[ale] Very cheap basic mail hosting with IMAP

[SpaXpert, Inc.]

$10 a year???
Wow.

On Tue, Feb 25, 2020 at 5:15 PM Alex Carver via Ale <ale at ale.org> wrote:

> I think that's a bit much, I don't really need to double up like that, I
> just want to boomerang a select set of automated messages from my
> systems to my phone.  Having a server pulling from Protonmail seems like
> a few extra hoops.
>
> I was really hoping for something like a $10/year cheap plan with maybe
> a dozen MB of storage space and IMAP.
>
> On 2020-02-24 05:56, Jim Kinney via Ale wrote:
> > +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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