On Fri, 8 Apr 2022 16:55:10 +0100 steve-ALUG@hst.me.uk allegedly wrote:
I don't have anything to add, but I wonder if I might jump in and ask a similar question. I run my own mail server. Previously I was with Demon Internet, and both now and with Demon, I could have unlimited email addresses, for any number of users along the form of
user@mydomaim.co.uk and user-anysuffix@mydomain.co.uk
I've got used to being able to do this and find it quite useful, but unfortunately it's becoming harder to run your own mail server and have people accepts its mail.
What do people use for email? Presumably most use their ISP. Does any company offer something similar to what I've currently got that's affordable?
I have run my own mail server (postfix/dovecot/opendkim) on a rented VM (currently at Hetzner) for years. Increasingly though, it is becoming difficult to do so without a significant investment in time. Partly I continue to do so because it is a hobby, partly because I like the control it gives me and partly just because I'm bloody minded.
But if I were starting again now I would host my mail with a specialist. My wife uses 1&1 (ionos) for her domain and it costs her pennies.
See https://www.ionos.co.uk/office-solutions/create-an-email-address
Mick
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