Good cheap hosting to move to? Mostly email

[OutInTheShed]

Can anyone recommend a good host for my domain name and email accounts?

Easy for an IT muppet to understand, control and monitor?

I have a domain name, I don't really need the website any more, but if it's not adding much cost I'll keep it.
I /we use a few email accounts at <shed_domain>.co.uk, we'd like to keep these addresses as we've had them 10 years.
But I think my current domain host is not really geared towards amateurs like me, and having retired I no longer have an IT stoodent at my disposal.

Or should I just migrate to a free provider?

[GlenMH]

I have found Krystal to be very good.

[GCH]

Google domains, and have all the emails set up in gmail (can send as them from within there too).
Something like £10 a year for the domain registration renewal.

[OutInTheShed]

Thanks both.

[Davie_GLA]

Been using blinkweb for years. The owner is a PHer.

Sign up here

[loafer123]

I use Google and Krystal.

Google better for email, Krystal better for hosting.

[OutInTheShed]

loafer123 said:

I use Google and Krystal.

Google better for email, Krystal better for hosting.

To be clear, you're using a google service to host the email server?

Or do you just mean to access another service?
Ta.

[nd0000]

I use Google domains as well. You have a choice between paying for Google workspace, or else just forward to an arbitrary email address: I use my Gmail account and that works perfectly fine.

[loafer123]

OutInTheShed said:

loafer123 said:

I use Google and Krystal.

Google better for email, Krystal better for hosting.

To be clear, you're using a google service to host the email server?

Or do you just mean to access another service?
Ta.

Using Google Workspace (formerly G-Suite) for email, and domain hosting.

Emails sent to [e-mail] are accessed via Gmail servers, and are therefore extremely reliable, and great at spam filtering, too.

[Fer]

Currently with Names.co.uk, but they have been pushing the price up over the past few years for less service, so will have to investigate these alternatives.

[paulrockliffe]

Do you use Office 365? If so you can simply point your domain at that and do it that way.

[davek_964]

GCH said:

Google domains, and have all the emails set up in gmail (can send as them from within there too).
Something like £10 a year for the domain registration renewal.

Do you mean that you can send "from" your domain email address?

I have Google domain for £10 a year, and can use domain addresses that then get forwarded to whatever other address I choose (Outlook). But I can't send "from" those domain addresses - if I wanted to send a response, it would be from the Outlook address. Are you somehow replying "from" the domain address? (I know you get "proper" domain email addresses if you pay much more than £10).

Edited by davek_964 on Monday 20th February 14:12

[Fore Left]

Mythic Beasts. Was from a previous recommendation on here.

Costs £2 / month for email. Unlimited domains and inboxes, max 2GB storage and 25GB bandwidth.

I was up and running in about 2 hours after GoDaddy migrated to O365 and no longer supported a catch-all email inbox.

https://www.mythic-beasts.com/hosting

[loafer123]

davek_964 said:

Do you mean that you can send "from" your domain email address?

I have Google domain for £10 a month, and can use domain addresses that then get forwarded to whatever other address I choose (Outlook). But I can't send "from" those domain addresses - if I wanted to send a response, it would be from the Outlook address. Are you somehow replying "from" the domain address? (I know you get "proper" domain email addresses if you pay much more than £10).

I certainly do. Rather than forwarding messages to your Outlook address, can you not just use the Google email server to retrieve and send emails?

[S6PNJ]

Fore Left said:

Mythic Beasts. Was from a previous recommendation on here.

Costs £2 / month for email. Unlimited domains and inboxes, max 2GB storage and 25GB bandwidth.

I was up and running in about 2 hours after GoDaddy migrated to O365 and no longer supported a catch-all email inbox.

https://www.mythic-beasts.com/hosting

I've been with Mythic Beasts since November last year and have not a single instance of needing to contact them so far - everything has been good and stable, no issues (currently 3 email accounts running through my web hosting package) and I'm happy with their service.

