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 i correct for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.

Recommendations?

  • @Brkdncr
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    282 days ago

    Buy a domain name and put that on the service provider of your choice.

    • @EvacuateSoul
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      132 days ago

      But do not host your own email server unless you hate yourself.

      • @Brkdncr
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        12 days ago

        If you can find a cloud email security gateway for a decent price it wouldn’t be that bad for an experienced email admin.

      • @[email protected]
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        72 days ago

        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.

      • @Brkdncr
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        -12 days ago

        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.

          • @Brkdncr
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            32 days ago

            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.