[ale] [OT] email forwarding service recommendations

[TxMoose]

I'd just like to add on to this:  I simply run my own email server out 
of Digital Ocean.  The server is running postfix, nginx/php-fpm, 
dovecot, and spamassassin, and I've been extremely happy with the 
results.  As far as DNS, CloudFlare hosts DNS for free, is incredibly 
reliable, and their customer service is top notch.

Beyond that, their API looks to be quite easy to work against, and they 
maintain most of their DNS records with a 120 second TTL.  If you're 
using DynDNS because your ISP is flaky with your DHCP reservation, then 
a simple script to curl icanhazip.com (run by an old colleague of mine, 
and is trustworthy) and update CloudFlare via API when a change occurs 
should be within reach.

Hope this helps!

Very respectfully,
Kyle Brieden

On 20-02-2017 10:06, Lightner, Jeffrey wrote:
> I can't answer about the forwarding service as the ones I'm aware of
> charge significantly more than $40/year.  However, I as curious what
> you meant by DNS hosting.
> 
> If you're running your own DNS servers you can point your MX record to
> any provider that allows you to do so.   That is to say you can
> control your own DNS even if you're using external mail hosting and/or
> web hosting and I highly recommend you do or at least do your own DNS
> registration.
> 
> Here we do a fair number of acquisitions and have run across "hosting"
> providers that did the original domain registration and take the
> attitude they rather than the client own the domain.   Since they did
> the registration ICANN considers them the owners so you end up having
> to pay them to allow the registration transfer to your ownership OR
> sue them with the latter meaning you're going to be down for some
> time.  If you own the registration you can change which DNS servers
> you point at any time so that you can also change MX and web addresses
> without such hosting providers blocking you.
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: ale-bounces at ale.org [mailto:ale-bounces at ale.org] On Behalf Of Tim 
> Watts
> Sent: Monday, February 20, 2017 10:25 AM
> To: ale at ale.org
> Subject: [ale] [OT] email forwarding service recommendations
> 
> Anyone use an email forwarding service?  I'm looking for one in the
> $40/yr range (or less).  DuoCircle/DynDNS is nearly doubling their
> price so I'm saying Buhbye.  Plus their performance has been spotty.
> This is for light volume personal use not a business thing.  Don't
> want to switch DNS hosting at this point.
> 
> 
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