I had a free google workspace for over a decade with a domain I own before it became a paid service, I’m looking at putting it all in my hands ideally using services that cost less than the $15/Month in paying for a handful of accounts.
I’m looking at running a Nextcloud to replace most of the Google services but I still haven’t found an email server replacement. Any ideas/suggestions/links to guides?
Edit: I’m not necessarily looking to host my own email, as I understand it to be a pain, but looking to migrate my current one to somewhere else.
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I switched from google to Proton and it’s been solid.
Protonmail is good. I did the same thing you’re doing and proton seems to be a reputable brand at the moment.
Well the obligatory mention that selfhosting email is more headache than what its worth. You don’t wan’t to be told from expecting recipient that email from you never arrive since their provider blackholed your mail into oblivion.
Try mxroute for email. Currently theres ongoing black friday promo for $15 triennially. https://mxroute.blackfriday/
If you want unlimited accounts I’d recommend mail cheap
I use cloudflare, the free tier, that includes email associated to your domain. In essence it will route email messages to any domain/address you own to a destination. Say outlook.com or gmail.com free email tier.
There’s always protonmail hosted, secure, cheapish
Proton mail
If you are really looking to be hosted for nothing at all, check out disroot.org. I use them for my primary email account. They also host Nextcloud.
See this howto: https://poolp.org/posts/2019-09-14/setting-up-a-mail-server-with-opensmtpd-dovecot-and-rspamd/
I have delivery to the inbox of all major providers using this. Email is not that hard…
For email I think the best choice is still M365. It’s not free and not self hosted but IMHO it’s by far the best e-mail/collaboration suit that exists
Don’t be your own email admin. Get a $1 CPanel host from anywhere and you’re good to go.
Just use mailbox.org or posteo. They’re cheap and reliable
for email, there’s gmx
Maybe consider mailbox.org. It is cheap, supports custom domains and is hosted in Germany.
You can check Purelymail if it can suit your req for mail.