Solo
One person, one domain. Lean email under your own name.
€1.99 / month
every six months · €11.94 per 6 months
- Mailboxes 1
- Storage 25 GB
- .de domain separate
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
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Mailhosting that does more than just mail.
Email under your own domain. With push mail, calendars, contacts — and a privacy standard that isn't just printed on the box.
Your own email address under your own domain — the way it should be: push mail to any smartphone, calendars and contacts in sync across all devices, shared family or team calendars. We log as little as possible. What we have to log lives fleetingly in RAM. Your mail is your mail — we make money with hosting, not with your inbox.
- Mail, calendars, contacts in sync on every device (IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV)
- Shared calendars for family, club or team
- Minimal logging — what we don't have, nobody can mine
- .de domain included from Family up · 30-day money-back
What is this?
What is xaweho Mailhosting — and who is it for?
Mailhosting is email under your own domain (you@your-domain.com), including everything you expect from a modern office suite today: push mail to your smartphone, calendars, contacts, tasks, shared calendars, webmail. But without the AI that reads your mail, and without the trackers that want to know when you open a message.
We run one large, shared mail server on our own hardware in Germany (powered by Mailcow). You install nothing, configure nothing — we set it up, you use it. We handle the DNS entries together with you; MX/SPF/DKIM/DMARC are set correctly on the server side.
From the Solo account at €2 a month to a club domain with 100 mailboxes at €29 a month — every plan has the same feature set. The only differences are the number of mailboxes and the storage. No stripped-down entry plans where the good features are missing.
Plans
Six sizes — from Solo to Business.
Hard to beat per mailbox once you need more than two. Every plan comes with the full feature set — no premium surcharge for push mail or calendars.
Pro
Self-employed and power mail users. Lots of storage for attachments and long archives.
€3.99 / month
every six months · €23.94 per 6 months
- Mailboxes 1
- Storage 100 GB
- .de domain separate
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
Family
Up to 5 people, shared storage, .de domain included.
€5.99 / month
monthly
- Mailboxes 5
- Storage pool 100 GB
- .de domain included
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
Team
Small company, club board or project group.
€14.99 / month
monthly
- Mailboxes 25
- Storage pool 500 GB
- .de domain included
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
Club
Larger clubs, NGOs, schools — many mailboxes, small quotas.
€29 / month
monthly
- Mailboxes 100
- Storage pool 1 TB
- .de domain included
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
Business
Mid-sized company — unlimited mailboxes, generous pool.
€59 / month
monthly
- Mailboxes unlimited
- Storage pool 2 TB
- .de domain included
- Push mail included
- Calendars + contacts included
Solo and Pro are billed every six months. To keep administrative overhead out of the price, we bill small amounts at longer intervals — that's how the low prices stay low. A 30-day money-back guarantee applies to all plans. Pay the monthly-billed plans (Family and up) yearly and you get up to a 10% discount. All prices include 19% German VAT. This product is additionally governed by our Mail service agreement. Bringing your own domain or registering a new one? Prices are in the domain price list.
Killer features
Eleven things other providers charge extra for — standard here.
From push mail on your iPhone to a shared family calendar, from minimal logging to temporary throwaway addresses. All of it in every plan, no forced premium tier.
In sync on every device
IMAP keeps your mailboxes in sync on iPhone, Android and desktop; CalDAV and CardDAV bring calendars and contacts to all devices. This is exactly what other providers sell as paid “premium” packages.
Calendars, contacts, tasks
Full groupware: CalDAV calendars, CardDAV address book, tasks with due dates. Syncs natively with iPhone, Mac, Outlook, Thunderbird, Android — no third-party app needed.
Shared calendars for family and team
One family calendar for all appointments: mom enters the dentist appointment, everyone sees it. The club board shares the meeting calendar with its members. Fine-grained permissions per calendar — read, write, manage.
Minimal logging — what we don't have, nobody can see
Our mail server logs as little as possible. Traffic logs live fleetingly in RAM and are never stored persistently. In concrete terms: we can't fish through old mail logs, because they don't exist. Mailbox contents sit on encrypted storage, of course — the mail itself is supposed to arrive.
DKIM, SPF, DMARC, MTA-STS — automatic
The four pillars of modern mail authentication — all configured correctly from day one. We sign your mail cryptographically so receiving servers recognize it as genuine. Your reputation grows instead of your mail landing in the spam folder.
A spam filter that gets better
Multi-stage filter with Bayes self-learning, greylisting, DNSBL checks, DMARC validation, URL reputation. The filter learns your preferences per mailbox. A quarantine area for borderline cases — you decide what counts as spam.
App passwords per mail client
Every mail client (iPhone, Mac Mail, Outlook, Thunderbird) gets its own password. Lose your phone, revoke that one password — everything else keeps running. Plus: 2FA for the webmail login (TOTP, U2F, WebAuthn).
