Hi. I am in over my head and asking for help. Around 20 years ago I had an email and domain name only package with Go Daddy. We have four email addresses for the family. It went from under 20 bucks a year to a couple hundred dollars a year. If it makes a difference, I don’t use the webpage, just the email. Go Daddy used to have their own email platform but now use Outlook online. On our phones we just use the email app.
I understand there are other companies out there that will host my email, but I’m not sure how I would switch to another company without losing all of my archives of saved emails. For each account.
I am in over my head. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. Is there any other service I can switch to that might be less money than Go Daddy that would allow me to keep my emails?
I have searched Reddit, but can’t seem to get a firm understanding. on our phones we just use the email app. I will appreciate any and all advice about how I can get what I’m looking for. Thank you so much.
simple version:
save your existing mail locally
point the DNS record of your domain name at whatever new service you are buying (they should have instructions on that)
import some / all / none of the mail you saved locally to the new service as you see fit
now your email will come and go from your new mail service
That way he would still have to keep the domain on GoDaddy for the DNS record I believe…
I think nearly every hoster offers free domain transfer so you can keep the domain but with a different hoster underneath
Agreed, I moved all mine from godaddy to cloudflare to save money. My email is with M365.