E-mail services to users of the domain

Have a domain name that includes your name, for example ivanov.ru, pretty good for the future. It is possible that you glorify your name and you are ready to tell the world about it, including via e-mail. If you want to have an email type [email protected], then read this article: from it you will learn about services that can help you in this, and some of them are free.

Mail Setup for users of the domain requires some technical knowledge. Therefore, if you do not know what DNS- and MX-record, it is better ask the person to perform tuning, which at least are familiar with these words. Or find the company that will help you with this. Oddly enough, some are willing to do so absolutely free, Including help with domain name registration.

Hosting Provider

Price: various options.

The most common service is the one that will offer you any hosting provider. Usually it is called: "Postal Service" or "Mail". Typically, the cost of such a service from a provider is about $ 100 per month. Each hosting provider's own characteristics of services, but there are common for all providers:

• providing address type [email protected];
• each box size of 25 MB (for a fee can be increased);
• Work with e-mail through the web interface;
• imap (pop3) and smtp-access (for e-mail via e-mail programs such as Outlook or Thunderbird), sometimes for a fee;
• antivirus for e-mail messages, sometimes for a fee.

Despite the less opportunities, the biggest advantage is that all the necessary settings for e-mail provider has been completed.

Price: Free.

It provides mail for the domain, and the DNS-hosting (in the event that the current domain management system to your hosting provider does not suit you), "Yandex. Drive "the size of 10 GB per user with the ability to increase the volume for the extra money. Appearance-mail address and a list of services is completely analogous to the free e-mail from "Yandex". You can register 1000 mailboxes. Connecting the service "Yandex. Mail "for the domain, you receive the following key features:

• unlimited size for each user's mailbox;
• aliases (synonyms) mailbox (for example, your [email protected] mailbox, but you can make the address [email protected], [email protected] etc. without registering individual mailboxes);
• alias domain (for this purpose two or more domains must be added);
• Domain IM (working protocol Jabber, but requires no configuration domain SRV-records);
• address book (contact list);
• DKIM-signature (DomainKeys Identified Mail - digital signature of your domain to the letters do not end up in the spam);
• import all mail from your old address;
• the ability to go to the post office at http://mail.ivanov.ru;
• the ability to organize the distribution of all domain mailbox;
• Attaching files from a "Yandex. Disk ";
• choice of date and time to send the email message;
• connection of other mailboxes;
• set reminders if there is no response to a letter sent;
• acknowledgment of receipt of the letter by the recipient;
• configure filtering of email messages (for example, messages from a particular destination are automatically moved to the folder specified);
• email templates;
• check spelling before sending messages;
• translator letters into other languages;
• letters mark;
• spam filter;
• different themes in the mailbox;
• to-do list;
• Timeline calendar;
• mobile application to access your mail;
• access mail on imap;
• two-factor authentication (in addition to user name and password, the system will ask for an additional code generated by a smartphone).

The service there is advertising, but it is disabled in the settings. Here is the interface with advertising.

There is also a topic that advertising will never be displayed.

Obvious downsides service has not. If you are identified errors in his work, you can always consult a qualified technical support service, which communicates with the user in human language.

Price: Free.

Service appeared much later and, perhaps, is the youngest on the market. However, due to many familiar interface and the name of the service actively recruiting members. For example, service li.ru suffered approximately 500,000 mailboxes of its users to the service «Mail.ru for business."

By connecting your domain to the service, you get a standard set of services Mail.ru email to add the mailboxes for your domain. In total, you can add 5000 mailboxes per domain. Each user will be available free of charge on 25 GB cloud storage for files with extensions for additional money. In the cloud, you can create and edit MS Office documents formats. By connecting a personal domain for mail «Mail.ru for business", you will get the following key features:

• unlimited size for each user's mailbox;
• alias for the mailbox;
• alias domain;
• «Mail.ru Agent" for the domain (it is automatically added to all users in your domain mailboxes);
• The address book;
• DKIM-signature;
• import all mail from your old address;
• the ability to go to the post office at http://mail.ivanov.ru;
• Attaching files from the cloud Mail.ru or references to them in writing;
• email templates;
• spam filter;
• tool for formatting (design) e-mail message text;
• answering machine (You will be responsible for all incoming emails predetermined phrase);
• connection of other mailboxes;
• customizable filtering e-mail messages;
• two-factor authentication;
• SMS-notifications of incoming emails (not supported by all operators);
• different themes in the mailbox;
• mobile application to access your mail;
• access mail on imap.

Of the minuses I note does not turn off after setting advertising in your mailbox. The easiest way to remove the ads and make clear drawer - use the module-blockers, such as advertisements AdBlock.

