Ask HN: What email provider do you recommend for personal email?

1•shlomo_z•55m ago

Hi HN!

I am trying to reduce my dependency on many cloud providers, and Google is my next focus. To start, I'd like to move my personal email address to my own domain.

What is a good provider I can use that will not be too expensive and that I won't need to worry about deliverability? I don't mind being dependent on a cloud platform for this as long as I can easily export my data regularly.

It would also be nice if my AI agent is able to help me manage my inbox (EG delete spam emails and similar).. so if the provider has a good api for it, that's a bonus. However, this is not a hard requirement.

Comments

emn4tor•47m ago

Fastmail natively supports JMAP, is pretty cheap ($3-5). I always like selfhosting either at home, or using a cheap VPS - iRedMail, MailCow etc.

shlomo_z•33m ago

Thank you, I will look into FastMail. I have always understood it to be a deliverability nightmare when self hosting email servers, would you agree or disagree with that?

emn4tor•20m ago

It depends, it can be... But tbh just set up a cronjob (auto repeating task) that refreshes your ssl certificate via certbot and you should be good to go. The initial setup might that a few hours of tinkering, but once you've made it you can easily have a mail server for $1-3. If you really don't wanna fully self host you can buy a Plesk workspace for like 99ct-5$ which allows emails, websites and databases

shlomo_z•3m ago

Useful information, thank you!

Bender•3m ago

I have sent emails back and forth between Fastmail and my self hosted servers to increase their trust. Sometimes I talk to myself...

krunck•45m ago

ProtonMail. Then you can run ProtonMail Bridge to get a local IMAP and SMTP connection to your ProtonMail account.

shlomo_z•30m ago

Thank you for the suggestion and I will certainly consider it.

That said, recently I've seen reports of Proton engaging in shady business practices recently, EG Price sensitivity testing[1].

[1] https://www.reddit.com/r/degoogle/comments/1vjfiav/why_is_pr...

dlcarrier•39m ago

Infomaniak or Proton. They're both Swiss security-focused competitors to the Google office ecosystem. I prefer Infomakiak, because their free tier includes IMAP, which is crucial for accessibility tools, but it is also useful for general API access such as automated tools.

shlomo_z•35m ago

I look at both of these, thank you!

However, I've seen reports of Proton engaging in shady business practices recently, EG Price sensitivity testing.

toomuchtodo•34m ago

Fastmail. They offer an MCP server, but keep the AI features out of the product. Data export is available and trivial.

An MCP Server for Fastmail – National Email Day - https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47870988 - April 2026 (14 comments)

https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/articles/360060590573-Dow...

shlomo_z•31m ago

Thank you for the suggestion. You are the second person to suggest it and I will look into it! On first glance, this may be exactly what I am looking for.

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