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Their AI push is what convinced me to leave gmail and go buy my own domain. I don't want it.

by computerjoe314 4mo ago

soperj 4mo ago
what do you use as your client?
- bigfishrunning 4mo ago
  I'm not the poster you're replying to, but i did the same thing and use Purelymail (and their web interface, which i think is open-source) it's a very cheap no-nonsense service, i recommend it
  - specproc 4mo ago
    Also not the poster you're replying to, but I get email with ProtonVPN, which I've linked to my domain. I'm not without my questions about them as a company, but Google are getting beyond a joke. Full migration away is coming with next phone upgrade.
  - virgil_disgr4ce 4mo ago
    +1 for Purelymail. Most things that appear to be too good to be true are not true. Purelymail is the real deal.
  - aquariusDue 4mo ago
    Over the years I've recommended Migadu and still do. Affordable and reliable with usage based pricing. As for the email client I personally prefer Thunderbird on PC and FairEmail on Android. https://migadu.com/ https://migadu.com/ https://email.faircode.eu/ https://email.faircode.eu/
    - efreak 4mo ago
      Fairemail is great. Better than Thunderbird and any other mail client around. Every so often I see a new mail client pop up for Android advertising that it does X better than any other client; I look at it and it's either built on top of either aosp or some other oss email client (or a rewrite of same) with X feature bolted on, often with numerous features missing. If you want a full email client, go with fairemail. Reminder to take a look at what nontrivial OSS software you use every day that you've never paid for, and consider a donation (I recommend GitHub sponsorship as a method that currently charges no fees to either the donor or the recipient)
  - ddxv 4mo ago
    I just signed up given the low price, got it setup with K-9 POP on my phone. Gotta say that is a very simple and easy to follow setup. Compared with something like Zoho where I get lost everytime I need to navigate around. I'm really liking this, thanks for the recommendation.
- baobrien 4mo ago
  I've been pretty happy on Fastmail as a custom-domain email host the last few years.
- computerjoe314 4mo ago
  I ended up on Zoho because I wanted to be cheap. So far that's worked out well for me.

Their AI push is what convinced me to leave gmail and go buy my own domain. I don't want it.

soperj 4mo ago

what do you use as your client?

bigfishrunning 4mo ago
I'm not the poster you're replying to, but i did the same thing and use Purelymail (and their web interface, which i think is open-source) it's a very cheap no-nonsense service, i recommend it
- specproc 4mo ago
  Also not the poster you're replying to, but I get email with ProtonVPN, which I've linked to my domain. I'm not without my questions about them as a company, but Google are getting beyond a joke. Full migration away is coming with next phone upgrade.
- virgil_disgr4ce 4mo ago
  +1 for Purelymail. Most things that appear to be too good to be true are not true. Purelymail is the real deal.
- aquariusDue 4mo ago
  Over the years I've recommended Migadu and still do. Affordable and reliable with usage based pricing. As for the email client I personally prefer Thunderbird on PC and FairEmail on Android. https://migadu.com/ https://migadu.com/ https://email.faircode.eu/ https://email.faircode.eu/
  - efreak 4mo ago
    Fairemail is great. Better than Thunderbird and any other mail client around. Every so often I see a new mail client pop up for Android advertising that it does X better than any other client; I look at it and it's either built on top of either aosp or some other oss email client (or a rewrite of same) with X feature bolted on, often with numerous features missing. If you want a full email client, go with fairemail. Reminder to take a look at what nontrivial OSS software you use every day that you've never paid for, and consider a donation (I recommend GitHub sponsorship as a method that currently charges no fees to either the donor or the recipient)
- ddxv 4mo ago
  I just signed up given the low price, got it setup with K-9 POP on my phone. Gotta say that is a very simple and easy to follow setup. Compared with something like Zoho where I get lost everytime I need to navigate around. I'm really liking this, thanks for the recommendation.
baobrien 4mo ago
I've been pretty happy on Fastmail as a custom-domain email host the last few years.
computerjoe314 4mo ago
I ended up on Zoho because I wanted to be cheap. So far that's worked out well for me.