Here is the interface with the advertising module.

And so - without advertising. cleaner and nicer interface.

Price: from $ 5 to $ 10 per user per month.

About three years ago, the service was free for ordinary users. Now she was free only for certain categories of users. For the rest, only the paid version available. Service is focused on teamwork, not per person, and has a scope of administration and configuration. However, even a single person has something to use. The service will be of interest to those who have never used the mail from Google - Gmail. The rest will see a familiar interface. The number of mailboxes is limited by your budget.

Each user gets at the basic rate of 30 gigabytes in the mail and Google Drive (1TB, if the user is less than five, and unlimited space in the other cases, the enlarged tariff).

Price: from 200 rubles per user per month.

Office 365 for business - it is much more than just email. This is a set of tools for the removal of business in the cloud, and conducting work activities. The package includes many tariff plans (not all are available on the website), for I have chosen tariff review the Office 365 Business Premium. However, there is a tariff Exchange Online plan that includes Office 365 Business Premium, but provides tools only for e-mail and voice mail (but test it without buying you can not).

I will not talk about all the options available and the cost. I note only that, you can purchase a subscription with the possibility of the classic versions of MS Office office suite of applications for Mac OS and Windows. In addition to email, each user is provided on the cloud drive 1 TB. All at a minimal tariff plan, you can connect up to 300 users. Will also be available cloud version of Office package (Word, Excel, Power Point) and Skype for Business (video conferencing in HD and some other features). When you create working groups can work on an intranet site. Of course, the tool has a calendar and tasks.

Connecting personal domain for e-mail in Office 365 for business, you will get the following key features:

• limited to 50 GB mailbox;
• alias for the mailbox;
• alias domain;
• address book (including the total);
• DKIM-signature;
• import all mail from your old address;
• the ability to go to the post office at http://mail.ivanov.ru;
• Attaching files from cloud storage OneDrive;
• tool for formatting (design) e-mail message text;
• DSN and reading;
• spam filter;
• answering machine (You will be responsible for all incoming emails predetermined phrase);
• customizable filtering e-mail messages;
• different themes in the mailbox;
• mobile application to access your mail;
• access mail on imap;
• access to Exchange for mail (not just access to email, but also many other things);
• store additional applications.

This service I advise those who are used to working in Outlook. In fact, Outlook is ground under Exchange-connect and it works fine with. Personally, I have one and a half years, used a similar rate from the Office 365 for business (then called in another way) and had no problems with the work. Once I had to use the telephone support service. The problem was solved very quickly. Technical support for this product - one of the best on the market.

Also, do not forget that Microsoft is the developer is very common products office life (Word and Excel) and online-version work perfectly - a great alternative to the desktop version applications.

Price: 34.95 dollar per year and $ 9.95 per month (plans Custom Mailbox and Business Email, respectively).

Yahoo - very old service. One of the few services that still does not allow users to "communicate" with the mailbox on the imap-protocol. Besides the mail, Yahoo includes the cost of one domain (which you can buy by connecting to their service) and a web page accessible from the outside. If you buy a fare Business Email, you will have an unlimited number of email addresses to Custom Mailbox, you can only get one e-mail address. By mail attached calendar. By connecting a personal domain for email in Yahoo Small Business, you get the following key features:

• unlimited size mailbox;
• The address book;
• tool for formatting (design) e-mail message text;
• answering machine (You will be responsible for all incoming emails predetermined phrase);
• customizable filtering e-mail messages;
• different themes in the mailbox;
• spam filter;
• mobile application to access your mail;
• check spelling before sending messages.

Despite the considerable price, mail features are quite standard.

Price: multiple tariffs from free to $ 10 per month per user.

Zoho - very old service. It presents a large number of tools. Some are free and some (mostly aimed at the sale) are paid.

Mail from Zoho is integration with Zoho Docs (import from Google Drive), calendars and tasks.

By connecting a personal domain to Zoho Mail for Business, you get the following key features:

• limited in size mailbox from 5 to 25 GB, depending on the tariff plan;
• The address book;
• import all mail from your old address;
• Attaching files from cloud storage Zoho, Dropbox and Google Drive, or references to them in writing;
• customizable filtering e-mail messages;
• email templates;
• delivery receipts;
• spelling checking emails;
• letters mark;
• spam filter;
• tool for formatting (design) e-mail message text;
• mobile application to access your mail;
• access mail on the map and active sync;
• answering machine;
• alias for the mailbox.

This is the biggest services are worth paying attention to use them in your domain address. If you know of any other options, write in comments.