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Hi, Im thinking about moving from gmail elsewhere but Im wondering if I should use my own domain for it, I dont have the domain yet but how to deal with whois lookup privacy? (Im EU based) are there any other issues I may run into if I chose my own domain over opening a account on posteo.de or mailbox.org with their domain. I know owning my domain will give me freedom to move my email elsewhere if I would want but I dont know if its worth it.

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[โ€“] furrowsofar@beehaw.org 1 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The two downsides of a custom domain are:

  • Only as private as the least private use of the domain. No crowd to mix with.

  • Delivery through SPAM filters of other providers more troublesome. Delivery to AOL/Yahoo, and one of the AT&T managed mail domains has been the biggest issues for me. GMail delivery seems fine.

Do get a common mainstream suffix not the cheapest. Some filters may tend to filter some TLDs.

Edit: By the way, I have my own domain and the email for it is hosted at a hosting provider. I recommend it but the above are the downsides.

[โ€“] Taleya@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

Most spam trap issues i've found are due to DMARC, which is easy to resolve with an spf in your ns records