I know there are alternatives like proton mail, tutamail, mailbox.org, etc… But what would be the issue if I create an email using my personal domain, stored in my hosting… maybe encryption? It seems that no-one even consider this option, but I am not sure why…

What would you suggest?

  • kobra@lemm.ee
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    15 hours ago

    Depends on your use case. I went with using a custom domain with my iCloud mail account. This lets me accept all messages sent to my custom domain.

    So when I create accounts I just use that as the email address like this: lemmy@customDomain.com, bsky@customDomain.com, etc.

    They all go to one mailbox but that’s all I need anyway. I’ve been happy with it.

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      11 hours ago

      Can you send mail through each email? I had a catch all forwarder before but it l had to reply with a different email, leading to occasional issues.

      That’s basically the reason I have a server. I can set up forwarders between my wife and I, and if I need to send mail as kobra@domain.tld, I can just set up the alias and send it.

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        10 hours ago

        With apple you’re limited to 5 sending addresses per domain, so no I cannot reply as the from address to most, but that hasn’t been an issue for me at all.