How to pay for an email service

Heedtheadvice

Jolly_Roger wrote: »

Sadly, the Consumers' Association (Which?) ......

But are there services out there that would allow me to have my own email domain and not require me to download any software at all onto my computer? Can you recommend one?

Being in a similar position I have been looking over the past few days at Mailfence. It allows your own domain name on it's (very cheap) paid for version and can be used just via a browser. Lots of other advantages too (you may have seen other comments at https://forums.moneysavingexpert.com/discussion/5829655/recommend-me-a-new-web-based-email
and it would be good if the other threads could be merged.)

There has not been much feedback yet on MSE regarding my post about Mailfence but my reading of it would indicate that there are other advantages for business use. You can see info on their website at https://blog.mailfence.com/create-an-email-address-with-your-own-domain/

Another advantage of Which? Was their trustworthiness and excellent support. The support from Mailfence has been great so far and as a paid pro user you get priority. Maybe worth a look?

RandomQ

Jolly_Roger wrote: »

Sadly, the Consumers' Association (Which?) had decided to close its email service, meaning I've got to find a substitute within two months.

The good thing about which.net is that you can access it through webmail and it doesn't come with adverts, because it is paid for.

Because part of my email is used for business purposes, I would like to have my own email service; one that is accessed purely by webmail. I want to pay for this to ensure no adverts.

But are there services out there that would allow me to have my own email domain and not require me to download any software at all onto my computer? Can you recommend one?

You can also block ads from Yahoo and hotmail by paying but why bother.

I have loads of accounts with all the providers, if the problem is ad's when why not use an adblocker, for example ublock origin, I use it and see no ads in my hotmail, gmail, yahoo and other providers email.

I find the best implementation of that plug in is on Firefox, I have it on chrome but does not block youtube ads there.

If you were going to get your own domain for a biz website then it may be worth it but otherwise what is the point.

Of all of the online providers Gmail is the most powerful because it has a scripting facility but the user interface is an acquired taste. It is particularly good at cleaning spam, it learns too. It can also send email from your other email accounts not just collect it, so it can be a control centre for many different email accounts.

I use gmail for a domain email just to clean it of spam, but unlike you I prefer an email client on my PC where I have a copy of my emails.

With so many email providers deciding to dump customers you are better with one of the big online email providers, you can use gmail to collect all your email from Which and stick it straight into an archive folder on your gmail account. I think there is a way to make it collect the sent email but you definitely need the other mail to be in a folder first.

arrallas

A very good paid-for service is Fast Mail. You can try it free for 30 days to see if it suits you, but it is very powerful and flexible. The support is good too, which can't be true for any of the free services.https://www.fastmail.com/

pigsox

arrallas wrote: »

A very good paid-for service is Fast Mail. You can try it free for 30 days to see if it suits you, but it is very powerful and flexible. The support is good too, which can't be true for any of the free services

I can highly recommend them, I've been a paid customer since 2003. I host my domain email there. They have a nice web interface or you can set up your email program to access your account.

A good place to look for technical support and to see what ongoing issues FM and other providers can be found at emaildiscussions.com (forum won't let me post a hyperlink).