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.

  • fabio_teixei@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    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

  • Chemical-Advisor562@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I can really recommend Mailcow, and if you have a Synology NAS, Synology Mail Server. Receiving emails is the easy part. Sending them is the tricky one. If you wish to self host at home, you will need an external provider anyway, like a cheap VPS for its dedicated IP. If you already rely on something external, you may just use an SMTP service, like AWS SES, what is dirt cheap on a home lab level. (I have not paid anything since I started to use them with my weekly 5 email sent.) I can also recommend forwardemail.net for catching emails for a domain or a specific email address and just forward them to any email address. For $3 a month, they offer an SMTP service, too, so you can use them to send emails from your domain.

  • CountZilch@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 months ago

    I moved to Zillium (Zoho Family plan) but not 100% happy with them. Heaps of threads on migration and options on the Google Workspace Reddit starting around the time they tried to remove the free legacy plans.

  • LavaCreeperBOSSB@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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

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  • GremlinNZ@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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!

  • jusepal@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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/

  • notdedicated@alien.topBEnglish
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    11 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 $