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Looking for lifetime custom-domain email hosting allowing low-volume B2B cold outreach (~10 emails/d

Hi everyone,

I run a small custom packaging business and am looking for reliable custom-domain email hosting, ideally with a one-time payment / lifetime plan.

My intended use:

  • One mailbox on my own domain.
  • Normal business correspondence and replies.
  • Around 10 personalized B2B introductory emails per working day, sent to potential business customers.
  • An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

To be clear, these recipients have not subscribed to a mailing list, so this would be cold outreach, not opt-in newsletters.

I do not use purchased email lists or send bulk identical messages. Messages are plain text, with no tracking pixels. Opt-out requests and bounces are suppressed, and follow-ups stop when someone replies or declines.

Could providers please confirm:
1. Does your acceptable-use policy explicitly allow this type of low-volume outreach and automated sending?
2. Do you offer a lifetime / one-time-payment plan? If not, what is your lowest annual price?
3. Are SMTP sending and IMAP access included?
4. Do you support custom DKIM and SPF/DMARC setup?
5. Are there any sending limits or other restrictions I should know about?

I understand that a low sending volume does not override an anti-spam policy. I am looking for a provider that permits this use explicitly, rather than trying to bypass restrictions.

Recommendations and provider offers are welcome. Thank you!

Comments

  • MikeAMikeA Patron Provider, Veteran

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

  • tobytoby Member

    @MikeA said:

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

    But it's necessary to start a new business.

  • @toby said:

    @MikeA said:

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

    But it's necessary to start a new business.

    Even if I'm looking for what is offered, I will never use the person that sent me an unsolicited mail/dm/etc.
    If I'm bored, I will usually pretend to be interested to get chatting and then eventually thank them for helping get ideas in my mind that I can use to prompt ai (this triggers the unsolicited graphic artists the most).

    Thanked by 1forest
  • This is spam, and unwanted

  • @toby said:

    @MikeA said:

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

    But it's necessary to start a new business.

    It absolutely is not necessary to spam. There's dozens of other ways to market your service.

    Thanked by 1forest
  • A bit off topic, but for personal custom domain mail, i use zoho services, free for 5 acc if i remember correctly

    the only catch are we are forced on their webmail, not able to use custom mail client using pop smtp stuff

  • AlyxAlyx Member, Host Rep

    @toby said:

    @MikeA said:

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

    But it's necessary to start a new business.

    There are plenty of businesses out there that work without being pesky spammers.

    Thanked by 1forest
  • Namecrane for lifetime but don't spam through them

  • mxroute, namecrane but spamming is not welcome though

  • FranciscoFrancisco Top Host, Host Rep, Veteran
    edited November 10

    Not interested in cold emailing.

    Jarland will murder your first and second born and try to get you fired from your job if you cold email at Mxroute.

    Go away.

    Francisco

  • edited November 10

    @Francisco said:
    Not interested in cold emailing.

    Jarland will murder your first and second born and try to get you fired from your job if you cold email at Mxroute.

    Go away.

    Francisco

    @Francisco has Namecrane considered the murdering your first and second born and TrustPilot approach to dealing with email spammers? Seems effective. (/j)

    Thanked by 2ShadowLurker forest
  • @toby said:

    @MikeA said:

    @toby said: An AI assistant helps research publicly available business contacts, draft relevant messages, and send them through SMTP or an API.

    I get spammed with this type of stuff every day, super annoying!

    But it's necessary to start a new business.

    No it's fucking not, what are you smoking? If you need to spam people to get them to look at your business, it means your business sucks so much it can't grow organically.

    Stop making the internet a worse place.

    Thanked by 2jaden rpqu
  • Cold email is spam.

    Thanked by 3jaden rpqu r3k
  • rpqurpqu Member

    @forest said:
    No it's fucking not, what are you smoking? If you need to spam people to get them to look at your business, it means your business sucks so much it can't grow organically.

    Stop making the internet a worse place.

    That's right. Why bother doing spamming when you could make personal pitch through social media? Ads is also quite effective.

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