I’m pretty far into the degoogling process, and I’m thinking about purchasing a domain and using it for email. I realized I don’t want to be stuck with any one email service, so this is pretty much a necessity for me.

I wouldn’t self host though, because I understand that’s very hard to do.

For people who have already done this: are there any pitfalls or things I should take into consideration before I purchase a domain?

Also, does the tld matter? Are my emails more likely to be sent to spam with a custom domain vs an email provider’s?

  • FlaxEnglish
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    2 months ago

    A dynamic dns isn’t needed if you have a domain. There are automatic scripts that work with the Cloudflare API to update your domain’s IP address

    • MajorHavoc@programming.dev
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      2 months ago

      Those scripts are generally also just called “Dynamic DNS”.

      To clarify for others reading along - web services will try to sell you “Dynamic DNS”, which is something you can also automate for yourself, for free, via many cloud APIs.

      Edit: I also see Dynic DNS (as a cloud service that still typically requires running a local script) provided as a free add-on to other services pretty frequently.