Mail + Custom Domain reddit / selfhosted ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-02 21:57 Hi all, I know this question has been asked a million times but doesn't seem like I can find the exact answer I'm looking for. I purchased a domain name a while back and want to start using it to get notifications from certain home services via SNMP (i.e. NVR, IOT devices, etc) as well as use the domain for several email addresses/mailboxes as I start to test the waters of running my own business. I probably won't need more than 5 email addresses/mailboxes to start/scale with (and I would prefer using mailboxes over aliases). I also want to be able to add the mailboxes to a mail client (specifically Apple Mail on my iPhone). My understanding is that services like Proton Mail won't integrate with Apple Mail for iPhone due to how it's encrypted... and I believe I am understanding correctly that mail services through Microsoft/Google charge per email address/mailbox (I believe it's like $4/mo through MS and $6 through Google)? Am I understanding this correctly? Does anybody have any recommendations that would meet my needs but not cost $20/mo for 5 users and still work with Apple Mail? And before anybody asks... I'm sure I can setup my own mail server (I'm fairly technical if I do say so myself) but mail admin is not something I want to be doing in the long run. Thanks all. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- RSCyka · 2023-12-02 22:03 Don’t know if it’s what you’re looking for, but if you pay for iCloud monthly you do get a chance to do email forwarding to a domain of your choice. If I’m wrong pls correct me. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jusepal · 2023-12-02 22:07 Mxroute. Currently theres black friday promo for $15 triennially. Complete email solution; imap, pop, smtp etc. Also unlimited mailbox (within reason), no per mailbox pricing crap. Very reliable. https://lowendtalk.com/discussion/190301/mxroute-black- friday-2023-email-hosting-that-spammers-crave-but-cant-have/p1 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- drahcirm · 2023-12-02 22:09 If you don't plan to send mail, you could consider doing what I do, set up an MX record for cloudflare mail forwarding. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- drahcirm · 2023-12-02 22:11 https://www.cloudflare.com/developer-platform/email-routing/ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- SYSBADM · 2023-12-02 22:13 SMTP2GO ---------------------------------------------------------------------- jason_he54 · 2023-12-02 22:22 You could technically do iCloud+ with Custom Domain emails with multiple users through Family Sharing. You can have up to 5 domains, shared with everyone in Family Sharing, and each domain has up to 3 emails (per person I believe, but I'm not entirely sure). ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-02 22:24 I was looking at iCloud+ but it looks like they limit you to 3 email addresses per domain which doesn't give me much scalability (unless I'm wrong). Thank you though, didn't think of iCloud. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- arcadianarcadian · 2023-12-02 22:27 [mailbox.org](https://mailbox.org) Lite, 1 euro/person/month ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-02 22:44 That is a really good deal... and I've heard alot of people recommend MXroute so probably going to be the route I take. Thank you so much! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ItzGonzoHD · 2023-12-03 01:15 Purelymail ---------------------------------------------------------------------- I-Am-James · 2023-12-03 01:49 5x Exchange online plan 1 licences from Microsoft is $20 per month I believe. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- adamshand · 2023-12-03 04:08 Migadu. Charge by storage used, not number of mailboxes. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- aramisathei · 2023-12-03 05:31 Second for MXroute. I just moved my stuff there a few weeks ago and have been amazed by the level of detail and service. Plus the owner/operator has extensive industry experience and is available on discord if you have any questions. You'd be hard-pressed to find better. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-03 16:24 Thanks everybody for the input... ended up going with mxroute as $15 for 3 years of 10GB pooled storage, unlimited domains and unlimited email addresses was too hard to pass up. Took a min to figure out how to set it up (user error) but now everything is up and running great. Thanks again for everybody's help :-) ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-03 16:26 So far I'm pretty impressed... I was about to be "one of those people" who needed setup help... but ended up figuring it out on my own with the help of their complimentary setup email (it really is comprehensive so I can see why the owner is blunt with those who reach out for help). Cheers! ---------------------------------------------------------------------- bigrigbutters0321 · 2023-12-03 16:30 Thanks, trying to set up more or less a prosumer/small enterprise email solution so unfortunately email forwarding isn't exactly what I'm looking for... I want individual mailboxes for accounts... but if money was a factor I probably would go the mail forwarding route. Thanks again.