Best email provider / own domain / personal use

[Rockatansky]

I currently use ionos as my email provider and use my own domain name for the root of family email addresses.

Works well, has done for years, but I'm now constantly knocking on the door of using the limit of 2gb storage per email address.

Can anyone suggest a good value & reliable mail host with a decent storage limit that I could use with my own domain? I only really need two email addresses hosted, and I'd like to migrate all my old emails across if possible.

[Brother D]

I've tried the smaller companies, but for lack of hassle I've ended up with O365.

[ciqi]

I use rollernet.us for emails, but it costs more than ionos. The advantage is you get an overall storage limit and that's across all the mailboxes you create. You can pay for extra storage if required. Not sure about moving existing email, there are some imap to imap transfer programs that might work.

[paulrockliffe]

Office 365 family is buttons, 1tb per user, you get a lot more than email and you should be able to use your own domain still.

[Murph7355]

I use Krystal. Been very pleased with the service.

[GlenMH]

Murph7355 said:

I use Krystal. Been very pleased with the service.

+1

[BlueMR2]

MythicBeasts

[bitchstewie]

paulrockliffe said:

Office 365 family is buttons, 1tb per user, you get a lot more than email and you should be able to use your own domain still.

I think this scuppers that one

Changes to Microsoft 365 email features and storage

[paulrockliffe]

Only if you wait until after the change in November, if you sort the domain before then then it'll continue working.

I don't know what they're doing, but they removed this a year or two ago, then brought it back. I didn't know they were removing it again, but maybe it'll be back again.

I've had mine setup for maybe 5 years and it's never not worked.

[bitchstewie]

Sure but given they're intending removing it in November I just don't know how much faith I'd have in them not to try to pull the functionality at some future point or try to push you onto a more expensive plan to keep it.

Difficult to know how to judge that one.

[paulrockliffe]

I think they pushed it to their partner network, you could always buy O365 through Go Daddy and use a domain name I think. It's a bit odd.

[loafer123]

I use Krystal for website hosting and Google for emails, both on multiple domains.

Google is best for email - it catches most spam, and then prioritises emails into important and the rest pretty accurately.

[Alickadoo]

Rockatansky said:

I currently use ionos as my email provider and use my own domain name for the root of family email addresses.

Works well, has done for years, but I'm now constantly knocking on the door of using the limit of 2gb storage per email address.

Can anyone suggest a good value & reliable mail host with a decent storage limit that I could use with my own domain? I only really need two email addresses hosted, and I'd like to migrate all my old emails across if possible.

Perhaps I don't understand, but why don't you just use gmail, or icloud, or hotmail?

[OutInTheShed]

Rockatansky said:

I currently use ionos as my email provider and use my own domain name for the root of family email addresses.

Works well, has done for years, but I'm now constantly knocking on the door of using the limit of 2gb storage per email address.

Can anyone suggest a good value & reliable mail host with a decent storage limit that I could use with my own domain? I only really need two email addresses hosted, and I'd like to migrate all my old emails across if possible.

You could look at google domains.

Alternatively you could take a proper look at why you are storing so much in email servers?

[bitchstewie]

If it basically works but you're just hitting a limit can't you upgrade?

https://www.ionos.co.uk/office-solutions/create-an...

[Rockatansky]

bhstewie said:

If it basically works but you're just hitting a limit can't you upgrade?

https://www.ionos.co.uk/office-solutions/create-an...

That's definitely an option, I just want to satisfy myself that that's the right way forward.

Is 2gb really a lot to be storing?

[bitchstewie]

Rockatansky said:

That's definitely an option, I just want to satisfy myself that that's the right way forward.

Is 2gb really a lot to be storing?

It's 2023 and 2GB is nothing and for most people it's better keeping it stored on your email providers servers than just having it locally in whatever email app you use.

As for "right way forward" that comes down to a mix of functionality and budget and I guess how much IONOS want to upgrade your storage?

I'll let others answer on IONOS as I haven't used them but I expect you'll be at a point where it's going to cost you more to do what you want to do than what you've been paying.