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.

  • InasFreeman@alien.topB
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    10 months ago

    This isn’t too bad. Get yourself a good imap client (I use Thunderbird, but many will do). Copy all email into local folders.

    Migrate your hosting to a new provider. Then you can just as easily push your locally copied messages up.

    There are also specific email backup / migration tools, but TBH, I’ve never really seen the need.