Today I decided to get a custom domain for my email and honestly I think it's one of the best things I've done for my online privacy.
Here’s why.
The probl...
You can run email on a custom domain, but as other replies demonstrate, it’s a huge challenge these days. (My primary email is on a custom domain, but I probably wouldn’t do it again if I hadn’t already been on it for two decades.)
Exactly. I can understand the push to discourage the general public from hosting their own emails but serving up emails on a custom domain (including self hosting) is not as difficult as it’s made out to be. It just takes some patience if the right DNS entries are in place.
Are you referring to running your own email servers specifically?
If so then I agree it’s probably not worth the trouble.
Email service is inexpensive with large providers and deliverability is good also with customer domains.
You can run email on a custom domain, but as other replies demonstrate, it’s a huge challenge these days. (My primary email is on a custom domain, but I probably wouldn’t do it again if I hadn’t already been on it for two decades.)
Pretty much every company in the world runs their email on a custom domain. I really doubt the domain is the problem.
Exactly. I can understand the push to discourage the general public from hosting their own emails but serving up emails on a custom domain (including self hosting) is not as difficult as it’s made out to be. It just takes some patience if the right DNS entries are in place.
Are you referring to running your own email servers specifically? If so then I agree it’s probably not worth the trouble. Email service is inexpensive with large providers and deliverability is good also with customer domains.