Best Hosted Email Services For Your Domain

Business email address on custom domain name

Businesses use email on their own domain by registering a domain and pointing the domain DNS to an email hosting provider. Sure you can always use the email hosting included with your web hosting, it is best practice to separate these services and use a professional email hosting company. As email is important after all.

Email on your own domain

There are many benefits to registering a domain and using an email address on that domain if you plan on using email. Even if you are not running a business, there are some great reasons to use email on your own domain. All you need to do is register a domain with a service like Namecheap and then get setup with one these email services providers with your own domain below.

G Suite

Host email on your own domain hosted with Google’s Gmail.

Thexyz

Secure and private email with great spam protection. Supports IMAP, POP and ActiveSync over SSL.

Fastmail

Also owns Pobox and a good option for hosting on your own domain.

Pobox

It includes 50GB of storage that you can access with webmail, IMAP or POP.

Zoho

Hosted email / office for professional users and businesses. Free for up to 10 users!

ProtonMail

Privacy focused but no IMAP support, based in Switzerland.

Greatmail

Email service provider that looks good but could do more on security side to protect users.

Flaskmail

A managed email service for hosting email on your own domain.

Servermx

Servermx is a reliable and secure email hosting for companies, organizations, and individuals

Where to access email on the Web

AOL Mail

Attachments: 16MB
Free web-based email service from AOL offering unlimited storage space, the ability to send and receive messages from mobile devices, and an integrated buddy list for instant messaging. AOL’s WebSuite Basic provides users with Spam and virus protection, as well as useful features such as a calendar and address book, and the ability to add custom RSS feeds and gadgets.

Fastmail

Attachments: 10MB
Rapidly-evolving email service with a raft of features, including a spellchecker, email autoformatting options, IMAP and web-based access and more.

Gmail

Attachments: 25MB
Gmail has risen to become one of the most popular free email providers. Powered by Google, their email service includes virus protection, Spam filters, auto responders, email forwarding, and a multi-lingual interface with over 40 languages to choose from.

GMX Mail

Attachments: 50MB
Free web-based email with seven anti-Spam modules and strong anti-virus protection. Members are also given 2GB of online file storage, can use the Mail Collector to check and sort external email accounts, and can create and track appointments with the GMX Organiser.

HushMail

Domains: @hushmail.com, @hushmail.me, @hush.com, @hush.ai, @mac.hush.com
Storage: 2MB
Are THEY watching you? HushMail provides the world’s only 2048-bit secure encrypted free email service. You can use Hushmail as a normal free email service and send messages to anyone, but if you send messages to another HushMail user they are encrypted with a powerful cypher.

Thexyz Webmail

Attachments: 25MB
Thexyz Webmail is powerful enough to be your everyday — every email — messaging application. In addition to robust email capabilities, it also features collaboration apps and tools to help your business collaborate and communicate more effectively.

Yahoo! Mail

Attachments: 25MB
Free web based email service with an integrated instant messenger. Members can choose between the simple, fast loading Yahoo! Mail Classic, and the new, fully customisable Yahoo! Mail with optional add-on tools such as Flikr photo sharing and Picnik photo editing. Standard features include Spam and virus protection, SMS messaging, a calendar with automatic reminders, and the option of accessing emails from compatible mobile devices. For an annual fee, subscribers to Mail Plus can also enjoy POP3 access and mail forwarding services, and create disposable email addresses.

How do I recover deleted email messages?

Gmail

If you have lost messages on Gmail it may be possible to recover emails from Trash for 30 days.

If you notice that emails are missing, you can report missing Gmail emails here.

Thexyz

You can recover deleted messages on Thexyz for 14 days by following the directions here.

Yahoo

Messages can be restored from Yahoo for 7 days by submitting a request here.

Allow Access to Less secure Apps with Gmail

Recieving an error message on an email client like Outlook, Mac Mail etc, even though password is correct?

Gmail recently enforced a higher security sign in procedure no longer using OAuth as the default access method. While developers have received warning from Google, not all email clients and apps have been updated to use the new protocol.

To allow your email client apps to continue to sign in to Gmail the old way, you need to turn on access for these “Less secure Apps” in your Gmail security settings.

Help article: Allowing less secure apps to access your account

Gmail Password Incorrect Error

Sometimes you’ll see a “Password incorrect” error when you sign in to Google with a third-party app, like iPhone’s Mail app. If you’ve entered your password correctly but you’re still getting the error, here are the most common reasons for the message. Follow the steps to get into your account.

Apps that don’t support the latest security standards include:

• The Mail app on an iPhone or iPad that has an outdated operating system
• The Mail app on a Windows phone before the 8.1 release
• Some Mail apps not built by Google that come with your phone
• Some Desktop mail clients, like Microsoft Outlook and Mozilla Thunderbird

You may need to Allow Access to Less secure Apps with Gmail.