Email/Hosting

Cavallino · 14 Feb 2021 at 20:00

Hello folks.
So Im sick of the Virgin Media email so decided its time I should change to another service.
I do have Gmail but concerned about sensitive information and all that.

I was recommended to get my own domain with email hosting... to this end can anyone recommend a solid provider of such services?

I would like to secure a domain for a very long time if possible...

Cavallino · 14 Feb 2021 at 20:20

billysielu said:
FastMail is good for email. Register your domain wherever (e.g. 123 Reg) and point it to FastMail. About 6 quid a month.

tbh if I was starting from fresh I'd just use Gmail. Paying for email really isn't worth it.

Note that using your own domain can cause problems when dealing with derpy customer services employees. "that doesn't seem like a real email address, do you have gmail?" sorta thing.

Hmm you make some very good points bilysielu, thanks.

I do have a Gmail and outlook account... wonder if I should use the outlook account....

Cavallino · 14 Feb 2021 at 22:22

Whats the difference between exchange online and outlook?

Cavallino · 15 Feb 2021 at 08:33

the-evaluator said:
Exchange Online is the server (though it's run on many, many servers). Outlook is the client.

I'd go with Exchange Online too. I've been using it for my domains for about 4 years.

So you still need to register a domain basically? Doesnt MS take care of this?

montymint said:
I use protonmail for my secure stuffs

p1RATE said:
I would highly recommend ZoHo mail

Thanks Ill check these out.

Cavallino · 21 Feb 2021 at 16:48

Thanks folks.

So I ended up just using my existing outlook account. Cant be bad.

For the record, let me just say, what a pig it is to change over the email addresses of ALL the accounts/services I have registered since the existence of commercial internet!

What a pig... what a pig... Im not even a quarter of the way through!