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I know there are alternatives like proton mail, tutamail, mailbox.org, etc... But what would be the issue if I create an email using my personal domain, stored in my hosting.. maybe encryption? It seems that no-one even consider this option, but I am not sure why...

What would you suggest?

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[–] knobbysideup@sh.itjust.works 1 points 16 hours ago

Running a mail infrastructure properly is a complex problem. I would not recommend it for most people. There's a reason most companies outsource it these days.

[–] goofus@lemmy.today 1 points 16 hours ago

I bought a domain name and got a web host. I set the index page to be blank and only use the web host for email. It works well. I still have gmail but try to move everything to my own domain email.

[–] cupcakezealot@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

I've done this for years.

One of the benefits is that you can always just set up Gmail to pull from Pop and send with SMTP anytime if you're not ready to give up Gmail yet and then just turn it off when you are without the need to announce a change in email.

[–] zipkid@feddit.nl 0 points 17 hours ago
[–] a887dcd7a@lemmy.world 1 points 17 hours ago (1 children)

You can point your domain on any hoster like mailbox.org. There are a lot of benefits at not hosting your own mailserver.

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