i want to stop using gmail, and have decided to host my own email

I shortened mine
example: anonms.co

and I got one with one of those fancy new TLDs, although it cost 30€ instead of the usual 10€ per year
example: lastname.dicks

For the same amount of money you'd spend on a VPS (some email providers block emails originating from residential IPs) you can get ProtonMail Plus and use your own domain name.

>>62089458
>anonms.co
in that case would your initials be AMS?
>>62089551
>ProtonMail Plus and use your own domain name.
Thanks for the tip

>>62089606
>in that case would your initials be AMS?
well it was a bad example

more like
real name: Peter Smith
domain: petsm, pesmi, pesmt.. like that

>>62089458
>>62089736
me again

I also support the anon >>62089551 who recommended a paid email hosting. Running your own is a huge pain in the butt, both setup and maintenance. (I tried) I'm using the 2.50€/month package from mailbox.org (German provider)

>>62089736
in searching for a domain like that using my name i found someone who beat me to it, but i can still work around that, thank you
but would you hire me if my resume came from [email protected]?

Your own server gives you some fun options to though. Ditch dropbox and have your own ftp or even host a bookmark server.

>>62089785
As long as its not aol.com i think you're good anon.

>>62089785
Sure, that domain sounds reasonably ok

>>62089798
With the good email providers setting up your domain doesn't exclude running your own server as well. I pointed all of my domains' MX DNS records to my mail provider, and that's it.