I had a free google workspace for over a decade with a domain I own before it became a paid service, I’m looking at putting it all in my hands ideally using services that cost less than the $15/Month in paying for a handful of accounts.
I’m looking at running a Nextcloud to replace most of the Google services but I still haven’t found an email server replacement. Any ideas/suggestions/links to guides?
Edit: I’m not necessarily looking to host my own email, as I understand it to be a pain, but looking to migrate my current one to somewhere else.
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I switched from google to Proton and it’s been solid.
I used to host my email server with https://mailinabox.email/. It was okay. However, it required some care in delivering and receiving emails after I just configured it: in the sense of removing it from blacklists and talking with some ISPs so they accept emails from my server.
Protonmail is good. I did the same thing you’re doing and proton seems to be a reputable brand at the moment.
For nextcloud I would recommend using the all-in-one setup, but as far as email you might want to use an already existing solution rather than trying to host it yourself. I would recommend protonmail for your email since all the other common options like Microsoft and Google are not privacy respecting.
Hosting is not that difficult as some comment describe it. But in the same time, check your domain provider services. Mine, for domain + mailboxes cost splaying like 3€/month
I use cloudflare, the free tier, that includes email associated to your domain. In essence it will route email messages to any domain/address you own to a destination. Say outlook.com or gmail.com free email tier.
Got Apple devices? iCloud+ for .99/month gives you the ability to use a custom domain for your mail. Not sure it can get much cheaper.
Proton mail is a great private hosted for a bit more $
You can check Purelymail if it can suit your req for mail.
If you are really looking to be hosted for nothing at all, check out disroot.org. I use them for my primary email account. They also host Nextcloud.
Maybe consider mailbox.org. It is cheap, supports custom domains and is hosted in Germany.
Well the obligatory mention that selfhosting email is more headache than what its worth. You don’t wan’t to be told from expecting recipient that email from you never arrive since their provider blackholed your mail into oblivion.
Try mxroute for email. Currently theres ongoing black friday promo for $15 triennially. https://mxroute.blackfriday/
fastmail.com if you want unlimited dynamically created aliases. It’s a very flexible solution in general. I have setup where emails to whatever@mydomain.com automatically create a folder “whatever” and route email in it. Also works with multiple users.
I can recommend iCloud email, it starts at $1/month and also includes cloud storage if you want to use that for some reason. It does have a website so you can technically use it without any Apple devices as long as you make an account, and it also allows catch-all emails. I use Cloudflare for Nameservers and it automatically connected and added email records
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I wouldn’t host my own email server.
If I was to migrate my legacy Workspace, I’d move it to M365…
Yeah, it’s not self hosted, but sometimes, not being at fault for something that’s broken… Would be nice!