Bonus question: what email inbox client do you use?

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    5 months ago

    Fastmail, 100%. Reasons:

    • “Encrypted email” only works between encrypted providers. ProtonMail and Tutanota are both very inconvenient, and all I want is an email that’s not scanned for marketing.
    • Since 2018, ProtonMail kept getting worse, especially with the recent AI stuff. Dodged bullet, IMO.
    • $6/month = Custom domains, and any amount of emails under those domains. I can send and receive from any domain xxx@yyy [dot] lynndotpy [dot] dev, for example.
    • CalDav and CardDav provider = Contacts, calendar, and reminders sync. Works perfectly on iOS too, if you like that.

    It replaced my finnicky NextCloud for half the cost.

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    5 months ago

    I used to pay for Gmail, then I used Proton Mail about a year, and I’ve been using Fastmail for the last couple of years, which I recommend. I don’t know of anything that’s as feature-rich and easy to use as Fastmail. You may not be interested in all those fancy features, though.

    I use MacOS/iOS Mail clients, but also Thunderbird as I’m trying to wean myself off of Apple’s ecosystem and onto Linux/FOSS.

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    5 months ago

    Posteo. Happy with them. For client, gnus in Emacs. Have it configured to do Autocrypt too, but almost nobody else on the planet does 🙁

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      5 months ago

      Can vouch for Posteo. I’ve been using them for years and I have no reason to switch anytime soon. They’re privacy focused, the price is great, there’s IMAP support and CalDAV too and a bunch of other things.

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    5 months ago

    Proton for personal email. Not immediately needing to escape but once my free email runs out of storage I plan to switch to something else because of the concerns raised by the incident with the French climate activist.

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    5 months ago

    Mailbox.org with my own custom domain ([email protected]) and Thunderbird for an email client.

    I would highly recommend it. It is cheap and includes almost a complete replacement for Google services (email, contacts, calendar, online drive, etc).

    Please consider your privacy. Giving all you emails to Google (or other mainstream data harvesters) basically gives them deep info about your whole life (purchases, travel, communication…everything).

    Having a custom domain let’s you go to any provider you like if you want to switch.

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    5 months ago

    Mxroute with thunderbird as a client and mail on iOS for mobile.

    Unlimited domains and rock solid. Just don’t expect lots of hand holding the company focuses on making email work you have to sort out your own details. That being said they have good documentation.

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      5 months ago

      2nd Mxroute. I got the black Friday deal a few years ago. I love using the catchall to make emails on the fly for when I sign up for different services.

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        5 months ago

        I do exactly the same thing. Some more spam from time to time but usually thunderbird catches that for me.

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    5 months ago

    I use gmail and my own domain with uninbox. The latter is a quite new FOSS email front/backend, but its still very new and lacks essential features.

    If I’d make the switch, it would probably be to tutanota.

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    5 months ago

    Purely Mail, yes; so long as you’re comfortable with one guy running the service.

    Thunderbird for desktop and K-9 for Andriod. Only because they were the most recommended and completely fit my needs.

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    5 months ago

    Ionos.
    Too lazy to selfhost. Also the implications of self hosting and securing email is too cumbersome to sleep well at night.
    But I do self host non-important to my living at home.

    Edit:
    Inbox: Outlook. Tried eM-Client but it was worse than Outlook (around 2018 or 19)

  • ComradeSharkfucker@lemmy.ml
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    5 months ago

    Gmail, wouldn’t recommend. Use it out of necessity.

    I use k9 mail for checking on mobile and it is solid most of the time