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A lot of comments about setting up your own domain but the cost is prohibitive to a lot a people: - 1 to $5 a month, sometimes per address. It does pile up. -

A lot of comments about setting up your own domain but the cost is prohibitive to a lot a people: - 1 to $5 a month, sometimes per address. It does pile up. - no office suite of the level of google docs/office365 - need some basic know-how to do it - price could go down but then you have to learn about dkim, spf, etc. not your regular customers/consumers thing. Not even your regular HN reader/participant thing. edit: - gmail to gmail works, no brainer and the UX is the same for everyone ; your own UX/provider will introduce hiccups

mxuribe 6y ago
You are not wrong on some of your comments...which is why some time ago i set up a single-person account (with my own test domain) with zoho...to see if they're a viable replacement. I had used (and abandoned) a free zoho account like almost 10 year ago...but then read the following post, which re-interested me in zoho (though now via a paid account): https://kevq.uk/reasons-why-zoho-mail-is-better-than-gmail/ https://kevq.uk/reasons-why-zoho-mail-is-better-than-gmail/ So far, a few months into my experiment, zoho is really working great! For a single-person approach, zoho's cost is really difficult to compete with; you're looking at $1/month, plus the annual cost of a domain name...which of course is not free, and to your point could add up if need more accounts (for family members, etc.)...But considering other options, it could be something worth considering.
Tepix 6y ago
You should find an affordable TLD option at https://tld-list.com/ https://tld-list.com/ Looks like .cyou is currently the cheapest TLD at $0.65 per year for renewals. There are a lot of other options for just a little bit more. If you can afford it, pay for 10 years in advance. One domain can be used by an unlimited amount of mailboxes. Regarding DKIM etc, most email providers will help you with that. GMail is only a "no brainer" if you don't care about privacy or until Google locks you out.
- johnchristopher 6y ago
  > One domain can be used by an unlimited amount of mailboxes. Not really, most mail only provider I looked at charge you one dollar or more per month per mailboxes (and/or even aliases which is unfortunate) > Regarding DKIM etc, most email providers will help you with that. I don't understand: why would they since they are in charge of their infrastructure ?

mxuribe 6y ago

You are not wrong on some of your comments...which is why some time ago i set up a single-person account (with my own test domain) with zoho...to see if they're a viable replacement. I had used (and abandoned) a free zoho account like almost 10 year ago...but then read the following post, which re-interested me in zoho (though now via a paid account): https://kevq.uk/reasons-why-zoho-mail-is-better-than-gmail/ https://kevq.uk/reasons-why-zoho-mail-is-better-than-gmail/ So far, a few months into my experiment, zoho is really working great! For a single-person approach, zoho's cost is really difficult to compete with; you're looking at $1/month, plus the annual cost of a domain name...which of course is not free, and to your point could add up if need more accounts (for family members, etc.)...But considering other options, it could be something worth considering.

Tepix 6y ago

You should find an affordable TLD option at https://tld-list.com/ https://tld-list.com/ Looks like .cyou is currently the cheapest TLD at $0.65 per year for renewals. There are a lot of other options for just a little bit more. If you can afford it, pay for 10 years in advance. One domain can be used by an unlimited amount of mailboxes. Regarding DKIM etc, most email providers will help you with that. GMail is only a "no brainer" if you don't care about privacy or until Google locks you out.

johnchristopher 6y ago
> One domain can be used by an unlimited amount of mailboxes. Not really, most mail only provider I looked at charge you one dollar or more per month per mailboxes (and/or even aliases which is unfortunate) > Regarding DKIM etc, most email providers will help you with that. I don't understand: why would they since they are in charge of their infrastructure ?