I’ve got a couple of e-mail addresses with the main providers, but I’m looking to switch to an ad-free and more secure provider.

I’ve been looking at ProtonMail, but what do you guys use or recommend?

  • cRazi_man@lemm.ee
    4·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve used Mailbox.org for years as a service that replaces most of my Google services at once. I know you just asked for email and Mailbox is worth checking out.

  • KammicRelief@lemmy.worldEnglish
    2·
    1 hour ago

    I’ve been paying for Tuta for a couple years, and like it. I have my gmail forward to it just in case, but these days have basically completely switched, and barely ever get any legit emails forwarded from my gmail anymore.

  • Illecors@lemmy.cafeEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    I roll my own. Postfix, dovecot, spamassasin and dmarc friends. Easy to setup? No. But takes about an hour/year of my time to maintain once the ball is going.

  • manualoverride@lemmy.world
    3·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve come to the end of my patience with hotmail/live, my email is out there on a list so I get tens of spam mails a day and they almost never correctly identify them, but any new service I sign up to and it goes straight to spam.

    Proton mail seems expensive for a single offering and the bundle has too many unnecessary things I don’t need. Also the lack of protocol support means you are restricted on clients you can use.

    I’m pleased you posted this as I’m going to give all these a try too, but I’m becoming a pessimist and I’m thinking as soon as I’ve fully switched they will put up the price. Your personal email is becoming one of the hardest things to change.

    My top priority is the ability to have individual addresses for each service I use going to a single inbox, that way if my email is leaked by a company, I can just nuke that alias, and I’ll know who leaked it. May be a good feature for you too?

    • Dave@lemmy.nz
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      42 minutes ago

      Register your own domain! Pick a paid email service that supports it and then you never have trouble moving to a new provider again.

      If you get an email provider that does a catchall then you can just make up emails on the spot and any email to any address on your domain will pop into your inbox.

      I get simplelogin with Proton and I love that too, generate new email addresses that can’t be tied to you but all go to your one inbox.

      BTW your concerns with Proton are valid and it can be annoying not being able to use an alternate app for mobile.

  • Boozilla@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve been impressed with Fastmail. I also use Tuta, which is pretty cool (but I barely use it).

    • gedaliyah@lemmy.world
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      2 hours ago

      I’ve been pretty happy with Tuta. I just have a free account, but it does seem like it has pretty good features and phenomenal security.

  • jonw@links.mayhem.academyEnglish
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    1 hour ago

    Addling a vote for Fastmail. It’s great, priced right, privacy centric, has wicked 1Passwold integration (including disposable email addresses) and nerdy features for those who want them.

    Personally I use Hey but that’s because imma snob.

    • henfredemars@infosec.pubEnglish
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      1 hour ago

      I’ve been with Fastmail for a year and it’s always been a very positive experience. Good support. If I had to pick a weak link, I think the spam filtering could be better.

  • TheFeatureCreature@lemmy.worldEnglish
    3·
    2 hours ago

    I’ve had nothing but positive experiences with Posteo. Their features list is very good for the pittance they charge per month.