Alternative email?
Alternative email?
Sorry if I'm the millionth to ask this, but what are some good trustworthy email providers? Even if paid. But if I'm paying it'd best if it's privacy focused. Thanks!
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I like Posteo. Affordable (1€/month) and with focus on privacy and FOSS.
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In addition to the above, they also use green energy, if you care about that sort of thing.
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Second posteo. It's simple and supports imap, caldav, carddav.
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I recently started using Purelymail and love it so far.
- Cheap pricing with optional pay-per-use
- Support for standard protocols
- Unlimited aliases if you bring your own domain
- Website loads fast
- No annoyances
- No dark patterns
- No corporate speak
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Mailbox.org and Posteo are good as well, in addition to Proton and Tuta.
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I use Infomaniak Mail for my emails and kDrive from infomaniak too as an alternative to Google Drive.
It’s a swiss company from Geneva (where I live) and it’s also used by the state of Geneva for hosting and other things.
I really highly rate their products and prices. The email is free.
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In no particular order: Fastmail, Tutanota, Mailbox, Proton mail.
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@FrostyPolicy @UnRelatedBurner I enjoy Fastmail. I know someone that uses and enjoys Tuta (think they shortened the name?).
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as far as i am aware protonmail is pretty popular. I am hosting my own mail infrastructure but am considering to switch in the long run
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Sorry I know this is old, searched the community for 'email'. I'm interested in hosting my own email, can you recommend any tips or resources?
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I'm hearing about proton but they feel very scummy. Is proton(vpn and mail) actually privacy centered, doesn't log and doesn't sell data?
While I tought about self hosting an email, but doesn't that come with lots of problems, like you can't garantee five nines of uptime, or someone emails you cp, or websites not accepting custom domains? I also heard it's easly hackable.
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Proton were forced by swiss court order to log the IP address of a climate activist, which led to his arrest, but as far as we know they never actually breached his encrypted emails.
Tuta had a similar incident, but due to being based in Germany, had to go farther, and allowed access to any emails that weren't encrypted for the court ordered individual.
That only matters if you believe you will be a person of interest for your government, and the lesson is that no email service is perfectly safe for things that require that level of protection.
For most of us, any of the private emails will be fine, and are certainly better than Google.
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May I ask what triggers thr scummy feeling for you?
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Proton! They’re based in Switzerland (I believe), which is known for its privacy laws. Proton Docs is absolute shit, but it’s their newest product, so I imagine it’ll get better eventually. Their email, storage, and VPN services are fantastic and have both free and paid options.
Edit: I’m not American, just incredibly dumb…
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I don't believe Switzerland is a Nordic country, but +1 for Proton here. A lot of their newer products like Drive need a good amount of work, but Mail and VPN are working great for me.
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It is as far as Americans are concerned. It's over where they sound like the swedish chef
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Switzerland is not a Nordic country
And very small precision, their newest product is Wallet (for cryptos 😭)
The rest is true. Go Proton
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I'm pretty happy with Proton.