Est. 2003 · Private Hosting Ltd · London, England
Professional email hosting built on absolute privacy — no marketing, no snooping, no compromise. Your apps. Your way.
Our Position
The big platforms built their fortunes scanning your messages, selling your behaviour, and monetising your attention. Every email you sent became a data point in someone else's business model.
Private Hosting Ltd was born from a different conviction. Since 2003, we have operated on a single principle: what you send is none of our business. Your emails are encrypted at rest and in flight. We do not read them. We do not profile them. We do not sell them.
We invest a significant portion of our turnover in anti-spam infrastructure — because your inbox should be a clean, quiet place containing only what was meant for it. Think of it as a strictly vegetarian inbox: nothing unwanted gets through. That is not a promise. It is an engineering commitment, renewed every single year.
We exist for people who know what privacy is worth — and are not willing to trade it for convenience.
Switching Provider
What every client says. And they all said the opposite before we started.
We log in to your existing email hosting provider and take a full inventory — every mailbox, every folder, every contact, every calendar. Nothing is left behind.
Your entire email history is migrated to Private Hosting in the background — while you carry on working. No disruption. No downtime. You do not notice a thing.
Together we pick a date. The night before, we take a final snapshot of everything new since the first copy. Overnight, the DNS switches. By morning, you are live on Private Hosting.
On switchover day, we are with you — in person or remotely — device by device, step by step. Laptop. Phone. Tablet. Every application. We do not leave until everything works.
We provide clear, tailored setup guides for every device and application your team uses. Those who want to configure their own devices can. Those who want help get it.
We have done this hundreds of times. Every client arrives anxious. Every client leaves wondering what they were worried about. Downtime is measured in minutes, not hours.
"They all share their anxiety at the start. They are all rapidly reassured. And they all say the same thing at the end: it was smoother than they thought."
Private Hosting Ltd — every migration, since 2003
Testimonials
We never divulge our client base. Not even to impress you. That is precisely the point — if you become a client, you will never appear on anyone's website either.
"Oh wow — much smoother than I expected."
What most clients say about their migration
You will never know the others. They will never know you.
The Difference
| Big Platforms | Private Hosting Ltd | |
|---|---|---|
| Encryption at rest | Partial / optional | ✓ Always on |
| Encryption in flight | Varies by config | ✓ SSL everywhere |
| Email scanning / profiling | Yes (most platforms) | ✓ Never |
| Data sold to third parties | Common practice | ✓ Never |
| Use your own email client | Restricted / proprietary | ✓ Any client |
| IMAP · CalDAV · CardDAV · ActiveSync | Often limited | ✓ Full support |
| Zimbra Webmail | Proprietary only | ✓ Included |
| DNS Shield (SPF/DKIM/DMARC etc) | DIY or extra cost | ✓ Managed service |
| Human support | Ticket system, different agent every time | Call Us |
| Remote setup & onboarding | Not included | ✓ Included, always |
Core Principles
SSL on every connection. Encryption at rest on every mailbox. Encryption in flight on every message. There are no exceptions, no downgrade paths, no unprotected back doors.
We do not read your email. We do not analyse your email. We do not sell your email data to advertisers, data brokers, or government agencies beyond what the law strictly requires.
Unlike closed ecosystems, we work with the email clients you already love — Outlook, Apple Mail, Thunderbird, and any CalDAV or CardDAV-compatible app. No proprietary lock-in.
One person. Always. By phone, SMS or email — the same human being every single time. With your permission, we can remotely log in to your devices, onboard new users, set up new machines, and hold your hand through every step. No ticket numbers. No call centres. No strangers.
What We Offer
A fully featured, professionally managed email hosting service built on Zimbra Collaboration Suite running on secured cloud infrastructure with a hardened, secured version of Ubuntu. Full SSL everywhere. A spectacular, constantly updated webmail. And complete support for every major protocol your email, calendar and contacts applications need.
A complete, managed email authentication service. We configure, maintain, and monitor your DNS records to ensure full compliance with Google, Microsoft, and Yahoo sender requirements — protecting your domain from spoofing and your emails from the spam folder.
Available standalone. You do not need to be on our email hosting to subscribe to DNS Shield. Any business using any email provider can protect their domain.
Records We Manage
Why This Matters
Without correct DNS authentication records, your legitimate emails land in spam — or worse, anyone can impersonate your domain. Google, Microsoft and Yahoo now enforce these standards. We make sure you comply.
"We did not set out to build a company. We set out to build the email service we actually wanted to use ourselves — private, robust, and with absolutely no nonsense."
Private Hosting Ltd — since 2003
Get in Touch
No sign-up forms. No automated onboarding. You write or call us, we respond — personally. We would rather have a conversation and find out exactly what you need.
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