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I'd love to move my personal email off my self hosted (Postfix/Dovecot) server, but I'm not paying $5/person/month for the privilege (ProtonMail etc). I know h

• bluGill 3y ago
  How much does your server cost? A $500 computer that you replace every 10 years is most of that $5/month. Then there is electric costs, internet connection costs, and so on. You are correct it doesn't cost $5/month to admin your mail server, but there is a lot more than the cost of the admins pay that you are paying for.
• BeetleB 3y ago
  Get a shared web host that provides email. Usually you can create unlimited email accounts. Dreamhost is $13/mo (although they have a temporary discount right now). That's more than $5/mo, but you get a lot more than email. They also have email only hosting: $1.67/mo/mailbox if you prepay for a year. I can see why you think the hosting companies are gouging you with their prices per user, but look at it from your family's perspective. Their email is probably worth a lot more than $2/mo to them, and if you suddenly die and they lose access, it would be because you didn't want to pay $2/mo to avoid that pain.