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Recommendation for Email-Provider (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by andylicious1337@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It's me again with another question for recommendation 🙈 This time I am searching for a new Email-Provider:

Currently I am using mailbox.org (privacy-friendly provider based in Germany). Since my subscription is comming to an end there, I tought about switching to proton mail-plus. What I like about them is, that they have an easy way of creating alias-emails and also support the option to use your own domain.

But maybe you gals and guys have another great provider which offers good features for a good price.

Also: I dont need Cloud-Storage or anything like that, so just mail is fine.

Thx in regards :)

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[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (3 children)

Hey, I outlined some tools in my list here! TL;DR is Proton Mail + addy.io is as good as it gets, with Tuta and SimpleLogin as close contenders. Good luck!

[–] andylicious1337@lemmy.world 2 points 2 months ago

i already bookmarked the list, great work btw. I will look into the options you wrote.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Fair warning though, using a service like addy.io with randomly generated emails can go bad if they ever shutdown, you'll be left with tons of accounts on email addresses that no longer exist.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

It's better than using the same email for everything, which still runs the same risk. I try to minimize the services I use that require an email for this very reason. I will note, self hosting + addy.io provides much more control with the same benefits and drawbacks.

[–] MangoPenguin@lemmy.blahaj.zone 1 points 2 months ago* (last edited 2 months ago)

Oh for sure, the better alternative is your own domain with either catch-all or self hosting something like addy.io, then you don't have any risk of losing those email addresses (assuming you don't let your domain expire).

[–] TrenchcoatFullofBats@belfry.rip 2 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Proton purchased SimpleLogin in 2022 and the creator/dev has been working there ever since. Also, you can easily create random email aliases in Vaultwarden/Bitwarden via the SimpleLogin API.

[–] Charger8232@lemmy.ml 4 points 2 months ago

Proton purchased SimpleLogin in 2022 and the creator/dev has been working there ever since.

I knew this, I'm trying not to keep my eggs in one basket.

Also, you can easily create random email aliases in Vaultwarden/Bitwarden via the SimpleLogin API.

This still requires a SimpleLogin/Proton account, so there's no added benefit. Plus, this is true for Addy as well.