I’m setting up my Nextcloud server and am at the point of needing to connect an email server. I’m not interested in selfhosting an email server (not yet anyway), and I don’t particularly like Proton as my current email provider (which was what I migrated to when de-Googling my life).

What email providers do y’all like that aren’t run by shady tech bros and are easy to integrate with your other selfhosted services?

  • anticonnor@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
    16·
    3 months ago

    I want to thank everyone who replied. I did some research on most of these and think PurelyMail is the winner for me. Feel free to correct me if I got some details wrong. I want to give a shoutout to @mbirth for mentioning Disroot, which looks like a really interesting experiment in federated services.

    Also, I know this post is really bending the rules for c/selfhosted, but connecting your selfhosted services to an email provider is essential, and having a reliable and affordable email provider just makes this weird hobby of ours a little easier.

    My Rating (1-5) Service Website Annual Cost Only Email?
    5 PurelyMail https://purelymail.com/ $10, pay for added storage Yes
    4 MXRoute https://mxroute.com/ $50/year small plan Yes
    4 Disroot https://disroot.org/ Free, pay to add storage and domains Yes, separated from other Disroot services
    3 Fastmail https://www.fastmail.com/ $60 individual plan Yes-ish
    3 Mailo https://www.mailo.com/ ~$14 premium plan No
    3 Proton https://mail.proton.me/ $48/year plus plan $120/year unlimited plan No
    2 Mailbox.org https://mailbox.org/ ~$14 light plan ~$42 standard Light plan
    2 Migadu https://migadu.com/ $90 mini plan Yes
    1 GMX https://www.gmx.com/mail/ Free, ad supported No
  • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
    9·
    3 months ago

    I been using mailo.com for years now. It’s a small EU business that’s been in business for 20 years iirc. Never had an issue. Other than that, I predominately use aliases that forward to my main email address.

    • irmadlad@lemmy.worldEnglish
      9·
      3 months ago

      Is this for me? Do you want email? Then yes, probably.

      Well, you really can’t argue with that logic. LOL

    • anticonnor@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      4·
      3 months ago

      I’m liking what I’m seeing here! Most other services try to be like Google, where you can’t get a mail account without also paying for drive, calendar, office, etc. All I want here is an email service, and this looks good and cheap for that.

    • KairuByte@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      Came here to say this. They even have decently priced “lifetime” accounts. Though that price raises by a reasonable amount every year or so.

    • epyon22@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      I have plenty of server storage. Can mx route be used almost like a mail proxy? Mail stored locally and mx route used for just receiving and sending? Needs to be spouse friendly as well. Or if anyone else can recommend something else that fits that bill more.

      • TheButtonJustSpins@infosec.pubEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        I only use it for automations (both send and receive); I’m on Proton for regular mail. They’ve got a few different web interfaces, so I think you can get spouse approval. Not sure on local storage (outside of POP/IMAP).

  • exu@feditown.comEnglish
    51·
    3 months ago

    I use Migadu, it’s probably the closest you can come to fully managing email while not hosting your own server. All their plans are limited on inbound/outbound mails per day and storage used. Beyond that you add as many domains as you want (within reason on their cheapest plan) and create any number of separate mailboxes/users.

    • myrmidex@belgae.socialEnglish
      3·
      3 months ago

      I second migadu. I’ve been with them for about a year, no problems so far, works nice with thunderbird and K9-mail.

  • sznowicki@lemmy.worldEnglish
    4·
    3 months ago

    Mailo.com. French company. They have quite a quirky UI. like one can tell it’s made by a backend guy and the junior version is made by his younger nephew but technical wise it’s perfect. All standards are there plus price is OK.

  • mbirth 🇬🇧@lemmy.mlEnglish
    3·
    3 months ago

    I’ve got a so-called “Asteroid” with UberSpace. You just have to bring your own domain and configure DNS to use their servers. Unlimited mailboxes, unlimited aliases, Sieve scripts … and SSH access.

    Apart from that, I’ve got a free account with disroot for emergencies.

  • fdnomad@programming.devEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    I’ve been happy with Fastmail and its web & android clients so far but I havent tried to integrate it anywhere yet.

  • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    2·
    3 months ago

    Disroot (Netherlands) is pretty good, that’s one that I have used before, and I’ve also heard that Fastmail (Australia) and mailbox.org (Germany) are good paid options but have never tried either.

    • sbird@sopuli.xyzEnglish
      2·
      3 months ago

      Of note, PurelyMail sounds pretty good, I might have to check that one out. Looks like it’s based in the U.S. though, so that could be a problem for some.