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Am I trapped with Go Daddy forever for my personal email? (alien.top)
submitted 10 months ago by jicole@alien.top to c/main@selfhosted.forum
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Hi. I am in over my head and asking for help. Around 20 years ago I had an email and domain name only package with Go Daddy. We have four email addresses for the family. It went from under 20 bucks a year to a couple hundred dollars a year. If it makes a difference, I don’t use the webpage, just the email. Go Daddy used to have their own email platform but now use Outlook online. On our phones we just use the email app.

I understand there are other companies out there that will host my email, but I’m not sure how I would switch to another company without losing all of my archives of saved emails. For each account.

I am in over my head. I don’t know what I’m doing anymore. Is there any other service I can switch to that might be less money than Go Daddy that would allow me to keep my emails?

I have searched Reddit, but can’t seem to get a firm understanding. on our phones we just use the email app. I will appreciate any and all advice about how I can get what I’m looking for. Thank you so much.

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[–] detalferous@lemm.ee 1 points 10 months ago

You really have two problems

The first problem is archival and storage of your existing messages. For this you are dependent on whatever tools GoDaddy gives you, if GoDaddy is your current email provider and client. There's probably a way to use an email client to connect with the IMAP server and download them, but the place to start is with the GoDaddy documentation.

The second problem is how to move your domain name registration to a new registrar. The good news is that this is always possible, annoying but not difficult, and allows you to completely retain control over the domains. Here again you need godaddy's documentation regarding how to transfer the domain name to another registrar. Cloudflare is one option that allows email forwarding and has excellent documentation, but there are lots of alternatives. It should cost you about $12 a year for your domain, and email forwarding from there should be free. The easiest system is just to have a Gmail address that all of your custom addresses forward to, but it's up to you.