r/emailprivacy

I have been with tuta for a few months on the free email account to test it and have been pleased with how it has worked so far. Now considering making it my main email address and possibly taking out a paid subscription.

However I have concerns.

Just reading this subreddit there are many posts stating that users have lost access/had difficulty accessing accounts and on another site some even saying accounts have been deleted.

So what is the true, and how reliable is tutamail?

I saw various cases around Tutanota and Proton Mail, what do you guys think and choose? I feel like Proton mail is closer to the open source philosophy than Tuta since they agreed to open a backdoor (on German authorities demand) and Proton is OpenPGP. What do you think?
Note that I don't want to self-host.

I have tried Proton Mail, Tuta Mail, Fastmail. All of them have their own pros and cons.

Proton Mail is overall ok but I just feel like if you don’t get their whole package you are missing out a lot and idk what is proton sentinel but it sounds good.

Tuta is fine I guess but they are just slow and the Drive feature is still in development,

Fastmail is overall the best out of all but I recently found out they recycle emails and they are not maximum privacy(which I don’t need)

So share you opinion on what I should use or are there any other service providers (It must have an app and not just a website to login to)

Also if you guys don’t mind please tell me why people say don’t put all your eggs in one basket for Proton

i've been doing lots of reading trying to find a secondary email provider for free (bc i, unemployed, can't afford a subscription service), but most of them have some kind of major issue that makes it not worth using, like accounts breaking and no customer service or a glaring privacy concern. i need help finding something for my needs

i already have proton as my main and have set up some proxies! i still want a separate, secondary address to forward my less important proxies to and a client like thunderbird to see everything in one place. i know proton's imap is a paid service; i'm looking into smth called hydroxine(?) to bypass it

i'm fine with 1gb storage, i don't really send emails, and i know a free service will have some kind of drawbacks like having limitations or not being totally private. i just want something better than google; as much privacy as i can get for free

Hello everyone , i need to find a good and secure email provider as my primary and recovery email for rest of my life and long term . Use it for banking , finance , identify , licenses and more services for private and personal use .

Though some encrypted email like ProtonMail,Tuta,Zoho , i still confused to pick one .

Can you guys help and me some advices and recommendation ?

Hi guys, I'm trying to migrate from Gmail to a more secure system. I've done some research on different providers like tuta, mailbox, poster, and Proton. But here's what I'd like to find.

Custom domain support

IMAP support.

Encryption in transit and at rest.

A good amount of aliases.

Preferably accepts USD (I could pay in other currencies, like EU. But I'd like to avoid conversion fees if possible. I don't have crypto.)

And from a company in a country with good pracy practices.

I already use Proton VPN with a Proton mail address, but I'd like to avoid relying on an ecosystem if possible.

is there anyway to find someone through the email account, which has been deleted now ,

There are some issues and have things to sort tout?

As the title suggests, an email addressed to someone else landed in my inbox. It was from and to the same person, I do this a lot to move photos from a phone to a pc and vice versa.

When I tapped on who it was to, I expected a long list of emails. Sometimes you get lumped into spam group, but it's not, it's addressed to some guy Peter (I've blocked out his email for obvious reasons)

My email address is NOTHING like his, I don't know how this happened, and it just makes me worried that some of my emails could have landed in some random persons inbox.

Any ideas? Do I respond, or just leave it?

I was going to add the screenshot but I can't see a way to (I don't post on reddit much so not sure if I've missed something)

With two outages this week with Posteo I am thinking of switching to either Proton or Tuta paid plan, I have tried both a few years ago and neither one stood out unless you paid for the expensive plan on Proton. I don't need pass keepers or VPN so I would go with the cheapest plan. Is Tuta fairly stable now? I know Proton was when I tried it but Tuta had some issues back then. What one would you choose?

Something I've always found a little strange is how easy it is to buy a domain compared with setting up proper email for it.

If you only need something simple like hello@yourdomain.com or support@yourdomain.com, paying for a complete business suite can feel like overkill. On the other hand, forwarding everything to a personal inbox isn't always ideal either.

There seem to be quite a few options now for keeping domain email separated from full productive suite. Mekup is one example, but I'm more curious what other services people here have tried and whether they actually make things simpler.

What setup do you use for your domains, and what made you choose it?

after a few weeks of research I’ve finally concluded that I want to go with one of these 4 providers. here are my pros and cons for each.

