Cheap Custom Domain Email Service w/ Good IP Address Reputation for Day-to-day Emails reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-19 22:20 I'm in the market for an email service for my custom domain name. I only need one account. Below are my requirements. Any good suggestions? * **Cheap**: Zoho, MXroute, and NameCheap seems to fit the bill. * **Good IP Repuation:** I'm honestly not sure how to check this out if I don't even know the shared IP addresses that the service uses. I imagine Google Workspace would be perfect but it's too expensive. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-11-19 22:36 This has never been asked here before... ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-19 22:54 lol is that sarcasm? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- DecideUK · 2023-11-19 23:06 Used Zoho with custom domain for 5+ years. Cost 0. Problems 0. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NikStalwart · 2023-11-20 00:29 Cheap or good, pick one. If you are the only person using this email service, I would seriously consider using an SMTP relay like Sparkpost/Amazon SES/etc. I feel icky about mxroute. I *know* Google is spying on my emails, but I also know that I am not interesting enough for Google to take a particular interest in me because they have billions of email accounts and they do not have the resources to look at my emails (except with AI, and I don't care about that). Meanwhile I *don't know* the same about mxroute, and the fact they use a web hosting control panel with guts removed increases the ick factor. I would only use mxroute for something *completely inconsequential* like a forum/mailing list-based RPG campaign. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jrwren · 2023-11-20 01:09 Would you be interested in an email routing service for accepting/queuing for your domain, but which ultimately forwards on to your own self-hosted email? PM me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thekrautboy · 2023-11-20 01:59 No, not at all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-20 02:11 I actually currently use Amazon SES and I find that my emails sometimes go to recipients' junk mail folders. :-( ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NikStalwart · 2023-11-20 02:26 I have never had a SES mail go to spam. I'm presuming you have all the usual spf/dkim/dmarc stuff set up? ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-20 02:31 Yup! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NikStalwart · 2023-11-20 02:38 There was a time mxroute was having issues with deliverability to Google, and many providers have deliverability issues to outlook domains, so that is a common enough problem. If you want perfect delivery, I'm afraid you're going to need to fork out the $6/month for Google / MSFT. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-20 02:40 Darn. Any thoughts on Zoho? That seems to be my leading contestant. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- NikStalwart · 2023-11-20 02:42 I kinda hate their webUI and they don't let you use your own clients unless you pay, at which point you might as well pay for Google. Also, again, I have data privacy issues iwth Zoho. SOmething about their website just feels sleazy. And yes, I understand the irony with me calling providers sleazy and still shilling for Google, but at least Google is a known quantity. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- apparissus · 2023-11-20 03:37 Other commenter is right; this has been asked plenty of times. That being said, I like purelymail a lot. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- notdoreen · 2023-11-20 04:03 I didn't know Zoho was free 👀 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thankyoufatmember · 2023-11-20 04:13 Come on buddy ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Squanchy2112 · 2023-11-20 05:00 Purelymail love it so much ---------------------------------------------------------------------- [deleted] · 2023-11-20 06:31 [removed] ---------------------------------------------------------------------- thies226j · 2023-11-20 07:01 Apple iCloud ---------------------------------------------------------------------- EsotericWaveform · 2023-11-20 07:18 Check out https://forwardemail.net/. It's $3 a month for their enhanced subscription that should have everything you want. I've had a great experience with them so far. One month, they even randomly gave me some months for free, and they have been consistently adding new features. The documentation is also really good. I've been with them a year or two now. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adamshand · 2023-11-20 08:01 You're asking r/selfhosted where to not selfhost something. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- all-other-names-used · 2023-11-20 12:08 You have to scroll down on their pricing page, past the paid plans, and you'll see the "forever free" plan on the left. It's only valid for one domain and 5 user / mailboxes. There are some other limitations, mostly size, but I used the plan for several years and it worked well. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- svjx · 2023-11-20 14:29 If anything should get an exemption, it should be email hosting. Unless it's purely for educational purposes, self hosting email is just a waste of time and effort. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- svjx · 2023-11-20 14:31 I'd recommend also taking a look at [Mango Mail](https://mymangomail.com/). It's $1.50/mo for unlimited domains and addresses. Also has a ton of features and tutorials/guides. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jrwren · 2023-11-20 16:14 hey, i don't know, this is self hosted. I don't understand why a service question is getting asked here. The OP question is the opposite of selfhosted. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- No-Blueberry-8646 · 2023-11-26 04:35 lol yeah I was debating posting to /selfhosted but I couldn't find a more applicable subreddit. In my defense, email is the only service that's not self-hosted on my domains.