I've been using Delta Chat with a lot of success. It is easy, it works, bots are easy and the concept is improving. They even plan to have forward secrecy. So, give it a try. If you explored it a long time ago, try again, many things have improved in that ecosystem.

Tried checking Cloudflare’s status on Downdetector, but Downdetector was also behind Cloudflare. Internet checkmate.

I pay for Bear Blog, too. But this year has been problem after problem for its sole proprietor, and I don’t think it’s going to get better.

Gotta put in a plug for Migadu: https://www.migadu.com/pricing/

Happy customer over a couple of years.

I’ve been a Fastmail user for years, having left Gmail. It works great and have nothing be but praise for them. I use my own domain with them so if I decide to leave it’s not an issue worrying about updating people with my new email.

Is there a way to use Fastmail such that you run a receive email server but use Fastmail to send?

I don't mind running an email server for receive. I despise all the hoops you have to jump through for send deliverability.

Delta Chat has the option of using chatmail servers that they host themselves.

Sigh, I just moved a bunch of domains over, after The Jolly Teapot started using and recommended them.

- https://thejollyteapot.com/uses - https://thejollyteapot.com/2024/11/05/website-updates/

Porkbun is cheaper than Namecheap by a few dollars especially on renewals. Namecheap’s renewal price is semi-hidden/obscured.

All my domains are with Namecheap except 1-2 I was/am testing on Porkbun but I’m considering a switch since it means a hundred or two dollars a year in savings.