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I'm off Proton Mail and not going back, what's you favorite alternative? (feddit.org)

submitted 2 days ago* (last edited 16 hours ago) by jamie_veal@feddit.org to c/buyfromeu@feddit.org

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A while ago, when one of the Proton CEOs made some questionable statements, I terminated my Proton subscription. I liked Proton, having all the services I need in one place was nice and I wasn't sure whether I'd actually leave and had a year already paid left.

I thought about at least leaving my mail there, but 4-5€ / month just for mail isn't worth it in my opinion. And I'm very pissed that mail-forwarding and IMAP are premium features, something I probably should've found out way earlier. They want to lock me in, which is a dealbreaker for me.

So with that in mind, does someone know a fitting alternative? I'd of course still prefer a privacy-focused service and would be fine paying <= 2€.

€: Bonuspoints if there are no "special discounts" (discounts for commiting to a longer subscription are fine, what i mean is special deals for new customers or black friday deals, stuff like that)

€€: Going to give mailbox a shot, thanks everyone!

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[–] jamie_veal@feddit.org 19 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (2 children)

2,5€ for Mail + some storagespace seems like a great deal, thanks for the suggestion.

[–] Technikus5@feddit.org 17 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Can highly recommend mailbox.org, I'm very happy with their offering, and having a built in PGP Manager makes encryption very easy. As someone else has suggested, I use my own domain with then, and the whole process is really quick and easy. This also has the nice side effect of making your email address a lot shorter than it usually would be

[–] JoKi@feddit.org 3 points 2 days ago

I also use mailbox.org with my own domain. It's nice that my family can also use the domain with the cheaper light accounts.

[–] ViatorOmnium@piefed.social 8 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

If you want encryption, they also support GPG encryption of incoming emails. As a bonus over Proton, you'll be in full control of the key.