Is there an ISP with email services, maybe not webmail, in the US you would recommend for use on an iMac and iPhone?

[usmaak]

If you can afford the small annual cost, getting a personal domain name is the secret for long term stability. I bought one over 20 years ago and so my email is the same irrespective of who I use as an email provider.

I also have an enterprise-grade spam filter from my ISP which I have total control over, so as soon as any spam email gets through I can add their address domain to my filter. I even have several entire country root domains blocked since I have no reason on to ever receive email from there but they are often the source of malicious email…

I’ve had several domain names for that long and I keep paying for them even though they’re unused. I was thinking of going with Hostgator as I have had decent experiences with them but I want to make sure I am going with the best and they seem budget (which isn’t necessarily bad but could be). I’m looking for recommendations. I have a Proton Mail account that is paid through April but I’m not sure I want to stay with them. Most important to me is the ability to block spam as my emails tend to get a lot of it. Gmail handles spam very well but I have privacy concerns about Gmail and I’m tired of their advertising.

 

[KaliYoni]

@Dervla

I agree with the other posters who have said you have reached the point where you need to sign up for a replacement email service and get things up and running. Waiting for the old service to go dark before doing anything pretty much certainly will cause you to get locked out of multiple accounts, lose contact with some family and friends, and not receive important notifications. Making changes for two people, in addition, means double the work and more chances for problems.

I’d also say, based on the progression of this thread and the amount of time you have left, you shouldn’t buy a domain at this time. You also should keep in mind that going with an email service that does not have a huge customer base or only has a local footprint could put you back into your current email situation sometime soon. So my advice to you is to go with Apple iCloud for at least the next 12-18 months. Wait to do any more analysis, thinking, and research.

 

[Dervla]

@Dervla

I agree with the other posters who have said you have reached the point where you need to sign up for a replacement email service and get things up and running. Waiting for the old service to go dark before doing anything pretty much certainly will cause you to get locked out of multiple accounts, lose contact with some family and friends, and not receive important notifications. Making changes for two people, in addition, means double the work and more chances for problems.

Good point.

I’d also say, based on the progression of this thread and the amount of time you have left, you shouldn’t buy a domain at this time.

I agree.

You also should keep in mind that going with an email service that does not have a huge customer base or only has a local footprint could put you back into your current email situation sometime soon.

Another good point.

So my advice to you is to go with Apple iCloud for at least the next 12-18 months. Wait to do any more analysis, thinking, and research.

I may do that. Apple iCloud and Apple Mail are already on my iMac. I have been sending and receiving emails to myself this month using iCloud.


Thank you.

 

[elvisimprsntr]

I have moved across the country more times than I care to admit. So 30 years ago I bought my own domain with a registrar who also provides email hosting. Current registrar is no-ip.com.

 

[Ruggy]

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[bzgnyc2]

How about macOS?

I would only go with e-mail service that support IMAP and then access from my preferred e-mail client (e.g. Apple Mail on macOS and iPhone). Fastmail supports IMAP as does many others.

More generally recommend the following:
-E-mail address independent of e-mail service provider
-E-mail client independent of e-mail service provider

Ideally then you would receive e-mail through an independent e-mail service provider hosting your domain. Then use either Apple e-mail clients or a 3rd-party's (e.g. Mailspring).

Then main steps:
1. Decide on personal domain
2. Buy domain through registrar
3. Subscribe to e-mail service provider
4. Configure e-mail service provider to receive e-mail from domain and configure domain to send to provider
5. Configure e-mail program(s) to access e-mail from provider

Cost of the domain and e-mail hosting should run about $10-15/month and take < 1 day to setup.

iCloud+ with a custom domain may also be a good option. That would allow you to be in Apple's ecosystem without tying your e-mail to Apple's ecosystem forever. Other service providers' (e.g. Fastmail) support for non-Apple e-mail clients and the like is probably better, though.

 

[IvyKing]

I would only go with e-mail service that support IMAP and then access from my preferred e-mail client (e.g. Apple Mail on macOS and iPhone).

Which is one reason why I didn't consider Gmail, but more important reason for nixing Gmail was privacy concerns.

Speakeasy under Megapth/GTT didn't fully support IMAP in the sense that the spam folder was only accessible from the webmail client.

FWIW, my favorite email client was PINE, but that clumsy with emails in HTML format. I chose Thunderbird as it was supported by my then preferred desktop OS and continued as it was also supported on Macs when I started using Macs in 2009.