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If you're looking for a new provider I'd vouch for Fastmail. I switched from Google's free plan back when they killed Inbox, and I've been pretty happy with it.

by bpye 4y ago

nicce 4y ago
Tutanota is not bad either. Still a small provider but growing. They have also E2EE calendar.
- gaganyaan 4y ago
  Did not care for Tutanota, mostly because I don't want to have yet another Electron app running. I just wanted to use Tutanota as an email host, with E2EE enabled where available/feasible. Instead, I couldn't use Thunderbird to access my email, which kind of killed it for me.
  - nicce 4y ago
    PGP encryption is problematic, and Tutanota is not using it. Therefore, adding Thunderbird support is challenging. There are around 15 people working in Tutanota, and without Electron they really can’t provide it for every platform.
smileybarry 4y ago
My problem is that I use my G Suite Free as a sort-of alias, it all still goes to my main Gmail (that I can't change due to billions of accounts pointing to it) and I then send replies back with the @domain.name identity (and associated SMTP). I haven't been able to find a service to fill that niche that isn't a whole inbox, but also doesn't feel like some shaky registrar IMAP/SMTP setup. It's definitely a deliverability perk to have Google serve my domain. Cloudflare have a really nice incoming email redirection feature and I wanted to use it, but they don't support sending emails by design.
- bpye 4y ago
  You can configure Fastmail to do that, but I guess it would be in reverse. I have some old Google accounts (old student email and pre-custom domain gmail) configured to forward mail to Fastmail, and then Fastmail configured to send email via Google for those email addresses too. https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278022-Using-other-email-addresses https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278022-Us...
- nicoburns 4y ago
  I use Fastmail, and have it pull in my gmail account via IMAP. I actually don’t have too much sent to my gmail these days, as I was already using the custom domain with gmail for many years before I switched providers, but what does get sent to it comes through just fine.
- cmeacham98 4y ago
  I'm not sure why this can't work with basically any email provider? Setup you domain like normal, and configure gmail to forward all incoming mail to your address on your domain. What is the feature you're missing here?
  - smileybarry 4y ago
    It can, but then pricing bothers me. I just got so used to G Suite free that I don't want to tack on a $10/month subscription for forwarding. (It's silly given the myriad of other subscriptions I'm fine with, though)
    - cmeacham98 4y ago
      You're not paying for forwarding, you're paying for someone to host a whole email stack for you (and the associated dev work such as on clients). You can choose to use a "free" provider like Gmail if you're ok with paying with your data and a lack of features (such as not being able to use a custom domain). Also by the way, Fastmail is half the price you list at $5/month (might have to prepay a year to get that price).

If you're looking for a new provider I'd vouch for Fastmail. I switched from Google's free plan back when they killed Inbox, and I've been pretty happy with it.

by bpye 4y ago

If you're looking for a new provider I'd vouch for Fastmail. I switched from Google's free plan back when they killed Inbox, and I've been pretty happy with it.

nicce 4y ago

Tutanota is not bad either. Still a small provider but growing. They have also E2EE calendar.

gaganyaan 4y ago
Did not care for Tutanota, mostly because I don't want to have yet another Electron app running. I just wanted to use Tutanota as an email host, with E2EE enabled where available/feasible. Instead, I couldn't use Thunderbird to access my email, which kind of killed it for me.
- nicce 4y ago
  PGP encryption is problematic, and Tutanota is not using it. Therefore, adding Thunderbird support is challenging. There are around 15 people working in Tutanota, and without Electron they really can’t provide it for every platform.

smileybarry 4y ago

My problem is that I use my G Suite Free as a sort-of alias, it all still goes to my main Gmail (that I can't change due to billions of accounts pointing to it) and I then send replies back with the @domain.name identity (and associated SMTP). I haven't been able to find a service to fill that niche that isn't a whole inbox, but also doesn't feel like some shaky registrar IMAP/SMTP setup. It's definitely a deliverability perk to have Google serve my domain. Cloudflare have a really nice incoming email redirection feature and I wanted to use it, but they don't support sending emails by design.

bpye 4y ago
You can configure Fastmail to do that, but I guess it would be in reverse. I have some old Google accounts (old student email and pre-custom domain gmail) configured to forward mail to Fastmail, and then Fastmail configured to send email via Google for those email addresses too. https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278022-Using-other-email-addresses https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/1500000278022-Us...
nicoburns 4y ago
I use Fastmail, and have it pull in my gmail account via IMAP. I actually don’t have too much sent to my gmail these days, as I was already using the custom domain with gmail for many years before I switched providers, but what does get sent to it comes through just fine.
cmeacham98 4y ago
I'm not sure why this can't work with basically any email provider? Setup you domain like normal, and configure gmail to forward all incoming mail to your address on your domain. What is the feature you're missing here?
- smileybarry 4y ago
  It can, but then pricing bothers me. I just got so used to G Suite free that I don't want to tack on a $10/month subscription for forwarding. (It's silly given the myriad of other subscriptions I'm fine with, though)
  - cmeacham98 4y ago
    You're not paying for forwarding, you're paying for someone to host a whole email stack for you (and the associated dev work such as on clients). You can choose to use a "free" provider like Gmail if you're ok with paying with your data and a lack of features (such as not being able to use a custom domain). Also by the way, Fastmail is half the price you list at $5/month (might have to prepay a year to get that price).