Hi there!

Context: After the recent debacle with Proton I was finally pushed to look for other alternatives. I had already wanted to change services for a while so it was nice to get the final push. It’s still a good service, open-source and all. I personally just wanted to look for something else. However, I had not realised how deeply I was integrated into the email+alias feature they had, and how much work it is to change out of this, I have a fair amount of accounts.

I have now found a new email provider and bought a new domain. However I’ve got a few questions for those to who rock custom domains:

  1. Do you use random strings before the @ sign? Or do you use it like [email protected]?
  2. Because I’m considering using this as a catch-all address, doesn’t this mean that anyone who wants (and knows the domain) and send spam on any random string before the @? Are you worried about this, and are there any counters to this?
  3. As far as I’ve understood the main benefit of using my own domain for email, is that it will make it a lot easier to change providers in the future, as I can just change the nameservers so traffic is directed elsewhere - correct?

Thanks for any input, experiences or thoughts about this.

Ps. My threatmodel isn’t that complex, I mainly want to stop spam from any potential services selling my email.

  • MNByChoice@midwest.socialEnglish
    2·
    7 days ago

    They are great.

    Just be careful if paying a host. Their prices will go up. Sometimes a lot.

    I started on a cheap plan, now I pay 12x. Not enough in actual dollars to self-host, but it is annoying. (Which is why they raised prices.)

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 days ago

      You’re talking about the actual VPS hosts roght, and not the domain name merchant rent? If I buy the domain exampleblog.com from godaddy for example, will they raise the rent I have to pay them every year after a couple years, after I grow a following for my blog?