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Started to move off Google (not strictly self-hosted) (no.lastname.nz)

submitted 2 years ago by BlueEther@no.lastname.nz to c/selfhosted@lemmy.world

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Started to move off Google's services to proton:

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[–] AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I mean, that's going to be a risk you take with any hosted service. I currently self-host my contacts and calendar, but I have no interest in hosting my own email again.

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

I don't self host my email either. I got my registrar, DNS and email separate from each other so if any of them goes bad I can switch with minimum fuss.

But that makes it all the more important to be able to download all your mail from your provider.

Proton currently has two proprietary things you can use to download, a "bridge" PC app that pretends to speak IMAP, and a download tool. The bridge will be discontinued after they launch their propeietary PC mail app so that leaves just the proprietary download tool, which only does .eml. format.

[–] AcornCarnage@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Okay, I'm following. So who would you recommend as an email provider?

[–] lemmyvore@feddit.nl 1 points 2 years ago

That's a very broad question that depends a lot on your usage. My needs may be different from yours.

I'm currently using Migadu because:

Unlimited domains, mailboxes, accounts and aliases for a flat fee. I'm managing accounts for myself as well as family and extended family members and it comes out much cheaper this way than services that ask $5-10/account.
Very nice management interface with all the bells and whistles but with reasonable defaults and easy to use.
The company is based in Switzerland and the mail hosted in EU (France).
Standard email service with everything you'd expect (the regular protocols, spam protection, webmail, full compatibility with clients etc.)