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

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.