I now personally use Posteo since they have a strong privacy policy, but a more complete and user-friendly option might be Infomaniak. They offer free email, or a suite including 1TB cloud storage for €20 per year. They’re hosting in Switzerland.
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Acamon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Anyone got a any opinions (or a link to a review) of the different options? Proton and tuta come up, are there others worth considering?
I understand that I’ll probably need to pay (otherwise I’m the product) and encryption / security is good, but the thing that keeps with Gmail (apart from inertia) is that it feels quick and easy to use. My only real experience of non Gmail sites over the last two decades have been terrible but mandatory work webmail systems that are slow, clunky and look a decade out of date. Or Hotmail, which sucks for a variety of reasons.
GekkeGeer@lemmings.world 3 weeks ago
Getting6409@lemm.ee 3 weeks ago
Startmail (from the Startpage folks) has been fine for me. You pay for it, you can put your domain on it, you can do alias addresses, works with any IMAP client since it’s just IMAP ran by a (so far) competent company. Their web ui is fine, but ive only used it for initial setup. Besides Thunderbird on mobile I use Snappymail within Nextcloud and this works just fine as well. All I can say is it does what it says on the tin.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
My only real experience of non Gmail sites over the last two decades have been terrible but mandatory work webmail systems that are slow, clunky and look a decade out of date.
Uh same, Outlook Web’s search function sucks so much compared to Gmail’s 😫
sibachian@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Mailspring desktop client has a pretty neat UI imo.
kazerniel@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Thanks, I’ll check it out!
MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 3 weeks ago
Mailbox.org is another good option, pretty cheap to use with your own domain which I highly recommend. With your own domain you can move email providers almost instantly later on without needing to update emails on all your accounts.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Don’t use webmail then? There are enough E-Mail tools on every OS.
Acamon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
Using email clients is fine on my primary devices, but I often have to use email on other people’s computers. I don’t really want to go back to carrying a usb of portable apps again. And some public computers have usb drive access disabled, understandably.
InnerScientist@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
but I often have to use email on other people’s computers
why
public computers have usb drive access disabled
But why would you ever want to log in to your private e-mail on a public computer.
Acamon@lemmy.world 3 weeks ago
I travel a lot, and spend time in a lot of random places, stay with friends and such like. My job means that I can set my own schedule most of the time, but sometimes I need to respond to something pretty urgently. So, there’s been plenty of times when I’ve been travelling light and suddenly been asked to pull a bunch of data from a spreadsheet and write some quick report on it, so usually I just ask whoever I’m with if I can use their pc for an hour and get it out the way.
It’s certainly possible do it all on a phone, but it’s much quicker and more pleasant to just use a proper keyboard and screen. And there have been times (like after a ill-advised encounter with a fountain in Rome) when my phone is temporarily out of action, so if I need to deal with travel arrangements on a public computer it might involve accessing my emails.
MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 3 weeks ago
Phone?
Scrollone@feddit.it 3 weeks ago
Don’t use Proton. The owner of the company is a Trump supporter. Also, Proton is based in Switzerland, I think a EU service is better for European citizens.