Not that many people use email much anymore, but as you often need an email address to sign up for other shit… anyway, I need a better option than gmail, I’m sure you can appreciate why. Email is so old school at this point that most of the time I don’t even think about it anymore.

Anyway, I need some email options that aren’t gmail or otherwise attached to a billionaire. I’m not really interested in non-email methods of communication, I’m specifically asking about email.

Thanks in advance.

  • @BertramDitore@lemm.ee
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    Most if not all non-paid options will have privacy concerns similar to gmail, so you’ll have to pay. I pay for Proton, and though I’m not thrilled about some of the political bullshit their CEO has been up to recently, I think I’ll stay with them for now since they’re still good for privacy, and their other services are solid. They’re also very upfront about what they charge and why, and I think they still plan to transition to a non-profit.

    • m-p{3}
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      There’s also Tuta if you’re looking for an alternative.

    • Lime Buzz (fae/she)
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      It’s not just the pro-trump stuff though, there’s also the case of being very pro-cop in that they helped get info about a french activist against their will or settings, we believe.

  • Ulrich
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    Not that many people use email much anymore

    Where do you live, because I want to go there immediately.

    • @adarza@lemmy.ca
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      i don’t use email much at all, only signups at a few places.

      at work, communications with my coworker or clients is by phone or in person, not email or very rarely sms. email is mainly the required communications with the state (business registrations, taxes and shit) and invoices and receipts for things we use or buy online. plus lots of spam. lots and lots of spam. oh, and scams. lots of scammers and phishers too.

  • @snake@slrpnk.net
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    i currently use tuta. it has a free tier, offers encryption, is open source, gdpr-compliant, and is 100% powered by green energy.

    i have used mailbox in the past, which is paid (cheapest tier is ~€12/yr). i can recommend it as well.

  • Thistledown
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    I use Tuta mail. It is entirely open source. There are both paid and free tiers. I started on a paid tier, then downgraded to free. I like the option of a usable free tier when money is tight. I use addy.io for aliases.

    • @paequ2@lemmy.today
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      How do you use email aliases or what do you find them useful for? I’ve played around with generating unique aliases for different websites I use, but I’m not sure I did anything useful with that setup. Normally, if I get spam I usually just hit the unsubscribe link and that’s been sufficient. Currently, I just have 2 emails: one I use for businesses and such and one for random websites that I don’t care too much about. Is having more aliases better?

      • Thistledown
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        If an alias receives spam, I can deactivate it. Future mail addressed to that alias will not forward to my email inbox. In essence, stop the flow of water instead of repeatedly mopping around the leak. Also, I am wary of malicious unsubscribe links.

      • Tlaloc_Temporal
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        An alias can be used to see who is selling your address. If you give address B to only one organization and you get spam on B, then you know B sold your address.

        Not exactly the most useful information, but it’s there.

        • @paequ2@lemmy.today
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          Ah, yeah. That’s why I’m wondering if I’m missing something… Like, cool. I know B sold my address… now what? I guess it’s a neat metric to know?

    • @lindicks@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      ProtonPass will also generate aliases and forward the mail to your email account. But, as someone else mentioned, the CEO’s politics seem sus.

    • @t_378@lemmy.one
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      I second this. Fastmail has been a joy to use. Since the users are paying, the company has (less) incentives to enshittify. JMAP? Count me in!

    • @rumschlumpel@feddit.org
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      I’ve been there for several years as well. Works great, and I get pretty much no spam.

      At one point they offered “envelope with money sent via postal service” as an anonymous payment option, IDK if they still do that.

    • @cRazi_man@lemm.ee
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      Been with MailBox.org for ages and it’s been absolutely fantastic. Proton had very limited offerings at the time, but even now I haven’t felt the need to move.

      I think the most basic email offering is €1/month.

    • @Nilz@sopuli.xyz
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      Same here. Moved from Outlook to Mailbox a year ago and I’m happy with it, using mostly custom domains with catch all. I havo also recently enabled encryption which wasn’t hard to integrate into my mail clients at all. They dont have a free plan, but the cheapest plan is 1€/month (which doesn’t allow custom domains).

  • Lime Buzz (fae/she)
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    Disroot - A lot of people in the know about privacy seem to really like it.

    Really though email is a bullshit communication medium and unless you’re insisting on using GPG for every message and make sure your or other people’s keys never got compromised I wouldn’t rely on it.

    Really hoping Dark Mail actually becomes a thing at some point. If it was that with locally stored encrypted email then email might actually be worth bothering with.

  • Aatube
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    if you wanna forget privacy and subscribe to a proprietary startup instead, use hey mail because it just sorts well. otherwise just use proton like everyone else said

  • Mr. WorldWide
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    82 months ago

    proton.

    Proton unlimited comes with unlimited everything on proton pass, including disposable email addresses

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      Proton have shown recently they are very much pro-cop and pro-trump and so aren’t that private or worthwhile any more.

      • Mr. WorldWide
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        They’re against censorship and in favor of free speech. If you hear about a VPN provider that blocks their users’ access to certain things based on the owner’s political beliefs that’s a shitty VPN provider

        Full disclosure. I’m not a fan of Trump. I’m just a free speech absolutist and even if I hate what someone has to say I think they should be allowed to say it.

        There’s already laws against threats, slander and libel and even doxing in some places.

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          That is not the concern. The concern is that their free speech has indicated they support cops, which means they’re more likely to be compliant. No one is talking about this speech here, but the content of it.

          Also you aren’t.

          • Mr. WorldWide
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            They have to comply with Swiss laws, otherwise their business would be illegal.

            Don’t be a scumbag and proton won’t ever be compelled to snitch on you

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    While I’m using Proton rn, I’m planning to migrate to Posteo with Addy.io for aliases. However they all cost money. If you mean free email that’s not tie to a billionaire, I can’t think one off my head. You can achieve “free” by hosting your own email server as it sounds you’re intended for receiving only, but the electricity still cost some, plus you are doning free labor to make sure it is happy.