I can’t attest to privacy, but I have used Zoho for years with my domains.
Nobody mentioning fastmail…sad times
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If you want to use clients other than a webmail tuta wont fit your needs. But, to that end, try both, they are both excellent in their own ways, see what suits you.
mailbox.org is a treasure, signed up for mail but it’s so much more useful than that. It’s a true replacement for me of what Google and Microsoft offers additionally to mail.
Proton mail
Been using this for years. Best thing is to get your own domain, that way if you later switch providers, you keep your email.
Been using my domain email more and more for that reason, and the setup with Proton was quite easy, integration is great too. I even set it up with Pass to generate privacy aliases on a subdomain of my domain.
I’ve started using Disroot recently and I’m satisfied so far.
Define “safe”?
Like, preferably not spied on like with Gmail or whatever the MS one is.
Have a look at Proton and Tuta (used to be Tutanova)
Used to be Tutanota*
Oops. Correct 👍
I am using mailbox.org for years now.
One thing to consider about mailbox.org is that if you don’t use your own custom domain and keep an @mailbox.org address (which afaik is considered a best practice for privacy because it lets you “hide” in the crowd), if you decide to move on later they will make your old address available to others later.
Proton Mail, Tuta mail, runbox.com, to name three.
Find a local mail-hotel, buy your own domain, and set it up…
Afaik, Proton and Tuta are the only free ones with zero-knowledge encryption
Proton allows only one free email address, which is what taught me to be wary of unexpected restrictions on services. I’ve got to say the only one I trust fully is my own. DuckDuckGo email is a good firewall layer as well - it forwards all mail to your chosen actual address after trying its best to strip the mail of trackers.
Login into Proton-Pass for 10 free aliases… but, it doesn’t require your ID or anything to create an email, you can create how many you want :S
You can create as many free email accounts with ProtonMail as you like.
Proton now is a non-profit but their employees still need salary. Throw them a couple bucks if you like their service.
Do that with anyone whose services you enjoy. That’s how you help them survive.
I’ve been using fastmail.com for a long time and am satisfied, though it’s on the expensive side and I haven’t looked into every alternative.
If you want cheap email hosting for your own domain, mxroute.com has been around for a while and cranemail.com is new, but both are small companies run by people who know what they are doing (online acquaintances of mine if that matters).
For my own domains I’m using Migadu since they support unlimited domains per account. Quite happy with them…
Yes, I forgot Migadu. I played with it a little and it was nice, though I think it costs more now.
I considered Fastmail a while ago, but then I read the fine print: if you ever stop paying, go inactive, etc. they will delete your account and reuse the address.
That’s the most absurd thing an email service can do, and a huge security risk for anyone.
I wonder if any comparable services don’t re-use the address when it’s on the service’s domain, maybe after a grace period. I use fastmail mostly for my own domains though I do have some addresses on theirs. Certainly if you let a domain expire, the registrar will sell it to someone else. Seems similar.
Someone once offered me a nice chunk of cash for one of my domains. I might have accepted it if they didn’t want the domain handed over immediately. It’s a domain I receive some email through, so would have wanted a shutdown period to prevent at least some of the email for ending up with the domain’s new owner.
From what I remember reading, neither Proton nor Tuta freely reuse addresses. Even Gmail doesn’t reuse, as far as I know.
I can’t remember if Proton does something specific, or if I’m mixing up the fact that some people resell their special Proton accounts (I forget the name, but it’s the one won in December).
That’s the most absurd thing an email service can do,
that’s how i lost my first hotmail address 😢
I’ve been using Tuta for almost two years now and I can’t recommend it enough. It’s really good. Check out tutanota@lemmy.world or https://tuta.com/
It’s hosted in Germany and is very privacy-focused
Were some people concerned with Germany hosting and the way the right leaning party (Germany for Germans?) was gaining popularity? And something about their data views. Although maybe I was wrong.
From whwat I see though mailbox and posteo are the same.
Not a recomendation… i just like to recall that it seems pointless to me to use a private/secure mail provider just to end up communicating with gmail users. There are other private/secure means of communication over the internet, just not so much through emails.
