Prefer me a FOSS email service provider.
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By definition an email server is not under your control, so the question of whether or not it runs FOSS is a bit moot and in any case impossible to verify.
In terms of privacy-respecting email hosting, Proton, Posteo, and Mailbox all spring to mind.
Exactly this. Services and software are not the same thing, you're asking for a service recommendation and it can't be open-source software because it's not software.