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After paying Vultr way too much for my personal toy OpenBSD hosting, let me share my host TinyKVM [1] as a happy customer. Obviously look at the terms, they clearly recommend not using it for any critical purposes. It's a service offered by RAM Host [2], based in Dallas. A bit out of the blue, I'll say that I'm also a happy customer of MXroute [3], which are also in Texas. I like these folk's no-nonsense approach. I can only think of SpongeBob's friend Sandy, and the experience have reinforced this stereotype :) No affiliation, I'm sorry for this regional digression, have never been to Texas unfortunately, but good job, guys! [1] https://tinykvm.com [2] https://ramhost.us [3] https://mxroute.com

Nice, I built an internal tool like this once. Love what you've got here. IME the next priority is supporting alternate providers to SG (and I see from the thread it's on your roadmap). Another option for the SMTP part is using an upstream mail provider perhaps https://mxroute.com/ works for folks. Oddly, I've had pretty good success with sending from my own Postfix+OpenDKIM based infrastructure for many years (in Linode). I suppose it's mostly because my volume from that box and those domains is so low and is primarily transactional rather than news-letter like things (I send service announcements maybe quarterly). I mentioned it elsewhere in thread but I like Postmark for those newsletter & drip-campaign stuff.

Having just done this myself I would HIGHLY recommend transferring email using a IMAP based tool. Any POP based tool will not retain any of the folder organization you may have in your Gmail mailbox. Gmail implements folders via labels, and the only way that I know of how to pass these through to the new mailbox (whether it be Gmail or not) is by using IMAP. I used: https://imapsync.lamiral.info/#install This one is free if you don't need support. There are others. The email hosting service I settled for is: https://mxroute.com Use them only for forwarding, so their cheapest package is OK for me.

I have had an awesome experience with https://mxroute.com/. The owner takes deliverability very seriously and I have never had an email go to spam. I would recommend it.

https://mxroute.com/ This is the best way (that i've found) to host email from all my domains each on separate accounts.. I have the cheapest package ($15/yr) and have about 10 email accounts spread over 8 domains..

There is definitely a market, but I'd say it's a difficult nut to crack. You first want to do a quick cost-benefit-analysis first to make sure you're making an informed decision. We won't be factoring privacy, working with a big company, or other concerns in this thought. We will only focus on the numbers. Lets look at email/productivity market real quick. Google's base package is 6 dollars a month per user with all the backups, support, and infrastructure in place (realistically, you'll want the 12 dollars a month package). Since email is critical infrastructure (I believe it's one of the most critical elements of a business), lets say two DigitalOcean VPSes at 6 dollars a month each (one primary, one failover) with a license of HostinaBox/Vesta/Whatever Open Source Solution you use with DigitalOcean's backups enabled. Not the "best" design but something I'd say is OK and within scope for a small business. That's 12 dollars a month base costs + your consulting time for a sizeable capacity. For a small business of 1 person, they get a better deal by just going with Google. Google has their applications and softwares easily integrated with their other services, comes with their productivity suite (GSuite == Google Docs, Drive, etc.), and as a small business who is probably risk adverse in their decisions when it comes to these things, feel more comfortable working with Google. For a small business of 5 people, I'd say it's still more worth it for them to use Google…

MXroute is fantastic. https://mxroute.com/

Last year I started self-hosting and went with [MXRoute](https://mxroute.com/). It was pretty easy to switch and I really like their pricing model.

This is one of the reasons I picked a small, dedicated email provider [1] over Google Workspace for my corporate emails. If Google flips out and ban hammers us for no reason, my company will still be able to reach clients and work on projects. Apple, Google and Facebook are way too trigger happy with automated bans and no recourse. [1] https://mxroute.com/

I'm genuinely surprised no one has mentioned mxroute[1]. Thier pricing normally is pretty decent, but they keep the BF deals going pretty much all year [2]. I've been using them for 6 years with no issues. I use it now with all my domains and never have any deliverability issues. The owner (Jar - one person shop again) is passionate about their email reputation for deliverability and is active on both lowendtalk and the dedicated sub Reddit. I ended up comparing purleymail and mxroute - tested mxroute and stayed with them. [1] https://mxroute.com/ [2] https://mxroute.blackfriday/

https://purelymail.com/ https://mxroute.com/ https://www.vfemail.net/ https://runbox.com/ I know these because I have spent time looking the past week for getting off Outlook.com. I've basically settled on Runbox.com as it seems to be the most established and stable.

https://purelymail.com/ https://mxroute.com/ Are two providers that I've used to catch-all and forward to an external mailbox.

