Good free email providers? - Upgoat

Good free email providers?
submitted by AugustineOfHippo2 to technology 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 12:29:47 ago (+8/-0) (technology)

getting tired of yahoo and Gmail.
I've seen Proton, Tuta, Zoho. any others? any experience (good/bad) with any?

[ - ] Bassman9000 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 13:29:10 ago (+2/-1)*

Proton is the only service I'm aware of that is both free and fully encrypted.

The owners literally can't read your emails. So if authorities want access they shrug. They can't because it's encrypted on their end.

Edit: apparently Proton is kiked. GG

[ + ] Kozel

[ - ] Kozel 3 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:00:08 ago (+3/-0)

everything you said is false.

fully encrypted

its not

literally can't read your emails

they can

if authorities want access

Created Under CIA/NSA Oversight. Part Owned by CRV and the Swiss Government.

https://web.archive.org/web/20210414172302/https://privacy-watchdog.io/truth-about-protonmail/

blind leading the blind here

[ + ] Bassman9000

[ - ] Bassman9000 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 15:05:46 ago (+1/-0)

Thanks for this. I just started using Proton recently. Guess it's time to spin up my own email server.

[ + ] observation1

[ - ] observation1 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 23:03:13 ago (+0/-0)

Just a fair warning. If you do your own, youll find yourself getting blocked a lot (mail in spam). Probably once a year this will come up. So
Pay more for your own IP address that at least you can be sure is not going to be blacklisted for spam.

[ + ] jfroybees

[ - ] jfroybees 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 13:53:54 ago (+0/-0)

I like proton. Have had zero problems with them. One day I may actually pay that small monthly fee and get more services that I probably won't use. I have three or four proton accounts. I compartmentalize money/online things.

[ - ] registereduser 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 13:40:36 ago (+1/-1)*

Best is self hosting, proton is probably second up.

Non exhaustive overview of setup.

[ + ] Kozel

[ - ] Kozel 2 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:02:23 ago (+2/-0)

stop suggesting protonjail until you read this and then dont suggest it anymore

https://web.archive.org/web/20210414172302/https://privacy-watchdog.io/truth-about-protonmail/

[ + ] registereduser

[ - ] registereduser 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:22:54 ago (+0/-0)

I don't suggest email, only a fool uses any, including self hosted.

Point to point coms are the way.

[ + ] Sector2

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 16:13:22 ago (+0/-0)

What's foolish about using email? It's not like we're using it to communicate secrets.

From Amazon.com on 2025-03-02 20:28
Hi Sector2, Your package has been delivered!

From Natasha on 2025-03-01 10:58
Natasha liked your comment on People have become boring.

Avoiding email would only make sense if you also avoided using the internet and phones.

[ + ] Kozel

[ - ] Kozel 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 19:48:03 ago (+1/-0)

is Natasha hot?

[ + ] Sector2

[ - ] Sector2 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 20:02:34 ago (+0/-0)

I suspect so, in her pre-babushka years.

[ - ] observation1 2 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 13:53:57 ago (+2/-0)

I heard a nasty rumor about proton but everything is hearsay

[ + ] Kozel

[ - ] Kozel 2 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:02:38 ago (+2/-0)

https://web.archive.org/web/20210414172302/https://privacy-watchdog.io/truth-about-protonmail/

[ + ] observation1

[ - ] observation1 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 23:01:16 ago (+0/-0)

Well, shit.

[ - ] Kozel 4 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:00:36 ago (+4/-0)

https://tuta.com

ignore every other advice

especially the advice about protonjail

you could also use Yandex since there's no treaty between US and Russia if you don't mind Russia reading your emails

[ + ] HelenHighwater

[ - ] HelenHighwater 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:28:21 ago (+1/-0)

tuta is solid

[ + ] AugustineOfHippo2

[ - ] AugustineOfHippo2 [op] 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 15:05:55 ago (+0/-0)

I saw Yandex, but was worried about the "Russian hackers"

[ + ] Panic

[ - ] Panic 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 18:07:14 ago (+0/-0)

Just crated my account. Goodbye AOL MAIL, which I have used since 1995. Thanks!

*Yeah yeah yeah, AOL. Old man problems, but no more.

[ - ] RobertJHarsh 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 14:37:41 ago (+1/-0)

Proton is solid but I use it for project as they come up. Day to day I use GKike for the usual bullshit and GMX for others.

I also found out indeed.com bans accounts with gmx.com email addresses but never tried it with proton.

[ - ] Sector2 1 point 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 15:56:46 ago (+1/-0)

https://www.mail.com

They have tons/hundreds of name variants, and you can have up to 10 alts.

It works. It's not "secure", but no email is.

[ - ] Pulverizor 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 17:30:49 ago (+0/-0)

GMX

[ - ] Empire_of_the_Mind 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 19:56:29 ago (+0/-0)

if it's free you're the product

[ - ] RollinDaGrassTyson 0 points 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 22:45:49 ago (+0/-0)

This is old but illustrates how most email providers are kiked and pozzed.

Honestly, it is a gradient. Most of the stuff on that list is still better than just being a cuck and using google.

Sign into an existing account

Good free email providers? submitted by AugustineOfHippo2 to technology 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 12:29:47 ago (+8/-0) (technology)

Good free email providers?
submitted by AugustineOfHippo2 to technology 2 monthsMar 2, 2025 12:29:47 ago (+8/-0) (technology)