I want to stop using google services as much as possible, which is why I want to switch to a different email service. I don’t know which one I should switch too though. It would be great if someone could recommend a good alternative.

  • spytfyre@lemmy.ml
    10·
    3 years ago

    At the end of the day it will depend on the amount of money that you are willing to spend on this (and 0 is a perfectly valid choice) but what I would suggest is that regardless of provider, you buy and use your own domain so that

    • you own your identity
    • can change providers in the future without sending a notice to all your contacts about the change
    • datendefekt@lemmy.ml
      7·
      3 years ago

      I would second this. We have a .me domain and the costs including hosting are just a few euros a month. Pretty effortless actually.

      One thing I did notice is that some people sometimes don’t receive my emails. I guess that over-restrictive spam filters filter out the .me domain.

        • poVoq@lemmy.ml
          3·
          3 years ago

          Imho that seems like the best solution in general… it is better to buy a domain anyways if you want to self-host some stuff, but self-hosting email is kind of unfeasible given the spam-filter situation, so this gives you the best of both worlds.

          I personally have a cheap php webspace where I manage my domains and dyndns and also put all the landing pages for public stuff that is better to have available all the time, with stuff that is less mission critical running of my fiber connection at home (or a cheap VPS previously).

    • Fisch@lemmy.mlOP
      3·
      3 years ago

      I didn’t even know you could use your own domain, will probably do that