Anything better?

    • notfromhere@lemmy.ml
      6·
      2 months ago

      Just make sure your domain registrar is renewable from an alternate email in case shit hits the fan you don’t want to be locked out if something interrupts the service and bow your email doesn’t work and you can’t verify who you are… because… your email doesn’t work.

    • thirdBreakfast@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      I started doing this, maybe 15 years ago, but if I look through my spam folder now, most of it is to the email address I used before I began using unique addresses (the rest is to random addresses in my domains that I’ve never used).

      My hypotheses from that are that

      • there is probably less ‘selling of email lists’ going on than we think
      • I’m less interested in dubious internet sites than I used to be
      • or (most likely) these days, your internet thing has to be offering me some real value if I’m going to consciously give you any of my data.
    • NotSteve_@lemmy.ca
      2·
      2 months ago

      MXRoute is what I use as my domain’s email server and it’s good enough. The included browser email clients (it offers multiple) are sort of trash but if you just use your own it’s perfect. It’s pretty cheap too

      • Dima@feddit.uk
        3·
        2 months ago

        The basic steps are:

        1. Register a domain of your choice
        2. Select who you are setting up your email with (plenty of different providers, Zoho has a basic free plan that would be suitable for a single domain and only a few users at most; Google, outlook etc. also sell services for custom domains)
        3. Configure the DNS records for your domain to whatever your chosen email provider says (MX records to point to the mail server and some records for DMARC & DKIM to prevent your email being spoofed)
        4. Test it all works and start using it

        I’m not going to write a full tutorial so if it sounds interesting I suggest you do more research. The email hosting is typically focused at businesses as they are most likely to be wanting to host email on a custom domain.

  • iturnedintoanewt@lemm.ee
    14·
    2 months ago

    Perhaps an indirect answer, but I’m using a duck.com forwarder whenever i need to give any address, these days. On top of tracker filtering and random alias generator, once i change addresses I’ll only have to update the forwarders destination.

  • Player2@lemm.eeEnglish
    13·
    2 months ago

    How about Tuta mail with a custom domain? They have unlimited custom domain addresses which is pretty nice

  • ray@lemmy.mlEnglish
    11·
    2 months ago

    If you really wanna get started with your own domain I highly recommend just getting https://purelymail.com/ setup for the hosting provider. It’s going to be way cheaper than just about anything and you pay for what you use. I’ve been on it for a few years and never had a problem.

  • hanabatake@lemmy.ml
    8·
    2 months ago

    This dude compare quite a lot of email providers in term of privacy. I do not necessarily agree with all its critics but it is a useful resource:

    https://digdeeper.neocities.org/articles/email

    I would recommend to buy your own domain in case you need to change again. That way, you’re not trapped by your email provider and you can change in case you’re not satisfied anymore

    • Dropper-Post@lemm.eeOP
      21·
      2 months ago

      What hardware is needed if you want to run this cheap and quiet? What you are using?

      • nebulaone@lemmy.world
        1·
        2 months ago

        I recommended looking up the problems with self hosting a mail server first. Just go with Tuta imo, its cheaper and easier.

      • nrbray@lemmy.ml
        1·
        1 month ago

        I use the lowest cost vps and domain name I can find. OVH black Friday deals and lcn free UK domains as a starting point and practice moving host and registrar so as not to be dependent on either. Only after you are independent of vendors is it worth taking this approach IMHO. Beware if you “forget” to renew your domain many sharks about will take it, gather your data or ransom the name.

  • kekmacska@lemmy.zipEnglish
    72·
    2 months ago

    protonmail, tuta or guerillamail. i’m using proton, it is great, even the free version

    • Hexadecimalkink@lemmy.ml
      1·
      2 months ago

      Surprised this isn’t mentioned more because it’s one of the only true alternatives for all the google feature-set.

      • Engywook@lemm.ee
        1·
        2 months ago

        My only complaint is that, unless you pay for more users, all emails towards your custom domains end up a single mailbox (your xxxxx@zoho.com) i.e., you don’t get separate mailboxes in the “lite” plan. Not a deal breaker for my use case, though.

    • over_clox@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      Wait, you can search keywords on Lemmy?

      I dunno, I mostly use Jerboa on Android, as far as I know Jerboa can only search for communities, unless I missed something or perhaps need to update Jerboa.

      • LambdaRX@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        2 months ago

        Jerboa doesn’t have all the features, including searching for keywords. You can choose other app richer in features from here, or use web UI.

  • Zerush@lemmy.ml
    52·
    2 months ago

    Murena mail, Nextcloud mail, Tuta, Proton, aything is better as GMail, only Hotmail is worse.