email sent.) I can also recommend forwardemail.net for catching emails for a domain or a specific email address and just forward them to any email address. For $3 a month, they offer an SMTP service, too, so you can use them to send emails from your domain.
fastmail.com if you want unlimited dynamically created aliases. It’s a very flexible solution in general. I have setup where emails to whatever@mydomain.com automatically create a folder “whatever” and route email in it. Also works with multiple users.
Don’t be your own email admin. Get a $1 CPanel host from anywhere and you’re good to go.
Well the obligatory mention that selfhosting email is more headache than what its worth. You don’t wan’t to be told from expecting recipient that email from you never arrive since their provider blackholed your mail into oblivion.
Try mxroute for email. Currently theres ongoing black friday promo for $15 triennially. https://mxroute.blackfriday/
There’s always protonmail hosted, secure, cheapish
I use namecheap stupid cheap web hosting that comes with 10gb pop/imap email $4.33/mo I just let the cache fill up on my client while the mailbox empties and I do backups of the PST. I use the webclient for operation.
Not as featured but beats the bells and whistles for personal use.
For nextcloud I would recommend using the all-in-one setup, but as far as email you might want to use an already existing solution rather than trying to host it yourself. I would recommend protonmail for your email since all the other common options like Microsoft and Google are not privacy respecting.
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