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Originally Posted by ondoho
I could recommend something - but what do you really want? A familiar web interface? Low cost? No cost? If you are willing to pay, what do you want to pay for? Do you actually want hosting? What do you need a domain name for? Your email address?
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First the easy one. The primary domain is email only.
My wife uses a secondary domain for a small home business, a static website that could be pretty much hosted anywhere (Fastmail actually works quite well but is only occasionally used as a backup), a main contact e-mail and a couple of aliases. I operate a couple more domains, with single email addresses, which I occasionally point at something else.
I use aliases on Fastmail domains for various activities I prefer to keep out my main Inbox and filter them to their own folder.
I don't mind splitting my domains to different services, or losing the Fastmail email aliases. I am also quite happy to manage DNS.
I am not sure webmail is essential and this is tricky. Fastmail is actually a good balance for our needs.
Functionality is more important to me than cosmetics, easy method of server filtering would be a bonus.
The rest of the family though would probably be slightly disappointed at anything without a familiar modern looking interface.
Crucially I want something reliable, a company with a track record. Privacy is moderately important, I definitely don't want a service that uses my data, feel comfortable with the level of security offered by Fastmail and am not too worried about legal jurisdiction. That said European servers would be a bonus.
I probably don't want to spend too much more than the ballpark of my bill with Fastmail 65 USD per year (for 4 users).