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Ask HN: What email provider do you recommend for personal email?

An unnamed Hacker News user asked for recommendations for a personal email provider that supports custom domains, offers good deliverability, allows easy data export, and has a good API for AI agents to manage the inbox. The user seeks to reduce dependency on Google and is open to cloud-based solutions as long as data portability is ensured.

read1 min views1 publishedAug 11, 2026

| |||||||||||| 1 point by | Hi HN! I am trying to reduce my dependency on many cloud providers, and Google is my next focus. To start, I'd like to move my personal email address to my own domain. What is a good provider I can use that will not be too expensive and that I won't need to worry about deliverability? I don't mind being dependent on a cloud platform for this as long as I can easily export my data regularly. It would also be nice if my AI agent is able to help me manage my inbox (EG delete spam emails and similar).. so if the provider has a good api for it, that's a bonus. However, this is not a hard requirement. | ||||||||||| |

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