emails+domain hosting woes

[ash_scotland88]

Looking for some advice and help.

I have a domain that I use just for emails, no website. It's set up to forward to a googlemail address and I use gmail to send and receive. The issue is, probably more to do with the host, is I often don't get emails or if an attachment is too big I don't receive and the sender is not alerted.
I have not received atleast one email today and I only know as someone who was CC'd in asked me a question about the email. The email was a reply to one I sent and as far as I am aware I've not previous had an issue with the sender. This sort of problem has been sporadic over the 4years of ownership and use. Host is easyspace, I've complained to them before.

So to resolve do I:
1) Move host.
If so how I do back up gmail so I don't lose any emails or would I even since I log in via my googlemail account

2) Change email app, any suggestions?
How would I transfer emails over. Having a look on the control panel I can only have email forwarding, I think.

3) Slowly phase it out and use googlemail. It'll be a ball ache and I only used it when I went self-employed as a bit of a branding as I have no a new full time job it's no longer required but it is firstname@lastname so I like it.

If it was me, at this very minute, I would move the email onto imap with all emails and folders magically intact and use a different email app. Keep it for an other year while transitioning back to googlemail for free instead of £30+ per year.

 

[ash_scotland88]

I suggest you to go with a paid email service. You can setup your own fulll featured mailserver with mailcow, iRedMail, Modoboa, Mail-in-a-Box and Zimbra. I recommends mailcow

Thanks, had a quick look and unless I am on the wrong thing looks awfy complicated.
I've just discoverd googledomains. The fact I use gmail would this make things easier?....and as I typed that and researched more I discover this:

Tip: If senders have certain email authentication settings, emails forwarded from them may not arrive in your inbox. Some email senders have rules that prevent their mail from being delivered with email forwarding systems, including Google Domains. This situation can happen regardless of your mail settings in Google Domains. To avoid this issue, we recommend that you use a custom email with Google Workspace instead of email forwarding.

I think maybe in the long run, I may have to resent and go back to a standard gmail.com email as I'm too cheap to pay for more services.