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[–] saltinecrackers@lemmy.world 21 points 1 week ago (11 children)

What's everyone using for email in a post Google world?

[–] AlecSadler@sh.itjust.works 10 points 1 week ago

Tuta and Mailbox

[–] febra@lemmy.world 7 points 1 week ago

Tutamail. Actually great company values. Company works more like a coop. Diversity and inclusion is part of its message. Encryption is paramount.

[–] letsgo2themall@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

mailbox.org has been pretty good. you can also sync contacts and calendar using DAVx5 on android. They don't have any official apps. but thunderbird mobile works well.

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 3 points 1 week ago (2 children)

Selfhosting. (But I recognize that that is not an option for everyone.)

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 11 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (2 children)

I've been running my own email for 25 years and wouldn't recommend it to anyone. 😔

I always thought that I would just end up in spam or just blocked if I tried self hosting it 😅

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Fair TBH. It is such a critical service to keep working.

But it does feel pretty amazing to free yourself of the whims of a provider 😅 I assume that's why you have not gone back either? ^^

[–] iknowitwheniseeit@lemmynsfw.com 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

For many years it was just that I didn't trust anyone not to hand my data over to someone else, whether that be governments, companies, or (unintentionally) hackers.

Nowadays I would probably trust Proton Mail, since they have pretty good encryption. But as you point out then I would be dependent on a provider.

Currently I mostly have problems when I lose power or when my ISP renumbers. Probably I should just migrate and save myself pain from Google and Microsoft making it hard to send mail to their users (which is most people on the planet).

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 1 points 1 week ago

Oh shit, yes, hosting at-home and with a non-static IP sounds like hard mode, oof.

I am hosting at a server provider (guess I am dependent on them, but at least it's on their existence, not on a policy-of-the-day), with a static IP. Had no problems with MS/Google, only with T-online, who wanted me to host a website on the domain with clear contact information.

[–] undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch 2 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I want to do this. Do you know of any good VPS provider in a privacy-respecting jurisdiction that allows this?

[–] smiletolerantly@awful.systems 2 points 1 week ago

I'm using Hetzner in Germany. Need to message them to say you want the relevant ports opened (spam protection measures), happens within an hour usually.

I quite like their service, but of course use full disk encryption etc

[–] tyler@programming.dev 1 points 1 week ago

Hey. Been using it for years. It’s great

[–] asdfasdfasdf@lemmy.world 1 points 1 week ago

Addy.io + Posteo

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip -3 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] whyNotSquirrel@sh.itjust.works 12 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I think there is some news about proton CEO

[–] sunglocto@lemmy.zip 1 points 1 week ago
[–] Cosmonaut_Collin@lemmy.world -5 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago) (3 children)

Proton mail is pretty good. And they have a trustworthy VPN service.

Update: I officially rescind my statement. Do not use Proton.

[–] DontMakeMoreBabies@lemm.ee 26 points 1 week ago (1 children)
[–] moosetwin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Are there any alternatives with similar features?

[–] Little8Lost@lemmy.world 3 points 1 week ago

Tutanota & fastmail get reccomended often lately (i still need to check them out) Posteo is good too but they have only paid options (1€+)

[–] Snapz@lemmy.world 8 points 1 week ago

Fuck proton, get off proton.

[–] febra@lemmy.world 5 points 1 week ago

Get mullvad if you want a good VPN provider. Get tutamail if you want a good email provider.