Thinking of starting media creation, want to have an email address dedicated to that purpose. Don’t want to go with Gmail as I’d like to phase Google out of my life, amd Protonmail seems incorrect for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.
Recommendations?
Buy a domain name and put that on the service provider of your choice.
I have no basis by which to choose a service provider.
I personally use Migadu for email + Porkbun for the domain, prices and service are great imo
+1 Migadu, really nice people.
Exactly the combo I use. Been happy with Migadu for the last 2 years. Although, purelymail also seems interesting.
Never heard of purelymail, what are they like?
https://purelymail.com/ seems like it’s a cheap, no-nonsense email provider. I’m already setup on Migadu and happy enough, so I haven’t tried it. But it seems like a lot of people like it.
People were recently talking about it on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42836818
Thanks for the links!
The advantage of this approach is that you are not tied to a service provider indefinitely. You can keep the same email address when you change providers.
The stakes of selecting a “wrong” service provider aren’t as high. If you find you chose the “wrong” one, you can change it in the future.
Fastmail has been great for me for years now
I use Proton, but I also use their VPN and password manager. Aliases are also nice.
Your domain provider might have a basic service for low cost.
You can get a low tier google workspace.
Zoho exists.
You can get an exchange p1 license.
You can buy your own Synology and run an email server off it if your ISP allows.
I use google workspace but it’s from when they had a free service. If I needed to switch today I’d go with Exchange online, or I’d find a cheap Colo near me and put a Synology pair in it.
How much does this cost you, and are there any drawbacks?
Maybe $20/year for the domain and some addl services.
Exchange online for a single user is $48/year according to their website.
Knowing I can move my domain whenever I want is worth something.
But do not host your own email server unless you hate yourself.
If you can find a cloud email security gateway for a decent price it wouldn’t be that bad for an experienced email admin.
This. Always use your own domain.