If you like to try out new services and you like cheap email, listen up!

Mango Mail contacted us to share their Halloween offer.  Looks like they started operations (domain registered January 2023).  They’re an American company based in Florida that offers hosted email service featuring

• Unlimited domains
• Unlimited users
• SMTP, IMAP, POP3
• Starting at $1.50/month!
• Plus if you sign up yearly, they’ll give you three months free (15 months first year)

That plan is for 200 emails in per day, 50 out, and 5GB of storage. They have larger plans, also.  They also offer a free trial without a credit card.

I think there are a couple areas where they could improve.

First, deliverability is a really important function of hosted email.  If the emails you send consistently (or even periodically) end up in the recipients’ junk mail, the service is useless.  Big tech email services (Gmail, Outlook, etc.) spend a ton ensuring deliverability.  Even smaller community players like MXRoute work hard on this topic (see MXRoute’s detailed explanations of how they ensure deliverability).

Mango Mail is distressingly vague:

What about reputation? How do you ensure high deliverability?

We take IP reputation seriously by employing advanced measures to monitor and maintain a healthy IP reputation. Our team actively checks for any potential issues and implements necessary strategies to ensure optimal deliverability and security. Your emails are in safe hands!

My emails are landing in spam. What do I do?

Mail can land in spam for a number of reason. Sometimes this can be caused by the wording of your email being similar to spam. You may also land in spam if your domain is relatively new. The best thing to do is contact Mango Mail support and ask for help.

The do have very nice docs.  I’m a little skeptical about their good TrustPilot score, since they’ve had four reviews since the domain was registered, especially when all four reviews are written by people whose only review on TP is for Mango Mail.

As I mentioned they have a free trial that doesn’t require a credit card, so you have to lose.  Maybe try them with a spare domain and see how it goes before you plunge in.

And if you do give them a shot, please let us know how it goes in the comments below!

raindog308

Raindog308 is a longtime LowEndTalk community administrator, technical writer, and self-described techno polymath. With deep roots in the *nix world, he has a passion for systems both modern and vintage, ranging from Unix, Perl, Python, and Golang to shell scripting and mainframe-era operating systems like MVS. He’s equally comfortable with relational database systems, having spent years working with Oracle, PostgreSQL, and MySQL.

As an avid user of LowEndBox providers, Raindog runs an empire of LEBs, from tiny boxes for VPNs, to mid-sized instances for application hosting, and heavyweight servers for data storage and complex databases. He brings both technical rigor and real-world experience to every piece he writes.

Beyond the command line, Raindog is a lover of German Shepherds, high-quality knives, target shooting, theology, tabletop RPGs, and hiking in deep, quiet forests.

His goal with every article is to help users, from beginners to seasoned sysadmins, get more value, performance, and enjoyment out of their infrastructure.

You can find him daily in the forums at LowEndTalk under the handle @raindog308.