Below we will see where you can host an email with your own domain. Creating a mail server in your web hosting site was an option we used years ago.
At the moment this is not appropriate for many different reasons. Let's look at some:
Spam filters on email servers have become much more aggressive than ever, to provide security of course. So if you set one of these filters in the mail service that you host on your web server there is a risk of losing many messages.
Maintaining a mail server along with the web server it uses is not wise for another reason:
The reputation of your server's IP.
LOW -reputation and no-reputation are the worst problems you can have on an email server.
LOW-reputation means that your server has been marked as spam by some email servers around the world. Maybe because someone started sending spam (maybe by the previous owner) or because some lazy person marked your emails as “junk” as a more convenient way to unsubscribe. If you are hosted on a shared server, there is a chance that someone else on that server is sending spam.
No rumor : do you think your VPS with a dedicated IP will solve all your email delivery problems? It's not that easy.
Chances are your dedi IP was already spammed at some point. This is a typical behavior of spammers, who change IPs very often.
But even if it has never been classified as spam, there is the issue of "no reputation". Your messages will still be unreliable because your server does not send enough emails.
Basically, you need a reliable mail server with many add-ons for more security and reliability. Do you think that the cheap web hosting server that you got for 5 euros a month will be interested in the reputation of your e-mail, and will contain all the add-ons you need?
Let's see the services we have chosen for you:
G-Suite is the standard email hosting. G-Suite is the most expensive , but it has the most features, great deliverability, and spam protection.
MXroute is a cheap service that works, if you like it as a service of course. If you want to lower the cost, the service is functional but beware: If you don't like something you won't be able to get your money back. Personally, the service seems to me to be very sloppily set up by one person and not by a reliable company.
Outlook 365 very good email delivery like G-Suite, and very reliable spam blocking. Expensive service, but easily integrates with all other Microsoft products.
Zoho is a cheap service but very functional. Spam protection and cloud storage. Think of them as a cheaper G-Suite service, but without Google of course.
Migadu is a great service. The pricing model is very different from everything we mentioned above. You will have unlimited storage, as many mailboxes as you want, but you are charged by the number of emails you send each month. (Other services offer limited storage but unlimited sending and receiving of emails)
Proton mail for more security and encrypted emails. The cost of the service is at the same level as G-Suite, but its servers are located in Switzerland. So all user data is protected by Swiss laws.
George is still wondering what he is doing here….
