Switching to another provider seems like postponing things. Yes, the other corporation/organization might not have the same range of products and thus not the i

Switching to another provider seems like postponing things. Yes, the other corporation/organization might not have the same range of products and thus not the incentive/benefit from cross-checking your content, but there's still room for abuse (employees), and even if your leave your mail underneath the wings of angels, they still might get hacked. Sure, setting up your own mail server incurs that same risk, and the professionals at the corporation might know a bit more about security, but on the other hand you present a much smaller target, and the software tends to be pretty stable/secure. So hosting your own seems to be a common option. I think that probably means a basic Linux/Postfix/Dovecot setup for IMAP access, and maybe some web frontend. I don't know anything really good for the latter (besides gmail, I don't know anything good commercially, either), and it probably means installing more software on the server, which adds security risks. (Is there a third party web-based IMAP client who doesn't store anything locally and basically does everything via JavaScript?) If anyone got a good hosting recommendation, I think that would be helpful. Most VPS offers might run into storage limitations, so something as modular as AWS might be needed.