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Which directadmin email providers are reliable here?
I am planning to use directadmin email resellers for a small business (multiple domains). Already using a provider from LET and have backuply configured. Since this is completely hosted on provider's hardware, reliability & inbox delivery is my main concern.
I just wanted to understand if this is safe? Does anyone have bad experiences that I should be aware of?
Any provider that you suggest here with good track record? I need ~4 domains, 10-ish inboxes, wildcard and forwarders preferably within $10/yr. Is the price too low?
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Mxroute is defacto standard, despite being ignorant to this community. Others are subpar and shady at best.
If ownership is a significant issue for you, consider getting a VPS, installing a free control panel, and using Mailbaby for outbound relay. However, you may ultimately spend more money, and keep in mind that with VPS, IPs, and relays, you are essentially renting, so your provider could suspend your service at any time. You'll never achieve total ownership if you are overly concerned about it.
~Vikas
It's not really about the ownership or the privacy part. It's mostly about the reliability and the possibility of downtime or missing emails.
I am just asking in general about the best practises people follow and providers.
I write letter and send via postal like the old days. No worries at all.
I personally use CraneMail from NameCrane for many of my inboxes - It works very well. I also grabbed @NameBig's MailBig special and I've been using it for a few days now, I'm pleased with the results so far with them as well.
Honestly for that budget Mroutine's probably your safest bet — I've run reseller accounts there and delivery's been solid for me. If you wanna save a few bucks, self-hosting on a cheap VPS with Mailwby works too, but then you own the uptime problem lol. Either way make sure DKIM/SPF are set up and watch bounces for the first week.
most providers who sell Direct Admin sell hosting, not email hosting. Sometimes, email is included as bonus but in most cases it is not properly configured. If reliability is super important, I would probably suggest get a service from Google/Microsoft but depending on your needs, mxroute/crane/mailbig etc may work as well.
So, which project do you actually host? Which one do you recommend? I have tried out a few oss projects earlier with coolify - even after a whole day of complex setup, none of them worked completely and didn't even have all standard options similar to DirectAdmin.
I am not looking to go down that rabbit hole again, and it's not really cheaper to run it yourself anyway.
NameCrane