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Google workspace alternative (alien.top)

submitted 10 months ago by gedw99@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum

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I don't need all the stuff they offer.

I ONLY need email@mydomain.blah...

Anything out there thats free or self hosted just for this.

Porkbun is pretty decent but actually is 25 USD a year, and so same as a single Google workspace account.

Or self host email with a basic web email gui.

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[–] exobyte-tech@alien.top 1 points 10 months ago

Email is hard to self host, I setup mailcow on a server and delivery has been iffy. For non-production email, pretty good.

Most of the important email on my custom domains are through mxroute.com. Considering Black Friday is coming soon, you can expect a very good offer. I spend 30$ for 3 years to host unlimited mailboxes as long as it is completely under 100GB.

You need to get a domain elsewhere (tld-list.com can help with getting the cheapest price) and setting it up through mxroute is usually a 5-10 minute activity (including DNS setup).