I use MXroute since 2 years and only once an email landed in spam of a small company. https://mxroute.com/

In no particular order: https://www.migadu.com/ https://mxroute.com/ https://purelymail.com/ I have a Migadu account for a single domain and thinking of using them to replace my Google Workspace free account but also looking at the others.

Check out https://mxroute.com Someone mentioned them on HN a while back and said the service works really well. Note that I have not used this service myself.

I use MXRoute [0] which is still offering a lifetime promo. Looks like it increased to $175 since I bought it. I haven't been disappointed and it is faster than Gmail from my experience. I host Cypht [1] instead of using their webmail which allows me to aggregate other emails and RSS feeds together in one interface. [0] https://mxroute.com/ [1] https://cypht.org/

https://mxroute.com/ 100$ lifetime, 360 outbound/hour. Or you could go with a yearly rate. Might want to read the terms of service for your usecase, but it works for me with low traffic and multiple boxes/accounts.

Not op, but migadu[0] and mxroute[1] are two commonly named competitors to fastmail. [0]: https://migadu.com/ [1]: https://mxroute.com/

I've been using MXRoute¹ for the past year and it's gone really well. I've never had a dropped e-mail. They use MailChannels² as a blacklist fallback. They're affordable, reliable, with quick support. ¹ https://mxroute.com/ ² https://mailchannels.com/

Look at https://mxroute.com/ They've come in handy for a couple of my colleagues.

https://mxroute.com/ is what I use for this very purpose and so far I'm very pleased with it.

I use a mix of services including Gmail, Rackspace, and MXroute http://mxroute.com

How does this compare to https://mxroute.com/?

<--CONT'D [Wow! --first time I've hit HN's post character limit!] Now, someone said they have this kind of attitude as a way of targeting their offering towards more tech-minded people and deterring the more needy users. And, at first, I thought; "OK. Fair enough". But, the more I thought about it the more it started sounding a bit like Steve Jobs. If I sign up and find it's not to my needs, I basically get told to fuck off because I'm obviously 'holding it wrong'. That attitude might be fine for someone offering a free product. But it's not acceptable for a paid service. As I've said on here before, I think there are far too many developers about these days, who've seen Steve Jobs and Linus Torvalds and think that being an obnoxious arrogant arsehole makes you some kind of techie rock star. When, in fact, it just makes you an obnoxious arrogant arsehole. So there's where I'm up to at the minute. Anyone got any comments re the three mentioned above, or know any other email services which are using this kind of business model, as opposed to per email account charging? The way things are going at the moment, I can see myself ending up spinning up a Mail-in-a-Box[5] server. As nothing I've found out there so far seems worthy of giving my money to. [0] https://www.migadu.com [1] https://postale.io [2] https://mxroute.com [3] https://www.migadu.com/use [4] https://postale.io/about-us [5] https://mailinabox.email/

https://mxroute.com/ maybe?

I had heard of mxroute previously, but for some reason, i only thought they focused around transactional email...like sendgrid, etc...and not what others might refer to as conventional mail hosts. Their price is really compelling, and the honesty of their documentation is refreshing! Take a gander at some of their commentary around hosting calendars, contacts for example: "...Just know, that’s not where the bulk of our time and energy is going." [https://mxroute.com/docs/#/General/Do_You_Sell_Calendars] Granted i have the need for email as well as calendar and contacts, but damn that level of honesty is compelling for me to at least consider them for my short list. Kudos to the MXRoute folks for being honest!

I've used it for years, no issues with delivery to gmail or outlook.com / o365. They've got a bit about their delivery system mentioned here: https://mxroute.com/docs/#/Presales/ipreputation It's pretty basic in terms of webmail/core functionality but it receives and delivers mail well from the various IMAP clients I use, which is all I need.

I got my email hosting via MXRoute when they gave out a lifetime plan for $50 on Black Friday ( https://mxroute.com/pricing/ , currently available at $150). It's a very no-frills service, they provide a webUI via Roundcube, Crossbox, Rainloop etc. I am pretty much reliant on Thunderbird on the desktop and K9 on Android. I've never had issues and I'm switching over from gmail slowly.

> For those who want multi-domain email services for a lower (flat) price, look at mxroute I was very interested and very seriously considering signing up, until I read this: https://mxroute.com/docs/do-you-support-2fa-on-email-accounts/ While I respect Jarland's opinion/stance, I do not agree.