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Am I trapped with Go Daddy forever for my personal email? (alien.top)
submitted 1 year ago by jicole@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hi. I am in over my head and asking for help. Around 20 years ago I had an email and domain name only package with Go Daddy. We have four email addresses for the family. It went from under 20 bucks a year to a couple hundred dollars a year. If it makes a difference, I don’t use the webpage, just the email. Go Daddy used to have their own email platform but now use Outlook online. On our phones we just use the email app.

I understand there are other companies out there that will host my email, but I’m not sure how I would switch to another company without losing all of my archives of saved emails. For each account.

I am in over my head. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. Is there any other service I can switch to that might be less money than Go Daddy that would allow me to keep my emails?

I have searched Reddit, but can’t seem to get a firm understanding. on our phones we just use the email app. I will appreciate any and all advice about how I can get what I’m looking for. Thank you so much.

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[–] scytob@alien.top 3 points 1 year ago (2 children)

simple version:

  1. save your existing mail locally

  2. point the DNS record of your domain name at whatever new service you are buying (they should have instructions on that)

  3. import some / all / none of the mail you saved locally to the new service as you see fit

now your email will come and go from your new mail service

[–] werty812@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

That way he would still have to keep the domain on GoDaddy for the DNS record I believe...

I think nearly every hoster offers free domain transfer so you can keep the domain but with a different hoster underneath

[–] scytob@alien.top 1 points 1 year ago

Agreed, I moved all mine from godaddy to cloudflare to save money. My email is with M365.