Proton :

Pros - biggest privacy email out there and a top recommendation everywhere I go, aswell a large ecosystem that comes with it.

Cons- Kind of locks you into there platform as well as no IMAP support, also have seen a lot of controversial stuff with them.

Tuta :

Pros - seems to be the most private and encrypted email out there, simple design, also email is there main focus.

Cons - I’ve heard you can get locked out if your account pretty easily, no IMAP support, also they suck you into there platform aswell.

Startmail :

Pros - Unlimited aliases, simple design, support seems very friendly and open. IMAP support. Email is there main focus.

Cons - Seems to be the least used on the list, aswell as they log IP addresses. Not sure how netherlands privacy laws stack up with Germany/switzerlands

Mailbox :

Pros - seems to be a Reddit favorite, Ecosystem that comes with it, IMAP support, Low cost.

Cons - Cluttered design, not to sure how the privacy/security is. Seems to be more for business instead of personal use.

I am planning on using one of these as my Personal email with aliases for each website. I don’t need to have the upmost security as I have nothing to hide but it is nice to know that my stuff stays private/encrypted.

Let me know what you guys use and which one you recommend and if you could provide me some information that I am missing to help narrow my choice I would greatly appreciate it!

( also would you guys recommend I have a separate email for my financial/government stuff or just strictly use aliases with 1 account?)

I've had the same main email for years and it's attached to my entire online life at this point. I want to start using separate emails or aliases instead, but I'm realizing the easy part is changing how I sign up for new stuff it's all the old accounts that are the problem. There are probably sites I haven't logged into for years that still have my main email and I'm sure I've forgotten about half of them.

For people who actually moved away from an old main email, how did you do it without making a complete mess of everything? Did you slowly change accounts or is there a better way to approach it? I don't necessarily want to delete the old address either. I just want to reach a point where it's no longer the email I hand out everywhere, is it worth doing it manually?

I manage servers and networks all day. I know SMTP inside out. I can configure a Postfix mail server blindfolded, but I still absolutely refuse to self-host my personal email.

We pretend we have choices. Try sending a basic text email from a perfectly clean VPS IP to a Gmail address. It just vanishes into a black hole. Microsoft and Google run a cartel. If you are not on their invisible whitelist, your deliverability is zero. It is infuriating. I want total autonomy over my data, but the time investment to fight blocklists is just stupid.

So I pay for Proton. Honestly, it is excellent. The encryption does exactly what it promises. The bridge app lets me use Thunderbird locally without jumping through hoops. I bought my own custom domain so I am not locked into their default addresses. I tried Tuta for a bit too. The lack of standard IMAP support annoyed me, so I went right back to Proton. It is a highly rational compromise between daily usability and actual privacy.

Still, relying on any single provider for my digital identity goes against my instincts. What are you all doing? Are you happily paying for Proton or Mailbox(.)org like I am? Has anyone here actually found a reliable way to run a personal mail server today without getting blocked?

Some interesting new providers are popping up. Can I get some feedback from those of you using them?

I’ve embarked on my Proton journey. I have an anonymous private domain through SL for most of the things, and then an identifiable private domain for friends/family/etc. It’s been a little tedious moving things over, but I’m making progress.

One scenario that I haven’t sorted in my head is how to handle when a friend gives my email to a third party, for example, evite. This would seem to “cross the streams,” so to say. What are the best ways to manage this?

Title is sort of the thing. I can't reach the site and I can't connect with IMAP. Anyone else having problems? I tried posting on the posteo-reddit but apparently you have to be approved in order to post there.

I’ve done quite a bit of research on the different private email providers but cant seem to come to a decision. at the moment I’m thinking of using the proton ecosystem but I’m not really sure I like how big and commercialized they are becoming, but they seem to be the best in turns of a standalone email service with all of the other apps they provide. my other option I have been thinking of is using a mixture of Startmail for my personal email and Tuta for my financial/private email, as startmail seems very friendly and I like the interface, and Tuta is the most encrypted. I’m not really to worried about the cost, just want the best combination possible to keep my personal/financial information separate as if my personal email gets hacked my financial email stays safe. I am also open to suggestions if there is anything better out there.

what email provider should I use for my own domain? I have a domain but I don’t have an email hoster I want decent privacy but it doesn’t have to be like fully encrypted or whatever. I just want a cheap email hoster

i don’t need that much storage either, i also don’t want to spend muc