trying to finally quit google for good. can anyone recommend a privacy focused email provider other than proton?

for some reason proton has always skeeved me out. i get gross corporate vibes from them that im not into at all.

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Novocirab@feddit.org · 18 pts · 7d (1 reply)

General recommendation: pick a provider that allows you to make a number of aliases. Good for privacy and against spam.

Specifically: in Germany, the top paid recommendations are posteo.de and mailbox.org

erb013kt@lemmy.ml · 4 pts · 7d

I've enjoyed using https://addy.io/ for aliases.

sic_semper_tyrannis@lemmy.today · 14 pts · 7d (3 replies)

Tuta and Disroot

applebusch@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 1 pts · 7d (2 replies)

can you elaborate on what you like about them?

Sirius006@sh.itjust.works · 4 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Tuta offers 15 alias in the basic plan. Everything is encrypted. They do some lobbying to raise awareness about privacy. Their app is simple and efficient, though I guess it's a bit limited if you handle a lot of mail? I use it for my personal addresses so I can't tell.

Truscape@lemmy.blahaj.zone · 2 pts · 7d

If you have a custom domain you can make as many as you want.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 13 pts · 7d (2 replies)

mailbox.org (still a corporation but less sketchy IMO, and I have years of good experience with using it), disroot (nonprofit)

Onomatopoeia@lemmy.cafe · 1 pts · 7d (1 reply)

Agreed.

Switched a couple years ago, pay $30/year because I wanted multiple spam accounts (disconnect some online services from my real email). And I wanted to support them.

Works a treat - I get zero spam in my main account, only spam in spam accounts is from the service their for (online games, etc).

Free tier is probably fine for many people.

rumschlumpel@feddit.org · 2 pts · 7d

Free tier is probably fine for many people.

mailbox doesn't have a free tier... or were you talking about disroot?

cheese_greater@lemmy.world · 9 pts · 7d

Posteo

Bishma@discuss.tchncs.de · 5 pts · 7d (1 reply)

I use fastmail. They just raised their prices though.

kettuli@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d

Their servers are in the US, which is a privacy ouch.

exu@feditown.com · 2 pts · 7d

I like Migadu, I don't know any other provider that's just based on usage where you can use as many mail addresses, aliases and domains as you like.

undefined@lemmy.hogru.ch · 2 pts · 7d

It’s not sexy, but Kolab Now. They’re 100% in Switzerland (no edge servers outside their country unlike Proton, etc.).

nite_route@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 6d

mailbox.org has been fine for me for like two years, cheap and boring in a good way. the bigger thing tho is getting off the gmail address itself, i still get random old stuff showing up there months later. i did the whole custom domain thing so if a provider annoys me i just move and dont have to update 40 accounts again