I used to use https://medium.com/@ashan.fernando/forwarding-emails-to-your... to do this cheaply via SES, but it was a pain to set up for new domains and had some odd behavior at times.
https://improvmx.com was something else I came across, but I don't feel great trusting an unknown service with all my incoming mail.
Zoho works and is free for one user but the webapp is pretty rough to use.
https://forwardemail.net is an open source option but I wasn't sure about how reliable it would be.
ImprovMX has always worked great. I have used it for a handful of email addresses that all forward to my personal account. If your personal account is gmail it's also very easy to set up a "send as." I will definitely use this first next time I need something like this.
ForwardEmail is indeed open source and works pretty good. It's a little more setup than ImprovMX and I did have an issue where sometimes mail would bounce back to the sender and they would tell me about it. I don't know whose fault it was tho, because it was only one sender and her SMTP server was strict. I did also have an issue where all the mail was going into the spam folder of my personal email, but I'm pretty sure it was my fault. I clicked "spam" for a spam message and then gmail started assuming everything from forwardemail.net must be spam so silently "helped" me by hiding everything D-: Once I figured it out I was able to fix it by marking the emails as "not spam" but it occasionally would spam something I needed. So, if you use either of these services, never mark the message as spam. Also if you use forwardemail throw the dev a few bucks (https://forwardemail.net/en/donate) . Here's the code: https://github.com/forwardemail/free-email-forwarding
https://github.com/forwardemail/free-email-forwarding/blob/m...
We are on the verge to release a sending feature and the decision from Mailgun to drop this came at a great surprise for us.
I always thought of Mailgun like the "unreachable competitor", kind of like "reach for the moon" type of target. But since they moved their forwarding feature to a costly paid plan, it's just like the moon vanished from our trajectory.
Anyway, I'm open to answer any questions if you have any. I also posted about ImprovMX here on HN today (https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=22223783) and ready to answer all the questions there too.
[1] https://sendgrid.com/docs/for-developers/parsing-email/setti...
[2] https://edgeguides.rubyonrails.org/action_mailbox_basics.htm...
I'm building a security case management tool [1] where users can generate inbound addresses in the UI, and then I create a case for any emails sent to a generated inbound address. I'm using the two tools above for this.
It's crazy how the norm has become $5/user/month for something that every web-host on the planet used to charge $.10/user/month for. "But it includes file storage". Yeah, because cable TV tiers is what I always hoped for in tech. /s
Check out Migadu.
There is a free trial tier that only lets you send 10 emails a day.
You also have to own at least one domain.
Based in Switzerland.
The free trial and outgoing sending limits are the only limits. Not meant for automated emails so not a huge concern and keeps spammers away.
I've used Gmail like this for maybe seven years to avoid gsuite and still have custom domains when using Gmail. The delay seems to vary based on how often there is new mail.
You could use a webmail solution or K9 mail to get mail instantly.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask! :)