I personally use and can recommend FastMail. But I do store the mail with them and use Web interface on PC and IMAP for mobile clients. So, evaluate if it works for your use case.
If you already have a domain name, you can get email hosting for a moderate cost, depending on your needs (number of mail accounts, max size?) from various services.
I use Gandi, which works quite well, but they have raised their prices lately so I'm not sure I would recommend it much anymore - see if it fits your budget.
I've heard of Fastmail too, seems well regarded, but I don't know if they offer pop access.
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You beat me to it. I use Gandi too, they provide e-mail with two kinds of web interfaces (one of them is Roundcube, which is meh) and also IMAP & POP3 access. One good thing is that you can have unlimited aliases and also wildcards, very useful for seeing who gives out your e-mail address to spammers.
I've two domain names for a while now. Google was the website and email host for these two domains. For the last decade, I moved the website off but left my email hosted by google/gmail.
Since retirement, my email usage is light but want to keep in touch with the same email id's. I do use aliases for my mailbox, so "
unlimited aliases" is useful. I use different email addresses for different things, in part also to separate my volunteer work for non-profit vs things I do for $. Much cleaner and less risk of mix up during tax time.
Gandi and fastmail, I will look into both. Thanks!
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I use Google Workspace and have found it to be excellent. It supports IMAP, POP3, SMTP and GWSMO (if you're an Outlook user on Windows).
What issues were you having with POP3/SMTP?
Google wants me to use Workspace and stop using password-only. Per their email:
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Starting September 30, 2024, Google Workspace accounts will only allow access to apps using OAuth. Password-based access (with the exception of App Passwords) will no longer be supported. POP and IMAP are NOT going away and can still be enabled with apps that connect using OAuth..."
I don't want to give Google any more than what they already have on me from 3rd parties. Last time I helped a friend creating a gmail ID, I can't get it done without a phone number. I created my Google accounts back when I don't have to tell them my phone number, my height, my weight, and the last time I smoked.
Not quite September yet, POP3 still works, but
SMTP stopped working last few days. May be my side, but likely not since nothing changed on my side. So, rather then spending time fixing the SMTP issue (with just a few months usage left), I was thinking of
jumping ship sooner rather than later...
------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------I use namecheap.com They have catch all forwarders. Domains start around $4/year, which includes the email forward. They have a lot more services to offer, you should resist to stay on budget.
I'll add this one to my list of research targets also
Namecheap, Gandi and fastmail, I will look into them. Thanks!