Hey everyone,
So for a while I’ve always installed discourse onto a VPS which is hosted by ovh and my domains (which come with web hosting for the emails) have been hosted by one.com (herein referred to as ONE)
In recent times, ONE have increased there pricing significantly and now I feel trapped. I used ONE, simply so I could make emails under the registered domain and use the email and smtp settings for setting up discourse on my vps.
But now, I no longer have my hosting with ONE because there fees are becoming outrageous. I need some help finding a good place to turn too.
So, my question is this:
I was with ONE because it was cheap and I could register my domain and get web hosting with them with emails included, I could also use there smtp settings. So can I now go to any company, let’s say namescheap and buy email hosting and a domain and use there smtp settings with discourse installation, without having to go through mailgun.
If not, any suggestions for alternatives? Sorry if this is difficult to understand.
That page only lists one: MailJet–all the others are now paid. And the MailJet free plan limits you to 200 emails/day, and puts their branding on every email.
Mailgun used to be free for up to 10k emails/month, but now they’re $0.80/1k emails–still not bad, and I expect I’ll stay with them, but no longer free.
Yes, you can do that. You can buy the domain with Namecheap and use the Namecheap e-mail. You’ll get a 2 month free trial for the e-mail, so you don’t lose anything trying. In this forum the advise will be to use a specialized mail service, like Sendgrid or Mailgun. It’s probably good advise, but it’s not necessary. You can even setup your own postfix server in the OVH vps for free.
It should be pointed out that doing so creates a huge additional technical burden. Expect more complexity at setup and lots of challenges with mail delivery. We can’t help with any of that, which is why we don’t recommend it.
