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Can't choose a secure email provider! (feddit.uk)
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Hi All,
I would like to choose a new email provider, where security and privacy of the email is one of my main concerns (nothing to hide, but want to keep my data private, differently than what happens with the major providers). I have read maaany posts and websites guides but I am still confused. I am happy to pay a euro or so /month, so I had reduced my choice to Mailbox, Posteo, Mailfence. The problem is that each of them has some flows that don't let me go ahead with them!
Mailbox: uses PGP, so not straightforward to send encrypted emails (unlike with tutanota) and to have encryption at rest. No mobile app. Alias reuse after 90 days Posteo: no spam folder. ALias reuse after 24 months Mailfence : has no encryption at rest , no mobile app. Not sure about alias reuse

Have you got any comments on the above providers and /or other suggestions (except for Tutanota and Protonmail)? thank you, appreciated!

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[–] gaael 1 points 2 years ago

Tl;DR: I use Mailbox and I like it.

I went from Proton (used it for 2 years) to Mailbox last year because I wanted to be able to choose my open-source email/calendar apps on mobile and I never liked having to install their bridge on desktop to use Thunderbird.

More on point, I've had a good experience with Mailbox, both with @mailbox.org email addresses and with custom domain. Sync works like a charm for mails and calendars on Thunderbird, and for mail and calendar on FairEmail and on the defaul /e/os calendar on mobile. I use PGP with a few correspondants on a custom domain and it has worked as expected since day one.

if you go on the €1/month plan, email storage will be limited to 2GB so make sure you get your emails off the server ;)

I've had to configure Mailfence for a friend a few years back and I did not enjoy it, but they surely have improved since then.