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The Browser Wasn’t Enough, Google Wants To Control All Your Software (hackaday.com)
submitted 11 months ago by to c/technology@lemmy.world
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[–] [S] 4 points 11 months ago (3 children)

Email? Its about the only thing leaving me on googles platform ATM. I can self host (with mailinabox) but....I kinda dont want to? Its so much work and I would rather do other things with my time.

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  • [–] 9 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I wouldn't self host email. But I would pay for a host and get away from Gmail. Wait until Black Friday and get free/cheap services from a bunch of places. Maybe even proton if you're okay with them. Also, using your own domain for email is pretty cool (to me).

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  • [–] 5 points 11 months ago (1 child)

    I use my web host for email. I looked into hosting it myself but it looked way too fragile. The service is included with the website so it's not like I'm spending any extra money that I wasn't going to already...

    Maybe porkbun if you just need email?

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  • [–] 1 point 11 months ago (1 child)

    But Porkbun charges per mailbox.

    I pay for Tuta, and I have added my personal domain. It works as catch-all, allowing me to have an infinite amount of addresses, so I can use a different email on each website.

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  • [–] 3 points 11 months ago

    I really like Runbox. Nothing particularity fancy, just pure standards compliant email, with excellent reputation, for a very low cost. They have a “drive” too.

    There’s also mailbox.org, tuta, the upcoming “thunder mail”, proton, fast mail, probably your domain provider or VPS provider offers email as an add on. Consider paying for a email and a domain. It can be as low as $30 a year, and you become the customer instead of the product. Owning your identity.

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