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Looking for a good e-mail provider that's not Tuta/Proton (lemmy.dbzer0.com)
submitted 1 day ago* (last edited 14 hours ago) by Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/privacy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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EDIT: I decided on Mailbox.org!

I'd like to use a third-party client like Thunderbird to handle my e-mails, which rules out both Tuta and Proton (I know Proton has their bridge, but I don't want to rely on it). I'm willing to compromise on my e-mails not being encrypted, as long as the e-mail provider has a reputation of caring about the customer's privacy. If I truly want to encrypt a message, I'll encrypt it myself. I've been looking at Mailbox.org, and while I've been hearing good things, people have also been complaining about their lack of support, outdated interface as well as that they don't enforce DKIM/DMARC which enables spoofing.

I would like to be able to use my own custom domain, but also to use their own domain for my e-mail aliases. EU-based only.

Any thoughts?

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[–] brisk@aussie.zone 1 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I've been linked this review of email service privacy previously. Obviously everyone has their own threat model and you may not agree with theirs but I think it's worth a read for services you may be interested in (or just the summary).

I've used Mailbox.org and don't care for their interface at all, but it also matters not one bit as I use Thunderbird exclusively to interact with my mailbox, as you plan to. I haven't had any problem with spam but I am very picky who I give that address to.

My personal opinion is that the provider should not matter - your address should be a privately registered domain and your emails should be end-to-end encrypted. Then your mail provider is little more than a forwarding server and the most crap one is not much worse than the best.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 14 hours ago

I decided on Mailbox.org!

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Regarding having your own custom domain for all emails. I have one with my name which I use for professional communication but I'd like the rest, like mails from Lemmy, to go to an address which can't be identified with me. Is it better trusting a domain name registrar and WHOIS to not give out info than e.g. Mailbox.org? Like yeah, sure, I could register another custom domain but this is what I'm worried about.

[–] Matt@lemdro.id 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I would recommend looking into an aliasing service such as Addy or SimpleLogin to use a different address for every service, which then gets forwarded to your main email address. This way when you get spam emails, you know who sold your data or had a breach, and you only need to create a new alias and change your email at one place instead of everywhere.

[–] Yingwu@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 1 day ago

Interesting! Thanks for this

[–] brisk@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

If you find an answer to that please let me know