Email Alternatives to Gmail
I'm in the process of getting rid of as much Google-related stuff as I can. Yesterday I already started with moving everything I had stored in Drive (backups and other stuff) to my Nextcloud and the like. Now I want to change my main email, the one I'm going to use for, my accounts here in the fediverse and so on. So I'm looking for alternatives.
At the moment, apart from Gmail, I also have an Outlook (from when it was hotmail), a Proton account (though in view of their CEO's recent statements I may not keep it) and a new one on Disroot.
Which of the aforementioned services works best for a normie not well versed in cybersecurity like me?
Do you know of any alternatives I'm not aware of (I've heard of Tuta, but nothing else)?
Fake4000
in reply to NONE • • •Honestly, I was going to say Tuta, but seeing how proton changed, I would now add the option of self hosting.
I am unsure how difficult or easy it is, but it's becoming a very viable option now.
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in reply to Fake4000 • • •They don't want their network blocks reputation lowered because some idiot is sending spam mail or has an open relay. Apparently some will allow it on request.
Personally my mail server is on a Hetzner VPS.
LostWon
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in reply to NONE • • •I've thought about doing this myself but my GMail account is so ingrained in everything I don't think I'd be able to untangle the mess.
Are there any big issues you see coming up with doing this, long standing accounts not letting you change email, etc?
Do you plan on keeping the old account around for a period to catch any services you might have forgotten about?
Be interesting to see a follow-up once you're done to see what kind of pain it causes.
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in reply to NONE • • •Tuta is fine, but very basic.
The stuff with Proton... It depends on what you need. Just an alternative to degoogle your life, it'll work for now, but they may slide into a more pro Broligarchy stance in years to come. For some people, they're still a little too invasive for what they want.
Email is inherently insecure, so its best to lock down a few and just fluidly transition around as you need.
Venicon
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in reply to NONE • • •I use Fastmail with ten custom domains.
I was going to switch to proton but im glad I never out in the effort.
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in reply to JetpackJackson • • •migadu seems very cool, especially with that pricing, but i'm kinda concerned about the mail limits.
Edit: Seems like they're soft limits, looks like i might be moving to migadu
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