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I'm stuck on deciding what my primary mail provider will be. I do not mind paying a few bucks a month, would anyone have a suggestion? Regarding drive replaceme

I'm stuck on deciding what my primary mail provider will be. I do not mind paying a few bucks a month, would anyone have a suggestion? Regarding drive replacement, I will probably host a nextcloud instance.

neilprosser 8y ago
Funnily enough this came up yesterday! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18054574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18054574
reacharavindh 8y ago
FastMail with your own domain. Few bucks a month. No creepy motive for them to mine your data. Reliable service. No bullshit & fast user interface. No affiliation, just another customer.
Insanity 8y ago
I'm quite happy using ProtonMail. I don't use email _that_ heavily, so I'm on their free plan and that's just fine for me. (www.protonmail.com)
- pimeys 8y ago
  I've also been using ProtonMail since the beginning of last year and neither a heavy mail user, but need it still. I'm paying for it and using my own domain. Some things to consider: 1) The web UI is probably not very nice and snappy if you use email a lot. 2) No IMAP for Linux (still). 3) If you happen to be like me (a bit of an idiot sometimes) and lock your phone so you don't get access to your authenticator AND you forgot the security keys, all your old emails will be PGP garbage from now on. 4) The Android app is a bit so-so... Bugs happen. The good parts are it works, doesn't spy on you, encrypts everything client-side and is based in Switzerland outside of US and EU jurisdiction.
sandov 8y ago
mailbox.org and fastmail seem to be popular alternatives.
n42 8y ago
Really, the most important thing is to control the domain, so that changing the provider later is not a big deal. I've been using FastMail and it is great, but the hardest part was moving away from @gmail.com
nestramutat 8y ago
I can drop a vouch in for Protonmail. Been using them for a bit over a year now. They also recently added full PGP integration, with the ability to assign public keys to contacts, as well as the ability to use your own private key.
goatsi 8y ago
If you just want pure email, migadu.com works very well. I like the fact that they price based on emails sent, not domains or addresses. This lets me run a different domain with a regex based catchall for account registrations so that my personal inbox remains clean. They do require you to purchase your own domain but you should do that anyway to ensure that a provider can't lock you out of your digital life.
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neilprosser 8y ago

Funnily enough this came up yesterday! https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18054574 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18054574

reacharavindh 8y ago

FastMail with your own domain. Few bucks a month. No creepy motive for them to mine your data. Reliable service. No bullshit & fast user interface. No affiliation, just another customer.

Insanity 8y ago

I'm quite happy using ProtonMail. I don't use email _that_ heavily, so I'm on their free plan and that's just fine for me. (www.protonmail.com)

pimeys 8y ago
I've also been using ProtonMail since the beginning of last year and neither a heavy mail user, but need it still. I'm paying for it and using my own domain. Some things to consider: 1) The web UI is probably not very nice and snappy if you use email a lot. 2) No IMAP for Linux (still). 3) If you happen to be like me (a bit of an idiot sometimes) and lock your phone so you don't get access to your authenticator AND you forgot the security keys, all your old emails will be PGP garbage from now on. 4) The Android app is a bit so-so... Bugs happen. The good parts are it works, doesn't spy on you, encrypts everything client-side and is based in Switzerland outside of US and EU jurisdiction.

sandov 8y ago

mailbox.org and fastmail seem to be popular alternatives.

n42 8y ago

Really, the most important thing is to control the domain, so that changing the provider later is not a big deal. I've been using FastMail and it is great, but the hardest part was moving away from @gmail.com

nestramutat 8y ago

I can drop a vouch in for Protonmail. Been using them for a bit over a year now. They also recently added full PGP integration, with the ability to assign public keys to contacts, as well as the ability to use your own private key.

goatsi 8y ago

If you just want pure email, migadu.com works very well. I like the fact that they price based on emails sent, not domains or addresses. This lets me run a different domain with a regex based catchall for account registrations so that my personal inbox remains clean. They do require you to purchase your own domain but you should do that anyway to ensure that a provider can't lock you out of your digital life.

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