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Changing web hosting provider & keeping my email - help wanted (piefed.social)

submitted 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) by cabbage@piefed.social to c/techsupport@lemmy.world

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I am looking into changing my web hosting provider, as I did not research pricing sufficiently before signing up for the one I am currently using, and I have developed a preference to avoid American companies since.

My domain is registered with a separate company, and my website is completely static and home made, so I think the move should be somewhat painless. I expect that it's as easy as signing up for another service provider, and redirecting the domain to whatever information they provide. Please correct me if I'm wrong.

What I'm a little concerned about is my email at name@example.com. I'm assuming setting up a new address under the same name would be trivial under most hosting providers, but is there a good way of keeping my current emails available on the server? Alternatively, does anyone know of good options for making local backups of my inbox?

Last, if anyone has recommendations for somewhat affordable, green & European hosting providers, it would be much appreciated. I guess Hetzner is an option, but I wouldn't mind supporting a slightly smaller company if I can.

Thanks!

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[–] lurch@sh.itjust.works 5 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago) (1 children)

if it's imap or pop, you can download them onto a PC with a mail client like thunderbird. Make sure you copy them to Local Folders or whatever it's called, so they are not just cached for offline use, because that would delete them if you sync with an empty account. Make sure to keep a backup somewhere safe, in case you accidentally delete them.

[–] cabbage@piefed.social 1 points 1 hour ago

Thanks! Ideally I'd want it all to stay on the server though, which it seems imapsync can help me with. But if that fails I'll make sure to find a way to make local bakcups in Thunderbird! :)