• some_guy@lemmy.sdf.org
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    3 days ago

    You can run email on a custom domain, but as other replies demonstrate, it’s a huge challenge these days. (My primary email is on a custom domain, but I probably wouldn’t do it again if I hadn’t already been on it for two decades.)

    • SMillerNL@piefed.social
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      3 days ago

      Pretty much every company in the world runs their email on a custom domain. I really doubt the domain is the problem.

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        3 days ago

        Exactly. I can understand the push to discourage the general public from hosting their own emails but serving up emails on a custom domain (including self hosting) is not as difficult as it’s made out to be. It just takes some patience if the right DNS entries are in place.

    • Cornballer@lemmy.zip
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      3 days ago

      Are you referring to running your own email servers specifically? If so then I agree it’s probably not worth the trouble. Email service is inexpensive with large providers and deliverability is good also with customer domains.