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.
Indeed. Also, selfhosting is just shuffling the costs, not saving money. Doing it yourself still requires you pay for a server(s), but now you have to wear all the hats and maintain a production system. Which is fine, this is /r/selfhosted after all, but either you pay with money + time, or pay someone else money that does this for a living. It’s not a waste.
So then best way to approach this is to make a backup and then restore it. pst from outlook is easy can Google it costs nothing.
Move your email to where you want it once or many times , restore or use the pst as an archive.
In both cases you don’t need overlay products that do the same thing native clients have been doing for decades , you’re just adding another kink to the confusion train. K.i.S.S and you won’t end up in over your head 😜