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Using your own domain for email? (sopuli.xyz)

submitted 3 months ago* (last edited 3 months ago) by Blu@sopuli.xyz to c/degoogle@lemmy.ml

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I'm pretty far into the degoogling process, and I'm thinking about purchasing a domain and using it for email. I realized I don't want to be stuck with any one email service, so this is pretty much a necessity for me.

I wouldn't self host though, because I understand that's very hard to do.

For people who have already done this: are there any pitfalls or things I should take into consideration before I purchase a domain?

Also, does the tld matter? Are my emails more likely to be sent to spam with a custom domain vs an email provider's?

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[–] themachine@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (1 children)

The domain doesnt really matter. The mail servers reputation is what really matters. If you aren't going to run your own mail server then you have nothing to be concerned about.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 9 points 3 months ago

No. Domain does matter. Free TLDs are the worst. Some paid one like .xyz aren't great either.

Disclaimer: I'm a owner of a xyz domain and Google constantly place my mail under spam folder without I ever know it.