Self provide your own email on your own email server.
I think there's a case to be made for self-providing your own dial tone as well, given how simple and cheap that has become, but I can't push that as I haven't even done it myself...
I think there's a case to be made for self-providing your own dial tone as well, given how simple and cheap that has become, but I can't push that as I haven't even done it myself...
I'm quite happy paying for a service because when it breaks, I can reasonably expect the problem to resolve itself.
If I host my own mail, when it breaks I'm up shits creek until I fix it. Which depending on my schedule, could take a week.