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Get your own domain for ~$13 a year and then forward your email to Gmail or another online provider you like. If Google kills your account you can forward it el

Get your own domain for ~$13 a year and then forward your email to Gmail or another online provider you like. If Google kills your account you can forward it elsewhere. I recently started using the startup https://hanami.run https://hanami.run to forward my mail. It's a brand new startup that I read about here on HN and the creator is super helpful. Edit: I realize that parents Mom and my Mom are not going to do this, but us Hacker News types should.

bbkane 6y ago
Looks like the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links from the front page 404
hsbauauvhabzb 6y ago
My mailserver can’t point to gmail unless I get gmail premium I chose instead to run my own mailserver (it’s a pain, but it’s very scaleable and I use a catch all often). Gmail have created an anticompetative situation where I can chose to pay them money, or have problems communicating with their customers.
- yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
  I prefer to pay someone... okay, anyone, who isn't Google. Fastmail, O365, Proton, whatever. Solves the problem and supports non-Google options.
  - nly 6y ago
    I actually want to switch to O365/outlook for my family domain name but refuse on principle because even with O365 Premium they require you to transfer your domain to GoDaddy... At the moment I'm with Fastmail, but the pricing isn't so competitive
    - CameronNemo 6y ago
      >they require you to transfer your domain to GoDaddy Not according to this page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-your-own-domain-in-outlook-com-premium-61e21366-c809-44e5-a414-9bab47110e5f https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-your-own-doma...
      - abawany 6y ago
        But isn't that product ("Outlook Premium") closed off to new subscribers since 2017? (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-com-premium-faq-cd5f03f6-1407-456a-9410-f8f24804746b?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-com-premi... ) I also had a similar experience to the parent poster, i.e. MS support required transferring the domain to godaddy before one could use it for Outlook if using a consumer-focused O365 plan.
        CameronNemo 6y ago
        Oh. Color me corrected. That requirement honestly sounds insane.
    - abawany 6y ago
      I've been on Mailbox.org for a while now while co-evaluating others. Apart from a few UI quirks and slow-ish support, the service has been rock solid and nice. It also supports push email for ios devices.

bbkane 6y ago

Looks like the Terms of Use and Privacy Policy links from the front page 404

hsbauauvhabzb 6y ago

My mailserver can’t point to gmail unless I get gmail premium I chose instead to run my own mailserver (it’s a pain, but it’s very scaleable and I use a catch all often). Gmail have created an anticompetative situation where I can chose to pay them money, or have problems communicating with their customers.

yjftsjthsd-h 6y ago
I prefer to pay someone... okay, anyone, who isn't Google. Fastmail, O365, Proton, whatever. Solves the problem and supports non-Google options.
- nly 6y ago
  I actually want to switch to O365/outlook for my family domain name but refuse on principle because even with O365 Premium they require you to transfer your domain to GoDaddy... At the moment I'm with Fastmail, but the pricing isn't so competitive
  - CameronNemo 6y ago
    >they require you to transfer your domain to GoDaddy Not according to this page: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-your-own-domain-in-outlook-com-premium-61e21366-c809-44e5-a414-9bab47110e5f https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/use-your-own-doma...
    - abawany 6y ago
      But isn't that product ("Outlook Premium") closed off to new subscribers since 2017? (https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-com-premium-faq-cd5f03f6-1407-456a-9410-f8f24804746b?ui=en-US&rs=en-US&ad=US https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/outlook-com-premi... ) I also had a similar experience to the parent poster, i.e. MS support required transferring the domain to godaddy before one could use it for Outlook if using a consumer-focused O365 plan.
      - CameronNemo 6y ago
        Oh. Color me corrected. That requirement honestly sounds insane.
  - abawany 6y ago
    I've been on Mailbox.org for a while now while co-evaluating others. Apart from a few UI quirks and slow-ish support, the service has been rock solid and nice. It also supports push email for ios devices.