Just curious what people might be using for email hosting for their custom domains. This won't be my main personal email account. Mostly I want to use it for sending outbound notifications from my server so that they actually come from my custom domain rather then sending them out via my personal Gmail account.

Maybe setup a couple inbound addresses for generic stuff as well, but I could handle those via Cloudflare's Email routing beta as well.

Edit: Thanks All, ended up setting up Zoho. One thing that's disappointing with it is that the sender email needs to match the users account. So I needed to create a generic user email account for all my no-reply emails, and in theory those addresses could also receive emails. But not a deal breaker by any means.

This week I saw a post here showing how you can host your email with icloud for really cheap and it got me thinking about this.

What are some self-hosted solutions for email with your own domain and what are the costs associated with them?

Also open to non-self-hosted options like the icloud one.

Hi! I was looking for a way to cut costs and among other things I replaced a paid email hosting service for my custom domains with free services such as Cloudflare. I thought I'd share in case someone might be interested. Do you use a hosting service for your custom domains email? Which one?

Here's the post:

https://vitobotta.com/2022/07/26/how-to-host-email-for-custom-domains-for-free-or-almost-free/

So I have researched about self hosting your own email server such as Mailcow but it seems pretty divided on whether or not you should do it due emails potentially not getting delivered due to spam filters and such. So I'm kinda not interested in self hosting so I'm wondering what is the next best option to get my own email ideally for free but maybe settle for really cheap?

Edit: I have my own domain already.

Edit2: Thank you all! I have my domain with Cloudflare so I have tried their email routing but would like to be able to send from it too. I'll check out some other suggestions.

Edit3: Wow this got a lot of replies. Again thanks all for the recommendations. I haven't had a chance to actually check any out yet (busy weekend) but I will get to it.

Edit4: So I've had a little time to look at some of the options and it looks like maybe Zoho, onepoundemail or PurelyMail. They are both fairly cheap and around the same price. Anyone know how they compare?

Edit5: I ended up paying for Zoho for $12/year. So far it's doing everything I wanted and more. Very happy with it! Thank you all!!!

I am currently using Microsoft 365 with a custom domain for email service. I would like to move away from M365 because of cost (i.e., I get it at no cost today but will have to start paying for it later next year). I am looking for email service recommendations where I can have a custom domain (e.g., [email protected]). It doesn't have to be free but something a lot more affordable (for personal/family use) is desired. I am aware of Google Workspace but am looking for other options as well. Thanks!

Hello!

I am struggling to find what I need, and I am thinking that actually the service I am looking for does not exist for free.

I am setting up a business and am looking for a free email and calendar hosting service that allow me to also use my custom domain.

Above that, it would be nice to have the ability to use third-party apps like Gmail, Outlook or Mail (iOS), but mainly Gmail because that's where my personal email is.

I think this is a lot to ask for free and couldn't find a service yet that has all these things together. So far I came accross:

Hostinger: free, up to 100 accounts, but it seems to not have the calendar functionality. If anyone knows how to "solve" this, I would appreciate.

Zoho: free, up to 5 accounts, has email and calendar, but I can't connect it to third-party apps (correct me if I'm wrong).

Thanks! Would love to hear your inputs.

is there some service where they allow you to host emails for free with a custom domain ?

TL;DR: https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1Gu8FFyNY1Y9X69kHmJvkI0fLv8GaK-5B6HnQZZzo1Nw/edit?usp=sharing

Like many migrating away from Google Workspace, my main concern has been finding a new email provider for my 5 users across 3 domains. The GSuite email host alternatives with prices? thread on r/gsuite was a good starting point, but I found myself needing more information than was provided there.

I decided to record my findings in a spreadsheet covering everything I could find answers for, complete with links to the source of the information as far as possible.

It's still a work in progress, and I welcome corrections, updates, and requests. I hope you find it helpful :)

Hello everyone!

For personal email, I've been using Gmail for > 10 years, and I've been quite satisfied with it so far. However, I feel a bit creeped out that all of my digital identity relies on this single email address, which uses a corporate-owned domain... (yes, yes, call me paranoid all you want)

I was thinking of buying a custom domain on Namecheap (seems like a decent alternative to Google Domains and GoDaddy), and then setting up an email address with this custom domain.

Ideally, I would just have Gmail with a custom domain, as I don't have a strong incentive to move away right now, but I want the flexibility of switching to a different email provider at any time without having to change my contact info / credentials on 285737 websites and online services.

I tried to do some research, and I found the following options:

1. I subscribe to Google Workspace for the custom domain (~70$) and follow this guide, but IIUC this will be a separate account from my personal Gmail (I couldn't find a way to upgrade my personal Gmail to a Workspace one?).

2. I subscribe to a Namecheap private email inbox (~12$ / year) and follow one of the dozens of guides to add this email to my personal Gmail. IIUC, this means Gmail will retrieve emails from my Namecheap inbox, and send emails to Namecheap, which will then forward them from the custom domain email. While this seems like the cheapest and best option for me, I've seen many complaints that Namecheap emails end up in spam or are blacklisted ([1], [2], [3]), and that'd be really bad if I were replying to my bank or health insurance provider...