Throwaway addresses with an expiry date
Need an address for a single sign-up? Generate temporary aliases that expire automatically after 24 hours or 30 days. Spam protection and newsletter-tracking avoidance in one click.
Domain admin, Plesk style
On the Family, Team and Club plans you manage your domain yourself: create mailboxes, maintain aliases, set passwords. A dedicated UI for domain admins — nothing technical, everything in one interface.
Migration self-service — or assisted
Coming from another provider? The mailbox backend includes a free IMAP migration tool: enter your credentials at the old provider, the sync runs in the background, no data loss. Contacts and calendars come over via export/import. If you'd rather have us do it, we take over the complete migration as a paid option billed by effort — and we always assist with the DNS switch on request, so no mail gets lost when you change providers.
.de domain included (from Family up)
From the Family plan up, we register a .de domain for you. Already have one? Keep it — we connect it. Need a new one? We search, register and set it up, without you having to deal with a domain registrar.
Also included in every plan
Even on the Solo plan. No stripped-down starter package, no artificial limits.
- Email under your own domain
- Mail in sync on iPhone, Android and desktop (IMAP) · calendars and contacts via CalDAV/CardDAV
- Calendars, contacts and tasks (CalDAV / CardDAV)
- Shared calendars and address books across family / team
- Full webmail interface (works on mobile too)
- DKIM, SPF, DMARC, MTA-STS set up automatically
- Multi-stage spam and virus filter with self-learning
- Mailbox quarantine with web UI (you decide the borderline cases)
- App passwords for each mail client individually
- Two-factor authentication (TOTP, U2F, WebAuthn)
- Unlimited aliases, catchall, plus addressing
- Temporary throwaway addresses with an expiry date
- Sieve filters editable in webmail (server-side rules)
- Out-of-office notice with date control
- Free self-service IMAP migration · or as a paid assisted option done by us
- Domain admin: you manage your domain's mailboxes yourself
- .de domain included from the Family plan up
Plain talk
What we deliberately don't offer.
Some things you'll find at volume providers, but not here — on purpose:
- ! Ad-funded mail. We make money with hosting, not by mining your inbox.
- ! Anonymous throwaway addresses without payment. You have one account, one payment, one address — not 1,000 addresses for free.
- ! Mass mailing. Newsletters with 10,000 recipients a day wreck server reputation on shared mail hosting — that's what specialized newsletter providers are for.
- ! Mailboxes without your own domain. We don't offer `@xaweho.de` — you host under your own domain.
Who uses this
Six typical profiles.
From a one-person business to a small company — Mailhosting works in every setup.
✉️
Self-employed with their own domain
Solo or Pro
You have a domain, you want a serious address (`mike@your-company.com`) and no @gmail stopgap. Push mail to your phone, a calendar shared with your accountant, out-of-office on vacation — all included.
👨👩👧👦
A family with its own domain
Family
One domain for the whole family (`firstname@smith-family.com`), a shared family calendar for school holidays, birthdays, doctor's appointments. Parents can manage the kids' sub-mailboxes. And the .de domain is already part of the plan.
🏛️
Club or NGO
Club
Up to 100 member mailboxes under one club domain. Board addresses like `chair@`, `treasurer@`, `info@` plus personal addresses for active members. A shared board calendar for meetings, shared address books for member management.
💼
Small company / practice / law firm
Team or Business
Up to 25 or unlimited staff mailboxes. In sync on all devices, shared team calendars, resource booking for meeting rooms. A privacy standard fit for professions bound to confidentiality.
🌍
Anyone leaving the US office suites
all plans
You're with one of the big US office suites today and want your data in Germany. Migration runs via IMAP sync, contacts and calendars via export/import. Nothing new to learn — Outlook, Apple Mail and Thunderbird keep working as before.
🔒
Privacy-conscious, but smartphone-ready
Solo, Pro or Family
You want the privacy standard of the German privacy mail providers — but with your own domain, calendar and contact sync at no extra charge, and a ticket answered by an engineer.
What sets us apart
Email is everywhere. Ours works differently.
Vorteil 01
Calendars + contacts — not “mail only”.
CalDAV and CardDAV for calendars, contacts and tasks — all included, no extra charge. Some privacy mail providers only offer that as a paid extra. Here it's standard.
Vorteil 02
We log as little as possible.
Mailbox contents live on encrypted storage, of course. But traffic and connection logs stay fleetingly in RAM — what's never stored persistently, nobody can mine. That's not marketing copy, that's a technical default.
Vorteil 03
.de domain included from Family up.
On plans from Family up, a .de domain is part of the price. That alone is worth ~€10–15/year at most domain registrars. Here: no extra charge, no hide-and-seek.
Vorteil 04
Shared calendars for families and clubs.
One of the underrated features: shared calendars for the whole family, the club board or the team. Works natively on iPhone and Android. A core feature from the Family plan up.
Vorteil 05
Domain admin, no CS degree required.
