Very basic Q about email hosting

[babsjansen]

Perhaps there is a help thread somewhere already that i havent spotted?

I have a domain name and want to set up email hosting. I am the only person in the company but i want to have several email adresses on the domain, mainly so I can keep business administration emails separate from the main work.
How do I go about getting email address on my purchased domain name? I told you it was basic help I need!

 

[ryedale]

Who have you registered the domain with ? Most companies will offer a basic email only hosting package as an add-on

 

[babsjansen]

I bought the domain through namecheap but i wont be having a website. I just want to be able to use the domain as an email adresses x 2

 

[ryedale]

https://www.namecheap.com/hosting/email.aspx

 

[webhostuk]

You can buy any web hosting service, get hosting service with space and host unlimited email ID with [email protected] type, its that simple.

 

[Cromulent]

If it were me, I'd use either Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office 365 for business email.

Email is one of the hardest things to get right, and much of your success depends on the reputation of the IP addresses you use to send an email. If you are sending email from a shared server with other customers with a dodgy history, you could find that your emails end up in your customer's spam folder.

At least with the two services listed above, you have a decent setup and they also include other services which can be very useful and they are pretty cheap (especially G-Suite). I used to use G-Suite myself but switched to Office 365 because I needed the latest version of Microsoft Office.

 

[Noah]

If it were me, I'd use either Google G-Suite or Microsoft Office 365 for business email.

What is the domain name for e-mail coming from those services? I ask specifically because, for example, anything coming from @gmail.com immediately raises suspicions that it is not associated with a reliable business.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course.

 

[fisicx]

I ask specifically because, for example, anything coming from @gmail.com immediately raises suspicions that it is not associated with a reliable business.

Totally agree, same as anything with btinternet, yahoo, hotmail or even aol (they still exist).

 

[Cromulent]

What is the domain name for e-mail coming from those services? I ask specifically because, for example, anything coming from @gmail.com immediately raises suspicions that it is not associated with a reliable business.

In my not-so-humble opinion, of course.

Totally agree, same as anything with btinternet, yahoo, hotmail or even aol (they still exist).

It uses your own domain name. Google G-Suite has nothing to do with Gmail other than it uses the same web interface. Google G-Suite is designed for businesses. In fact, you can have multiple domain names with it.

 

[Alan]

If you don't trust Google or Microsoft with your data then you could also try https://protonmail.com

 

[bigbuzzbelfast]

You can pay gmail £3.00 odds per month and change some MX records and you will be able to use gmail like it is your own personal email service using your own domain name You can also do this for free but the paid service is works better from my experience using it

 

[Andy Tomlinson]

As suggested, use G-Suite or Office365. When setting up the DNS records, you will be provided with a string to populate within a TXT record to prove the ownership of your domain. For the multiple addresses, you don't need to pay multiple times for individual "users", instead you can setup aliases. So you can have incoming messages addressed to (e.g.) babs@, enquiries@, whatever@ all coming to the same inbox. When drafting a message, prior to sending you can select which outbound address you wish to send it from. Hope this helps.