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.

  • zeitue@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    For nextcloud I would recommend using the all-in-one setup, but as far as email you might want to use an already existing solution rather than trying to host it yourself. I would recommend protonmail for your email since all the other common options like Microsoft and Google are not privacy respecting.

  • marbonmb@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Hosting is not that difficult as some comment describe it. But in the same time, check your domain provider services. Mine, for domain + mailboxes cost splaying like 3€/month

  • ciberjohn@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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.

  • notdedicated@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    Got Apple devices? iCloud+ for .99/month gives you the ability to use a custom domain for your mail. Not sure it can get much cheaper.

    Proton mail is a great private hosted for a bit more $

  • jusepal@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    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/

  • LavaCreeperBOSSB@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I can recommend iCloud email, it starts at $1/month and also includes cloud storage if you want to use that for some reason. It does have a website so you can technically use it without any Apple devices as long as you make an account, and it also allows catch-all emails. I use Cloudflare for Nameservers and it automatically connected and added email records

  • GremlinNZ@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I wouldn’t host my own email server.

    If I was to migrate my legacy Workspace, I’d move it to M365…

    Yeah, it’s not self hosted, but sometimes, not being at fault for something that’s broken… Would be nice!

  • Sky_Linx@alien.topBEnglish
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    9 months ago

    I use and recommend Mailu to self host email as it’s a complete solution but is easier to set up and back up than others. I also use and recommend an smtp server to use as relay host so you can avoid deliverability issues that you might likely have by sending emails directly from your server as your ip might be blacklisted, you need to work hard for reputation etc. I avoid all of this by using Zepto Mail to send emails. It ridiculously cheap but deliverability is awesome and emails reach the recipient quickly. It costs only 2.50 bucks per credit and a credit is for a whopping 10k emails and expires in 6 months. So it’s extremely cheap but at the same time reliable.