• flames5123@lemmy.world
      7·
      2 months ago

      Soooo. I’m dumb. I host my overseerr on my domain that just routes to my local IP for my local desktop. How do I get email on this domain without spending dumb money on an email hosting server?

      • Scrollone@feddit.it
        10·
        2 months ago

        PurelyMail is a great and cheap service. It’s like $10 per year. You just set up some records (MX and TXT) on your domain provider and that’s it.

        You could also self-host email, but then you need a server that’s always powered on and it adds much complexity, so I suggest to use a managed service instead.

        The good thing about using your own domain is that you’re not tied to any service. You could migrate to any other provider (such as ProtonMail, FastMail, etc.) without ever changing your email address on all services.

        • Imgonnatrythis@sh.itjust.works
          2·
          2 months ago

          This is a good idea. I got free domain routing to Gmail through the plagued Google apps system years ago. It’s changed a bunch of times and is now workspaces and requires a monthly fee. I’m grandfathered in through original apps enrollment.

      • psud@aussie.zone
        2·
        2 months ago

        Linux + postfix (SMTP) + dovecot (IMAP and POP3) + SPF + DKIM on the host

        Point the MX record for your domain to your IP address

        Contact your ISP and ask them to set the PTR record for your IP to your hostname

        Mail can be handled by a very low end computer, a raspberry pi can handle email for a small number of users

        If you have a specific mail machine you would forward the ports you use to that host on your router.

  • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works
    78·
    2 months ago

    On the flip side my husband has held on to the domain he got for 22 YEARS., and never did anything with it. We finally got our emails up and running with it last week. Don’t let your dreams be dreams!

    • Fetus@lemmy.world
      4·
      2 months ago

      Out of curiosity; who is providing the mail service? Or are you self-hosting? Trying to organise mine, hoping I can get it done maybe 19 years quicker.

      • ghost_towels@sh.itjust.works
        4·
        2 months ago

        I use Hover. They’re based in Canada and I’ve been using them for years for my business domain and email. Was an easy choice for personal too. Every time I’ve had to call the tech support they have fixed the problem super fast, did extra stuff, and were super lovely. $20 a year for a small mailbox each, which is more than enough for us.

      • shadshack@sh.itjust.works
        3·
        2 months ago

        I just set my domain email up with Zoho. Was easy enough and they have a free option. Although I pay $1.25/mo per user for two users, just to get a little extra storage space and be able to use SMTP and ActiveSync to send email from my servers for notifications and use a different mobile app than their default one.

      • psud@aussie.zone
        3·
        2 months ago

        I self host email. Email is easy. I went a tad overboard with database configuration, a configuration/password change program, a few virtual hosts so I can renew six different names, but a single domain on a Linux box (any flavour) is easy

        It makes it easy to make a bespoke email address for every entity you interact with, or show them the respect they deserve by giving your valid email spam@your.domain.tld

        It is a bit of a hobby though. You need to keep up with email security if you want to send to anyone.

  • Captainvaqina@sh.itjust.works
    45·
    2 months ago

    You know what’s worse? Starting a successful one that makes a whole ass salary and then having google updates smack it the f out.

      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
        2·
        2 months ago

        Same with the HP mini PC. But I have a $12/yr dotcom domain and a script on my server updates the DNS record anytime the IP changes.

      • lud@lemm.eeEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        I used noip.com for like 30 or 60 days. Then I got really annoyed at having to renew the DDNS every 30 days. After switching to duckdns.org I haven’t had any problems whatsoever. It’s completely free and you don’t have to renew anything manually. You obliviously still need to have a script running to update the DDNS though, otherwise it wouldn’t be very dynamic would it.

      • psud@aussie.zone
        1·
        2 months ago

        My mail lived on an Intel atom based mini itx machine for years. I wanted to play with breakup by replication and bought a cheap shell. Now the cheap shell is my only mail server

        • pewpew@feddit.it
          1·
          2 months ago

          Yes, of course, but that mini PC uses 15 watts maximum. My main PC uses way more that that

      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
        13·
        2 months ago

        Selling? I host things for myself, not others. Except my Lemmy instance I suppose, that’s public.

    • Samsy@lemmy.ml
      2·
      2 months ago

      This is the way. I would be lost without a domain. Even mail is selfhosted with my domain. But I only use subdomains, the real domain is abandoned.

      • bdonvr@thelemmy.club
        2·
        2 months ago

        See email is one of the few things I don’t host. I host a webmail frontend, and use my domain. But PurelyMail is an amazing service that’s so cheap it’s basically free at personal scale with very few limits. I didn’t really care to try and deal with having all my mail sent to spam.

        • Samsy@lemmy.ml
          2·
          2 months ago

          I just use stalwart - mail, it’s just one docker container, has bleeding edge functions like jmap and there is no need of deeper knowledge. I refer my domain on the settings and got a list of all needed dns-records.

          It takes 2-4 days to get SSL and dmarc answers from the big mail-players and if there is nothing wrong with your IP or your records then there is no mail going into spam of someone else.

        • Corr@lemm.ee
          2·
          2 months ago

          Been with purely mail for about a year and it’s been great!

  • collapse_already@lemmy.mlEnglish
    28·
    2 months ago

    More like “Dammit, my domain auto-remewed again. Oh well, it’s only $12. I’ll cancel next year.” (It’s been 5 years.)

    • Event_Horizon@lemmy.world
      13·
      2 months ago

      I’d be tempted to buy that. When you visit it’s just a white page with a leather couch in the middle of the screen, everytime you click the couch it would moan seductively and every fifth click would give a squelch sound.

  • RacerX@lemm.ee
    19·
    2 months ago

    Wanted to start a blog about my weight loss journey. Lost the weight and never started the blog. Still paying for the domain 7 years later.

    Only thing left to do is gain the weight back so I can try again!