Domain and email related query

[Trifid]

Hi,

My sister wants her own domain for email and I was going to set her up with Google Apps but I've seen they are now charging for this. Are there any free alternatives that you guys recommend before I commit her to £3.30 a month for the rest of time (plus domain charges)?


P.s. is it me or have domains got expensive? My last renewal was £8.38 for 2 years but it is now £6.99/year?


Thanks.

 

[Trifid]

Good shout on Office 365 business. I'm guessing that is basically hosted exchange? Looks like it has 2 step authentication too which is important to her.

I park the domain then setup a forward and delete for the email to my free standard Gmail account.

Setup sending from the same email in Gmail so all emails for the domain are received and sent through gmail for free with no web space needed externally.

This is what I do, but has sent on behalf of in the email header, which is fine as I use it mainly to receive but she sends lots of emails so is no good.