I have been a happy paying customer of Zoho for years now. I know they have data servers in the US and other countries. Apparently they base their data center location on your IP address. I assume that the decision is made during account creation, but you would have to ask their support for clarification. In my experience they will actually find the answer and respond to you with human support. It’s kind of amazing these days.
I switched this week from Google, and it was very painless. They have clear instructions to setup API access (which has about a million steps, because Google...) so they can port everything over.
Apple via iCloud+. For $2.99/mo I get email w/ custom domain, photo storage, VPN, password manager, and more. It's hard to beat. They have a few data centers outside the US, but I think if you're a US customer email is hosted in US.
It is easy to beat, if you use any non-Apple OS or want a good browser email experience. It is only hard to beat if you're already deep into Apple's ecosystem with nothing else on the horizon.
I'm giving purelymail a chance when I lose my Google Workspace accounts later this year (not willing to pay US$288/year for four own-domain email addresses).
The whole point of having "vanity domain" email addresses - for 20 years now! - has been to be easily migratable when something changes in the cloud. So I'll just do that again if purelymail doesn't work out. It's very cheap; I get the impression you're paying just enough for the sole proprietor to pay his AWS bills and be "ramen profitable". Who knows how long this will last.
Impression of the service with my other domain, whose MX records I've already switched, have been pretty good.
Note on the 20 years: Got the domain, ran completely on-premises email infrastructure for a few years, then switched to "Google Apps for your domain" when it became available.
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[ 4.8 ms ] story [ 55.8 ms ] threadSo where should I look?
A Privacy online guide curated by tech-savvy HNers would be a welcome birth to the world.
We NEED digital privacy. Full Stop.
https://www.reddit.com/r/privacy/wiki/index
https://www.zoho.com/know-your-datacenter.html
https://fastmail.blog/company/nyi-datacentre-move
It is easy to beat, if you use any non-Apple OS or want a good browser email experience. It is only hard to beat if you're already deep into Apple's ecosystem with nothing else on the horizon.
The whole point of having "vanity domain" email addresses - for 20 years now! - has been to be easily migratable when something changes in the cloud. So I'll just do that again if purelymail doesn't work out. It's very cheap; I get the impression you're paying just enough for the sole proprietor to pay his AWS bills and be "ramen profitable". Who knows how long this will last.
Impression of the service with my other domain, whose MX records I've already switched, have been pretty good.
Note on the 20 years: Got the domain, ran completely on-premises email infrastructure for a few years, then switched to "Google Apps for your domain" when it became available.