You manage your mailboxes yourself — a dedicated UI, kept simple. Create, set passwords, aliases, forwarding, out-of-office. All without a server console, without SSH nonsense.
Vorteil 06
Not happy? 30 days money back.
Solo and Pro are billed every six months, because the bookkeeping for €1.99/month would otherwise cost more than the margin. If you're unhappy after 30 days, you get the full amount back — no debate.
Setup
First steps — typically online within 24 hours.
- 1
Pick a plan
Choose the right plan in the customer center — Solo, Pro, Family, Team, Club or Business. Solo/Pro are billed every six months, the rest monthly. Once payment is in, we review the order manually and typically set up your mailbox within 24 hours.
- 2
Bring or order a domain
Already have a domain? Keep it — we connect it. Need a new one? Included from the Family plan up (one .de). We search, register, set it up.
- 3
DNS entries
We give you the MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC values. Enter them at your domain registrar — we help with guides. If your domain is registered with us, we do it ourselves.
- 4
Create mailboxes
In the domain admin web UI: enter mailbox address, password, quota. Aliases and catchall live there too. Multiple mailboxes: one click per address.
- 5
Set up your mail client
On most smartphones, email + password is enough — auto-discovery finds the server settings. Otherwise: IMAP/SMTP details are in our knowledge base, with setup guides for the most common mail clients.
- 6
Migration (optional)
Two ways: (a) You use the built-in IMAP migration tool in the mailbox backend yourself — enter your credentials at the old provider, the sync runs in the background. That's free and covers most standard providers. (b) You let us handle the complete migration — billed by effort, with a transparent estimate up front. We always assist with the DNS switch on request: we look at the existing MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC records, plan the change with you and verify after the switch that nothing gets lost.
Frequently asked questions
Why are Solo and Pro billed every six months only?
Bookkeeping for €1.99 a month costs us more than we earn — invoicing, payment processing, the occasional chargeback. With six-month billing, the monthly price stays low and we still earn something. The 30-day money-back guarantee applies to six-month plans too, of course.
What about the included .de domain?
From the Family plan up, a .de domain is part of the price — we register and manage it for you. On Solo and Pro you bring your own domain (domain registration is available separately from ~€10/year at any registrar).
What does “minimal logging” mean?
Mailbox contents land on encrypted storage, of course — otherwise no mail would arrive. But traffic and connection logs (who connected when, from where) stay fleetingly in RAM and are never stored persistently. What's not on disk, nobody can search later. For GDPR access requests, there's correspondingly little we can hand over.
Can I migrate from Microsoft 365 / Google Workspace?
Yes. The mailbox backend has a built-in IMAP migration tool — enter your old provider's credentials there and the sync runs automatically in the background. That's free in self-service. If you'd rather have us do it: gladly — billed by effort, with a transparent estimate up front. Contacts and calendars come over via export/import either way (Google Takeout, Outlook export, or via CardDAV/CalDAV). We always assist with the DNS switch on request, so no mail gets lost.
How many mailboxes per plan?
Solo and Pro: 1 mailbox. Family: 5. Team: 25. Club: 100. Business: unlimited. There's a quota per mailbox and a pool across the domain — whoever needs more takes more; the pool is what counts in total.
How does mail get to my iPhone and my Android phone?
Via IMAP — every mail app can do that, and your mailboxes stay in sync on all devices. Apps fetch new mail at short intervals; clients with IMAP IDLE support react almost instantly. Calendars and contacts come along via CalDAV/CardDAV.
Can I use calendars and contacts with Outlook?
Yes — with the free CalDav Synchronizer plugin, calendars and contacts land in Outlook, and mail runs classically via IMAP/SMTP. The setup is documented in the knowledge base.
What does a second or third domain in the same plan cost?
Typically €1.99/month per additional domain (or the pro-rated equivalent on the six-month plans). Open a ticket if you need this.
What happens when I cancel?
Solo/Pro: at the end of the paid six months, with money back within the first 30 days. Family/Team/Club/Business: cancel monthly. Before the contract ends, we export your mail as a standard mbox file — you can take it to any other provider.
Is there a minimum term?
Solo/Pro: 6 months (six-month billing). Family/Team/Club/Business: cancel monthly, no minimum term. Pay the monthly-billed plans yearly and you get up to a 10% discount.
What if a mailbox starts sending spam (hacked account)?
A per-mailbox sending limit kicks in immediately, the account is locked automatically, and we notify you. You change the password, the mailbox is back up. That protects your server reputation and ours.
What about uptime?
We aim for 99.9% availability as a yearly average. Our own monitoring checks all mail services every minute, with 24/7 alerting. On hardware failure, failover to a second machine; mailbox backups are mirrored across sites.
Moving from your old mail provider.
Two ways: a free IMAP migration tool in the mailbox backend for self-service — or we take over the complete migration as a paid option billed by effort. Either way, we assist with the DNS switch on request, so no mail gets lost when you change providers.