[jackewiehose]

> First, I strongly suggest you buy a domain name, so that you really own your mail address

Any opinions on that?

I did so years ago (mostly for the reason of being independent of a mail provider) but meanwhile I realized you never "own" a domain. It's always just rented. It would be bad if someone gets in control of my domain so I just hope this won't happen before I'm dead... And even then it could be bad if it happens (although not for me anymore).

[EnderMB]

My last name is a word in the name of a popular drink company and depending on the domain extension used, I've had some real issues trying to buy a domain that uses my last name.

The last domain I tried to buy was ".codes", and within about ten minutes my domain purchase was revoked. After arguing it with Namecheap, they said that I would need to legally dispute their claim over the domain name to be allowed to purchase it.

I like to think that buying a domain means ownership, but it is clearly a rental model, and it is geared towards those that can protect that entity without competition.

[50]

I say nay. I used to have my own full name domain and the respective email address but I eventually came to the conclusion it’s not worth. Sure, it might give you "ownership" and a tad bit credibility but I don't care about that. I tend to argue a domain is never fully yours. But otherwise, I like not being subscribed to things and not having to pay periodically for things so I went with Protonmail for my new, privacy-oriented email address. I’m in the midst of a year long pending wait till I delete my Google account entirely.

[rckclmbr]

At $10/year it would cost $800 for your lifetime. Not too shabby to put control in your hands

[PenguinCoder]

More like $10 a year for the domain and $20/mo or more for the actual email hosting and provider.

[KozmoNau7]

$20/month?

I pay less than $3/month for web/mail hosting, full cPanel setup with 10GB storage and unlimited traffic.

[PenguinCoder]

$3/mo for unlimited number of inbox/addresses, or $3/mo per inbox/addresses? Note, I'm not talking aliases, I'm talking 'per user, entirely separate inbox/login'

[extra88]

Dreamhost Shared Unlimited has no user limits for $7.95/month (paid annually) and I think that includes one free domain name registration.

https://www.dreamhost.com/hosting/

[krageon]

If you're going to host your own email for privacy reasons, don't get a package at a US provider.

[KozmoNau7]

Up to 10 domains, no stated limit on separate inboxes, with entirely separate inbox/login. The 10GB storage is shared, obviously, with quotas configurable.

[beagle3]

Which provider?

[KozmoNau7]

AzeHosting, a Danish provider. UnoEuro is similarly affordable.