So the real answer is: Use encryption and think about self-hosting. I'm 90% done with my docker image (docker just for fun, maybe I'll turn it into a chef recip

So the real answer is: Use encryption and think about self-hosting. I'm 90% done with my docker image (docker just for fun, maybe I'll turn it into a chef recipe/ansible playbook or whatnot, just to make it reproducable) for a mail server that _I_ am going to use and that I'll try to promote among friends. Up and running in minutes, mostly limited by the download rate to install the required packages. Run that on a (old/small if you want) machine with full-disk encryption. You're mostly there for 'normal use'. I really think this is possible for regular users, if provided in a simple way. A 'one click to set up your mailserver' thing (or maybe ArkOS etc.). The country's laws come second when YOU are in control of the machine in question (and on a side note: I'm pretty sure the laws in German are much better if you're talking about your private service instead of a commercial service that you're offering similar to an ISP).