Hello, I’ve been looking into email providers. I’m not an activist, just a regular user concerned over privacy.

I used CTemplar in the past until it shut down. Had a cockli email and although it isn’t Google the privacy isn’t stellar either. I tried to get into Proton, but being unable to use Thunderbird on he free plan was a massive turn-off for me since I like switching easily between different accounts.

After a bit of searching the following came across for me as the best services: [free] Autistici, PARANOID, Disroot, RiseUp. [paid] Posteo, Elude.

Assuming I theoretically got invites for all the free services (they’re all reliant on manual approvation), which one would you recommend?

  • GreatWhiteBuffalo41@slrpnk.net
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    1 year ago

    I’m not sure what the official advice is but, I’ve been pretty happy with Proton Mail. They have a free and several tiers of paid options.

    I missed the line about proton. I’ve seen others be successful with thunderbird but idk there may be some breaking things going on.

    • Abel@lemmy.nerdcore.socialOP
      1·
      1 year ago

      Can’t sign up to their services completely anonymous, if you try to sign up using Tor/VPN it requires SMS confirmation, a previous email (and they block temp addresses) or a donation. Suspicious.