Zoho Email, $1.65 a Month for Email with IMAP Support a Good Deal?

AustriaBargain on 06/09/2022 - 18:47

I'm looking for somewhere to host a few email addresses with a custom domain. I was going to use the Zoho free tier which gives you five email addresses with your own domain, but I see they don't support IMAP anymore, you have to pay the $1.65 a month on a 12 month plan to get IMAP to connect it to email clients like Mozilla Thunderbird.

I know Zoho has their own desktop email client, but I don't want to rock the boat too much for the people who use the other email addresses.

Anyway is $1.65 a good price? Proton charges a lot more than that and it looks like the others do too, but I'm not familiar with them all. I know suite would be great but it's $8.40 a month.

I know I can do this for free and I have been, but I really don't want to be "responsible" for other people's emails anymore. It'd be swell if a company like Zoho could become "responsible" for it for $1.65 a month/$19.80 a year per user.

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  • newbo on 06/09/2022 - 19:19

    Check if your domain name registrar gives you free or cheap email hosting, some of them do.

  • freefall101 on 06/09/2022 - 20:12

    Depending on how many domain names you need and if you have a family Office365 account, you could use that (just setup 5 different accounts) - https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalize…

    Obviously more expensive than $1.65 a month, but on the off chance you already pay for it. Sadly doesn't support multiple emails tied to one account though.

  • Typical16-bitEnjoyer on 06/09/2022 - 20:26

    Zoho is solid. You won't find many better at that budget. I would recommend Tutanota more, but it doesn't appear to offer IMAP unfortunately.

  • o53djz7qTPY4der on 06/09/2022 - 20:35

    I use Zoho. I pay for it and have a few domains connected.

    I don't use IMAP as I use the Zoho client. The reason is the calendar syncing is unreliable to external apps, it is just easier to use Zoho's client. In terms of rocking the boat, the Zoho client is solid and simple. Try it.

  • AustriaBargain on 06/09/2022 - 22:41

    I also see mxroute.com rated pretty high, but I also see the owner is kind of childish and will suddenly delete emails and close users accounts over perceived rudeness in their ticket system.

  • CascadeHush on 06/09/2022 - 22:48

    Fastmail.com but I don’t know how the price compares.

    • AustriaBargain on 06/09/2022 - 22:52

      I do use Fastmail for another set of domains. I like it, though their app signs out or doesn't push notifications a lot. What I really need is individual accounts without the cost getting too high.

  • Look Up on 10/09/2022 - 22:40

    You want the Micro plan on Migadu, USD $19/year for unlimited addresses on almost unlimited domains

    There is nothing worse than custom domain email hosting that charges by the address

    They have IMAP/POP/SMTP protocols and a basic webmail client

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