[ale] Very cheap basic mail hosting with IMAP

Jim Kinney jim.kinney at gmail.com
Mon Feb 24 08:56:25 EST 2020


+1

Set up a mail service on a cheap vps using the protonmail bridge that you connect your phone to.

On February 24, 2020 7:14:08 AM EST, Jeff Hubbs via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:
>It's also wholly dependent on a corporation that merely grants you, by 
>its providence and favor, continuous permission to use as *they* see 
>fit. The service is theirs to control at their whim, and you have no 
>leverage over them whatsoever. That it is also the "much easier 
>solution" is no accident.
>
>On 2/23/20 11:49 PM, Alex Carver via Ale wrote:
>> I already use Gmail and it's not fully reliable.  Every time I come
>off
>> wifi and onto the cellular network Google blocks my mail access until
>I
>> respond to an email asking me if it was me that connected to my
>email.
>> It happens Every. Single. Day.  It's really frustrating which is why
>I
>> wanted something else.
>>
>> It's also very slow.  Sometimes I don't get updated for half an hour
>or
>> more because they don't support IMAP push where the other server I'm
>> using will send me the notification in a matter of seconds.
>>
>> On 2020-02-23 20:13, SpaXpert, Inc. wrote:
>>> Gmail is a much easier solution.
>>>
>>> On Sun, Feb 23, 2020 at 1:00 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org>
>wrote:
>>>
>>>> The bridge won't work with my phone.  Currently I have my phone
>making
>>>> the direct IMAP access (and also IMAP push) to retrieve the
>messages.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On 2020-02-23 05:06, Jim Kinney wrote:
>>>>> Protonmail free account with the imap bridge?
>>>>>
>>>>> On February 23, 2020 3:34:12 AM EST, Alex Carver via Ale
><ale at ale.org>
>>>> wrote:
>>>>>> Anyone have a suggestion for a very cheap mail host that can
>handle
>>>>>> just
>>>>>> a couple messages per day with IMAP capability?  I have domains
>>>>>> registered through Godaddy right now and they've suddenly decided
>that
>>>>>> the basic single mail address they provide with domains is going
>away
>>>>>> in
>>>>>> favor of MS Exchange/Office 365 and they will be charging for it.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I use it to send time critical messages that my machines generate
>to my
>>>>>> phone (monitored by K9 mail) because it's cheaper than sending
>text
>>>>>> messages to my phone (I pay per message).  I don't need much at
>all,
>>>>>> the
>>>>>> messages are stripped down by procmail before sending them out so
>>>>>> they're only like 1 kB or so and I delete them shortly after
>receiving
>>>>>> them so I don't even need much storage.  I already run my mail
>server
>>>>>> at
>>>>>> home but this is a secondary path that exists outside of my
>network for
>>>>>> a little redundancy.  I don't need to transfer the domains or buy
>>>>>> another one necessarily, I can just point the MX records at the
>host.
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