I’ve been wanting to move on from gmail for a while now, thought about self hosting but I’m afraid I won’t have the time or ability to keep it running well for a long period of time. Which service would you guys recommend? I’m not an avid email user, I basically just sign up to websites and send support emails once in a while.

  • sparky@lemmy.federate.cc@lemmy.federate.ccEnglish
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    1 year ago

    I really enjoy https://mailbox.org, their custom software can be… esoteric at times, but the company and privacy commitments are top notch, and it has PGP built throughout natively, including an option to automatically PGP encrypt all plaintext emails you receive. I joined it originally as a cheaper alternative to Protonmail but these days I really prefer it.

    • Tangent5280@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      Also, you can give it out email aliases for work or to other people without giving away that you’re actually a conspiracy nut and privacy enjoyer. Much better when it’s @mailbox rather than @tutanota or @protonmail

      • lckdscl [they/them]@whiskers.bim.boatsEnglish
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        1 year ago

        Or you can also not care what other people think. I think proton.me sounds pretty cool. I’m a physicist too so it kinda makes sense. Tutanota allows quite a few short domains; tuta.io sounds a bit funny but it’s short enough to not be strange.

        When I am forced to give my email for electronic receipts in shops though…it’s a full on {shop_name}@handle.anonaddy.me. No issues or weird looks so far.

    • Pablo@lemmy.worldEnglish
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      1 year ago

      I tried it but the design just wasn’t mine. I switched to protonmail then and it’s a great value for the money. Vpn, password manager, files, mail, calender(, contacts)