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AFAIK they’re the only decent email provider that offers a free account that allows a custom domain. I use the $1/month mail lite plan. It’s nice to have an o
by donmcronald 4y ago
AFAIK they’re the only decent email provider that offers a free account that allows a custom domain.
I use the $1/month mail lite plan. It’s nice to have an option that doesn’t cost as much as Microsoft and Google for people that want email on a custom domain, but don’t need all the cruft (drive, apps, etc).
- nells 4y agoYandex mail is better and it allows custom domain for free.
- sofixa 4y agoYeah, but: a) a lot of places block Russia and China wholesale against spam b) they'e hosted in a genocidal regime without rule of law completely beholden to a dictator's whims. Pass.
- Reticulate 4y ago
- Cthulhu_ 4y agoWhat do you trust? Reuters? The UN? Russia? I don't believe you're actually open to the idea. Prove me / us wrong by saying what it'll take to change your mind, or by saying you're not open to anything. Asking for sources is fine, but show your own work as well.
- uxx 4y agoHow is it better? as far as i know the other options are more feature rich
- tyingq 4y agoIt offers IMAP and POP, which the Zoho free plan dropped some time back. Their inbound spam filtering may also be better, given that they have more volume than Zoho to train on.
- esskay 4y agoA lot of place also block it due to Yandex being full of spam accounts, even on custom domains. Not sure I'd ever trust something from them and would actively block their services.
- urtrs 4y agoIt is not free anymore.
- itake 4y agoI moved off Zoho when they dropped support for 'basic' email features like POP and IMAP access, which forces you to use their web or mobile app. I need unified inbox otherwise I will forget to check it.
- cobertos 4y agoPerhaps it's a pro only feature now or something? I just set up a client's phone to use Zoho with IMAP.
- homero 4y agoYeah I think it moved to paid sadly. But custom domain is amazing
- donmcronald 4y agoI thought they grandfathered free accounts that were using those. But yeah, you have to pay for that stuff now. Personally I think it’s reasonable to have the free plan stripped down like that. It’s better than what Microsoft and Google did.
- JustSomeNobody 4y agoThey did grandfather it in, so if you had it before, you have it now and there is no reason for someone to drop because of it - until Zoho changes it for the grandfathered accounts...
- planede 4y agoWhat? I still use IMAP on free tier without issues. Is this only for new accounts? edit: Damn, I just read the sibling account. Kind of nervous now, I hope they won't drop this any time soon for grandfathered accounts.
- ZohoCares 4y agoHello all, As someone mentioned, our free plan doesn't support IMAP, POP and ActiveSync. But this was implemented only for newer accounts and the existing accounts which had the support earlier, continue to enjoy the features without any additional costs. So if your account was created earlier, you would have IMAP/ POP support without any issues. Regards, ZohoMail
- kybernetikos 4y agoI'm very happy with fastmail on my custom domain. They even have tools for managing your dns records.
- creata 4y agoAnd serving a static site, if you're especially lazy. :)
- damiante 4y agoI just use domain forwarding to have my inbound emails to my custom domain address land in my plain old Gmail account, and outbound ones to forward to my domain. All the benefits of Gmail at no cost.
- propogandist 4y agoVoluntarily routing all your email to the free service offered by the data mining ad company is foolish.
- fud101 4y agoany tips on setting this up
- IshKebab 4y agoAre your outbound emails signed?
- colinsane 4y agolast i checked (about half a year ago), they didn’t support IPv6. a tired meme, but it actually has economic impacts on my self-hoster friends. almost all ISPs block the SMTP port, and it’s way cheaper (free, even) to get an unblocked IPv6 address than an IPv4 one just because of address exhaustion. so if i used Zoho i’d kinda be forcing them to pay more if they want to be able to reach me :/
- whatwherewhy 4y agoI don't get it. Your friends wouldn't be paying to connect to your Ipv4.
- tyingq 4y agoI think the idea is that he has friends with SMTP outbound that is only capable of ipv6. Zoho doesn't listen on any ipv6 addresses, and doesn't have any MX records that map to AAAA/ipv6, so mail from them doesn't get to Zoho. Though I suspect Zoho is not the only medium sized email provider that doesn't support ipv6.
- thr83away 4y agoWhy does ISP's block SMTP port for the IPv4 address but not IPv6 address?
- Semaphor 4y ago> almost all ISPs block the SMTP port, Is that a US thing? Or which country are you talking about? I’ve never had any port blocked in Germany.
- tyingq 4y agoYes, definitely. One example: https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-blocked-ports https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/list-of-blocked-por...
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- lonesword 4y agoGoogle workspaces in India costs 125 rupees a month. That's around $1.5. Use a VPN + an international debit card (or wise.com) to pay Google in rupees? Is there a real downside to this?
- type0 4y ago> Is there a real downside to this? Google figuring out you are not in India and blocking your account
- tyingq 4y agoAh, yep, they seem on to this: https://support.google.com/a/answer/6175301?hl=en https://support.google.com/a/answer/6175301?hl=en
- tecleandor 4y agoFor some people the downside would be using Google, and/or jumping all that hoops. For that price I rather use Migadu, that has a 19$ Year plan.
- krisgenre 4y agoRemember, if Google blocks you they'll likely block your personal accounts too.
- capableweb 4y agoMigadu is another awesome email solution. For my family and myself, we're on the "Micro" plan which works out to be 1.5 USD per month (but paid yearly). For smaller organizations and projects, we're on the "Mini" plan which is 9 USD per month. Super cheap, very reliable and easy to setup. Never had any issues in the years I've been using it. I'm not associated with them, just a happy user that wishes them all the best. https://www.migadu.com/pricing/ https://www.migadu.com/pricing/
- KronisLV 4y agoThey also have a page about their pros/cons: https://www.migadu.com/procon/ https://www.migadu.com/procon/ If nothing else, it's one of the more honest pieces of company writing out there, although some of the things could be dealbreakers for some people. I suggest that you check it out, it's written in a pretty straightforward and easy to understand language and lays everything bare.
- aliqot 4y agotheir support is great too. same guy every time for me, and they remember you. just dont use them for business email, though they will accommodate it briefly if you're setting up a baby saas. they'll let you know theyre not a volume sender solution
- AussieWog93 4y agoCharged per (Migadu) account, too - not per user. Seems like you can have basically unlimited users/domains per account, which is nice. Not being able to spawn random addresses (payments@, contact@) without paying really turns me off a lot of other providers.
- Fire-Dragon-DoL 4y agoI'm on migadu, but the problem remains the same: I can't find a decent email client. Either the client is bundled with email, but then the email doesn't support multidomain and multi user (or have to pay for each, which is bad), or it's just not shared between web and android. If I could solve this, I would be able to uninatall gmail, which right now I use uniquely as an email client.
- synergy20 4y agoUsed to be a paid customer, nowadays using its free email with custom domain, for the last 8 years. Thanks Zoho email!
- malinens 4y agoI work at inbox.eu. You can use it for free if you are ok with sending max 3 emails per day. You need to verify mobile phone or verify account via Telegram for free acounts. Also 9.99 EUR per year for premium account is one of the lowest prices available in the market from professional email providers :)
- NayamAmarshe 4y ago> or verify account via Telegram for free acounts This is great! I'm signing up right now!
- r_singh 4y agoDo you have peering? Where are you hosted?
- slim 4y agoYandex offers a custom domain too
- la64710 4y agoFWIW They do way more than email … it has been fascinaa sad to g to watch them grow over many years. Their initial devs were school dropouts.
- la64710 4y agoFascinating … typo