3. I subscribe to something like ProtonMail Plus (~50$ / year), follow this guide, and then add this account to my Gmail just like in option 2 (however, not sure if / how well this would work). Or I just import my Gmail inbox to ProtonMail and ditch Gmail now (I'd prefer not to make the move for now though).

4. Same as 3, but with SimpleLogin (~30$ / year) with this guide. IIUC, SimpleLogin would use my Gmail as the inbox, and just act as a forwarder. I'm not sure how feasible this is (I've seen others have issues with this setup).

I'd prefer something that optimizes for simplicity and would allow me to keep my current Gmail as the primary inbox. Did I get anything wrong? What would you recommend? What were your experiences in setting up a custom domain for your email?

Thanks!

Hello guys. My mother is starting a business and we already have a domain but I am searching for a free hosting which there are a few ones but I noticed that none of them have the ability to host an email. The only I can do is park a domain but when I go to email section the only thing I can do is like redirect an existing email to other. No other way to create an email from the existing domain. Should I buy a hosting instead? Otherwise I have the possibility to buy only an email hosting from the domain provider. Thank you.

What's your favourite free email host? I've heard about Zoho but the free tier lacks in IMAP and POP3 support. What are some better alternatives and why?

I have a small business. I’m not interested in creating a website. Facebook is all I need. Was just wondering if there was a free service that allows you to creat a custom domain. Thanks for any help.

Im a recent college graduate and wanting to start my own freelance branding/business in my trade. I was wondering about free email domain hosting, until start taking in more jobs and can afford to pay for one. I feel like it would give a more professional look to my cards and other marketing, does anybody know if anyone offers this sort of thing?

I recently got my custom domain, but I now need help setting up the email part of it.

Between Zoho, Proton, Tutanota, and Google Workspace, which hosting service is the best for personal use and managing emails?

Will any of these hosts also allow me to make as many custom email addresses as I want with my domain?

Thanks!

I bought a domain from web.com. I hosted it and pointed it's nameservers to infinityfree.com. And I made a custom email with zoho.com.

But now I need more emails. I can make more emails with cloudflare but for that I need to change domain's nameservers to cloudflare but i can't do that because I'm hosting it on infinityfree.com.

Can anyone guide me how I can achieve that or any others methods for free emails?

I also have a hosting plan with another hosting provider. There I'm hosting another domain. that plan also has emails. but I can't host another domain there. It allows only one. is there any way I can use those emails for the domain I hosted on infinityfree.com?

Sorry if it's confusing, I know it's messed up but I can't pay for hosting right now. I need totally free. Thanx :)

My .com domain was migrated from Google to Squarespace late 2023, and was recently transferred from Squarespace to porkbun a few days ago (the transfer process was just completely today). But porkbun charges additional fee for customized email hosting. However, porkbun offers free email forwarding, therefore, I have [email protected] with porkbun. Is there a way to connect [email protected] to some website and make it work as a mailbox?

Is there any decent domain registrar offering free email hosting and decent/inexpensive renewable fee?

I mean customized email with my own domain. Hopefully, the email can be added to outlook desktop app, so that I can use outlook to manage its messages.

Thanks.

Previously I've used Zoho, but they've now introduced a paid for the feature I'm after that used to be free.

I'm looking for a service that will allow me:

• Pop Access

• Email forwarding

• Catch-all for inbound

• SMTP for sending

• Domain/email verification via DNS records.

Volume is going to be low <500 emails a month.

I do have two domains but I'm happy managing them from separate accounts if the provider doesn't support multi-domains.

Looking for 2-3 emails per domain at the moment.

Gmail offers free smtp but it doesn't allow any verification so some providers receiving see that its coming from my gmail address not my custom domain.

Improv.mx offers a free catch-all service which I use for some other domains that don't require outbound.

Does anyone know of any providers that offer what Zoho used to?

Edit as solved:

As suggested by u/tjuk MailGun solved all my problems perfectly.

Either selfhosted or 3rd party. I'm mostly looking for SMTP so VaultWarden can send emails from my own domain rather than my iCloud email.

I know self hosting email is a hassle so what I'm looking into either only hosting SMTP or using an email provider that allows me to use my own domain for free or cheap.

The only thing I found so far is Zoho. I don't know them so I don't know if they are reputable. I'm also looking at premium Tutanota which is around 12€/year for a full email service and possibility to use my own domain.

What solution do you use? What should I look into?

Could anyone recommend email providers that let you use your own domain. This isn't for a business account so I don't need anything crazy, I just want a personal email provider that will let me create my own email address using my custom domain I've purchased

Far too often I see people posting their gmail, hotmail or ISP email address on signage, business cards, vehicles, etc. This locks you in to a potentially costly and compromising situation if you decide to move, change ISPs or your service provider goes out of business. For a relatively low yearly fee you can get your own domain name and have it forwarded to any provider you like. Boost your company profile!