u003cpu003eBut if you still host your email with your website an u003cstrongu003eemail migration is inevitable!u003c/strongu003e In the next section here, we will try and answer the most common questions and make this process, easier to digest u003cemu003e(and take action)u003c/emu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003e If I am moving my email, where would I go?u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eLet me share the good email hosting options here with you:u003c/pu003enu003colu003enu003cliu003eGoogle Suite u0022recently rebranded as google workspaceu0022 (Costs from USD.6 per user per month) - 30GB Mailbox.u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eMicrosoft365 Business Basic (Costs from USD.5 per user per month) - 50GB Mailboxu003cstrongu003eu003c/strongu003eu003c/liu003enu003c/olu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003eNotes:u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003enu003culu003enu003cliu003eIn my opinion, Google and Microsoft are the best options, they have been doing it for more than 15 years and have the best email systems /deliverability.u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eWith Google, you get the whole Gsuite (Google Drive, Google Meetings, Docs, Presentations, Forms, etc.) making this a sweet deal.u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eIf you are already using Microsoft Office and Microsoft Outlook then it is better to go with MS365, (the business basic option does not come with office applications: Word/PowerPoint/Excel etc.) this is only available on the next tier.u003c/liu003enu003c/ulu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003eNew players:u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003enu003colu003enu003cliu003eZoho Mail from USD. 1.25 per user per month (10GB Mailbox)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eNameCheap email hosting from USD. 2.12 per user per month (30GB Mailbox)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eThere were some worthy mentions of Hey email and Spark mail, but since they are quite new to me, I did not explore them yet!u003c/liu003enu003c/olu003enu003cpu003eI am yet to configure NameCheap's email hosting, tempted to give it a shot by moving a secondary email from one of my shared hosting services. Given the company's good reputation and my positive past experience with them, I will have no issues recommending them.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eOn the other hand, I have been using Zoho mail for about 2 years now and did not experience any issues (well, apart from occasional messages that end-up in spam instead of the inbox - but in all honesty, this happens with any email service - However, since Google and Microsoft have been in this business for long and do have a huge user base, their systems are better trained to figure spam out -  at least u0022theoreticallyu0022)u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003eBenefitsu003c/strongu003eu003cbr /u003e Moving your email hosting away from your shared hosting will enhance your email deliverability, as well as your brandu003cemu003e (since you will no longer need to use your personal Gmail for business communication)u003c/emu003e, and of course, it adds more reliability.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eByproduct: Having your email on its own dedicated email hosting system will enable you to easily switch your website hosting when you like, as better Technology or better website hosting deals become available, migrating a website without emails is so much easier.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003eWhat is an email client?u003c/strongu003eu003cbr /u003e This is simply the application or software that we use to send and receive emails.u003cbr /u003e Most of us who already have a Gmail personal account (or Hotmail/Yahoo/outlook.com) are using the webmail client (browser-based) or the Gmail app on our phones.u003cbr /u003e All the email systems/services mentioned above (Gsuite/MS365 etc.) have a webmail client, and of course, some of them have their own apps for your phone. u003cemu003e(P.S: it is still possible to use webmail from the browser on your phone if you don't want to use an app)u003c/emu003eu003cbr /u003e u003cstrongu003eFamous email clients:u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003enu003culu003enu003cliu003eMicrosoft Outlook (part of MS Office Suite, you need an MS Office license to get it)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eMozilla Thunderbird (Free)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eThe generic u0022mailu0022 app on your phone (Free)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eWindows Mail app on Windows 10 (Free - it's a scaled-down version of Outlook)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eLinux-based operating systems come with a version of Thunderbirdu003c/liu003enu003cliu003eI am sure there is a Free Mac mail app too (just don't know what it is called) :-)u003c/liu003enu003c/ulu003enu003cpu003eu003cstrongu003eFinal note:u003c/strongu003eu003c/pu003enu003colu003enu003cliu003eNo matter which system you use you'll need to do a full email migration from your existing hosting (this will not affect the website hosting, only emails)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eThe effort/time/cost will depend on where you are currently hosting your emails and the number of messages in your inbox/sent items/other folders etc. as well as the number of mailboxes (email users) to be migrated with their messages.u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eMigration time can range from 2/3 hours to 24/48 hours based on the number of users and the size of their mailboxes.u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eBest time to do this move is over a weekend, theoratically your email system will not be down at all, but judging by experience, it will take a few hours for all the servers around the world to pick up your new Mail Exchange Server (i.e. the new mail system you moved to)u003c/liu003enu003cliu003eIf you have a brand new domain name (without an existing mailbox/mail account yet) the migration to a new email system will literally take a few minutes (just to create the correct MX record and wait for it to propagate worldwide)u003c/liu003enu003c/olu003enu003cpu003eThe good news is that this will only be done once u003cemu003e(hopefully you will never need to change your email servers/system again)u003c/emu003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eI have done many email migrations and have setup mail exchange servers and systems for my clients, helping them to easily move to Google Suite or Microsoft 365 without losing a single mail (and without losing sleep either)u003cbr /u003eI will be happy to help you with your emails too, just send me a message from the u003ca href=u0022http://testing.humantalents.ca/contact-ht-tech/u0022u003econtact us pageu003c/au003eu003c/pu003enu003cpu003eWishing you Success,u003cbr /u003eHave a great Day/Night wherever you are.u003c/pu003enu003cpu003eAmru003cspan style=u0022font-size: 18pxu0022u003e u003c/spanu003eu003c/pu003e