Privacy @lemmy.ml ghost_laptop @lemmy.ml 2y ago

most private email that can be used for free on thunderbird?

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A self hosted email server for privacy while keeping thunderbird access

Otherwise protonmail is the way to go
- Self hosting email is most often a nightmare, so many big companies block just because.
  
  It is definitely a pain in the ass but I've haven't had any companies as far as I know block my emails yet with my setup. The biggest thing is setting up your dns correctly to prevent your emails from going straight to spam
- I was about to write that the Protonmail bridge wasn't that great with serious long standing issues. The main one I experienced myself was the subject line being different than the body for older mails, apparently caused by message UIDs not being stable (issue 220). They did fix that in February so I'll have to check again.
- Protonmail is paid and im dumb fpr selfhosting uwu
  
  proton mail has a free plan
  
  EDIT: can’t be used with thunderbird tho afaik
  
  Protonmail has a free plan with a inbox size limit that 99% of people will never hit. I've had it since 2019 and only 15% usage of my capacity
  
  Not a lot of other good options if you don't self host which is a removed even for professionals nowadays
disroot is a great option, but it's recommended to use PGP for the best privacy
- are the emails on disroot's servers encrypted ?
  
  From privacy policy:
  
  We use disk encryption on all servers to prevent data leak in case the servers are stolen, confiscated or in any way physically tampered with.
  
  Other than that, I think they're not encrypted, but they're also working on Lacre, and they'll most likely start testing it on disroot soon. https://disroot.org/en/blog/tag:lacre

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