Previous recommendation might have been where I got the details from - many other options suggested in this thread - https://www.pistonheads.com/gassing/topic.asp?h=0&...

[davek_964]

loafer123 said:

davek_964 said:

Do you mean that you can send "from" your domain email address?

I have Google domain for £10 a month, and can use domain addresses that then get forwarded to whatever other address I choose (Outlook). But I can't send "from" those domain addresses - if I wanted to send a response, it would be from the Outlook address. Are you somehow replying "from" the domain address? (I know you get "proper" domain email addresses if you pay much more than £10).

I certainly do. Rather than forwarding messages to your Outlook address, can you not just use the Google email server to retrieve and send emails?

Thanks, I'll look into it

[droopsnoot]

Looking at Mythic Beasts reviews, it seems that a lot of Trustpilot reviews are from around September 21st last year - should I read anything into that?

I'm looking for web and email hosting in the next few weeks as my Ionos contract renews. Last year I made the mistake of not cancelling / renewing so have had to pay full price, and I'd like to get on to somewhere where I don't have to worry about these "special offers" and the like. ETA - I don't need much web space, so MB does look ideal on the face of it.

Edited by droopsnoot on Monday 20th February 10:31

[OutInTheShed]

davek_964 said:

Do you mean that you can send "from" your domain email address?

I have Google domain for £10 a month, and can use domain addresses that then get forwarded to whatever other address I choose (Outlook). But I can't send "from" those domain addresses - if I wanted to send a response, it would be from the Outlook address. Are you somehow replying "from" the domain address? (I know you get "proper" domain email addresses if you pay much more than £10).

Do you mean £10 a year?

AIUI, one option is to move my shedbloke.co.uk to google domain hosting for about £10 a year.
Then all the emails to [e-mail], [e-mail] and <anything>@shedbloke.co.uk can all be tipped into a gmail inbox.
That would give me a year of catching anything that might matter, while we make sure everyone knows we are shed1954@gmail or whatever?
After a year, just cancel it, let the domain be history.

I don't think we need anything else.
After a year we just use free gmail or whatever accounts.
We're no longer exposed to one service, a single point of failure (which is likely a failure on my part to maintain it properly or really understand all the IT technobabble).

Does that make sense or am I digging myself a heffalump trap?

Thanks to everyone who's shared their thoughts, it's a big help.

[davek_964]

OutInTheShed said:

davek_964 said:

Do you mean that you can send "from" your domain email address?

I have Google domain for £10 a month, and can use domain addresses that then get forwarded to whatever other address I choose (Outlook). But I can't send "from" those domain addresses - if I wanted to send a response, it would be from the Outlook address. Are you somehow replying "from" the domain address? (I know you get "proper" domain email addresses if you pay much more than £10).

Do you mean £10 a year?

AIUI, one option is to move my shedbloke.co.uk to google domain hosting for about £10 a year.
Then all the emails to [e-mail], [e-mail] and <anything>@shedbloke.co.uk can all be tipped into a gmail inbox.
That would give me a year of catching anything that might matter, while we make sure everyone knows we are shed1954@gmail or whatever?
After a year, just cancel it, let the domain be history.

I don't think we need anything else.
After a year we just use free gmail or whatever accounts.
We're no longer exposed to one service, a single point of failure (which is likely a failure on my part to maintain it properly or really understand all the IT technobabble).

Does that make sense or am I digging myself a heffalump trap?

Thanks to everyone who's shared their thoughts, it's a big help.

Doh! Yes - I do mean £10 a year......... I'll edit my misleading comment!

[BlueMR2]

Fore Left said:

Mythic Beasts. Was from a previous recommendation on here.

Costs £2 / month for email. Unlimited domains and inboxes, max 2GB storage and 25GB bandwidth.

I was up and running in about 2 hours after GoDaddy migrated to O365 and no longer supported a catch-all email inbox.

https://www.mythic-beasts.com/hosting

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