neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoWhat's an online service you happily pay for?message-squaremessage-square188linkfedilinkarrow-up1146arrow-down11file-text
arrow-up1145arrow-down1message-squareWhat's an online service you happily pay for?neidu3@sh.itjust.worksM to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square188linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up8·1 day agoEmail. As someone who has been self hosting some stuff and generally aspires to work in IT, it is simply unfeasible to expect services like this for free Would it cost me less to host such a server divided by x users? Yes Do I have x users I can sustainably service without burning out? No. So its either a managed server for like 15€ per month + a bunch of work or a paid email provider, in my case fastmail.
minus-squareXeroxCool@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkarrow-up1·17 hours agoWhat does paid email offer over all the free options?
minus-squareLuffy@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkarrow-up2·14 hours agoEmail addresses, masked email addresses, folders and email rules for where to put Them, storage, etc
Email.
As someone who has been self hosting some stuff and generally aspires to work in IT, it is simply unfeasible to expect services like this for free
Would it cost me less to host such a server divided by x users? Yes
Do I have x users I can sustainably service without burning out? No.
So its either a managed server for like 15€ per month + a bunch of work or a paid email provider, in my case fastmail.
What does paid email offer over all the free options?
Email addresses, masked email addresses, folders and email rules for where to put Them, storage, etc