Looking for opinions on email providers

[Victor Montoya]

I use skiff.com. It's zero knowledge of the encryption key email service. Once in awhile someone won't be able to send me an email. But if security is your main priority it's the best. Also when is that open source conference you all go to? I can't recall it's name. But isn't it coming up?

Victor

> Sent: Monday, January 29, 2024 at 4:38 PM
> From: "Stephen Partington via PLUG-discuss" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> To: "Main PLUG discussion list" <plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org>
> Cc: "Stephen Partington" <cryptworks at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: Looking for opinions on email providers
> 
> Proton is pretty cool. and honestly, Gmail is pretty solid on its own. The
> real trick is how you prefer to handle your email, if all you want is
> imap/smtp then you are good to go with just about anyone.
> 
> You can look into providers such as Dreamhost, or even AWS free tier and
> see if you can get what you need there.
> 
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2024 at 8:05 AM blake gonterman via PLUG-discuss <
> plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> 
> > Proton mail. Not the cheapest, but feature rich.
> >
> > On Mon, Jan 29, 2024, 6:01 AM Matthew Crews via PLUG-discuss <
> > plug-discuss at lists.phxlinux.org> wrote:
> >
> >> On 1/28/24 22:14, Steven via PLUG-discuss wrote:
> >> > Apparently I am late to hearing this, but in the near future Cox will
> >> > have Yahoo take over handling all "cox.net" email accounts. I've
> >> > occasionally in the past looked at email providers but never felt much
> >> > need to move. But as long as this is going to be happening anyway I
> >> > figure it's time to look again. Does anyone have a preferred email
> >> > provider? I made use of Cox formerly offering up to six email accounts
> >> > on a single residential plan to set up an account for my sister, this
> >> > account, and a couple others. Are there reasonably trustworthy
> >> > providers that don't scan all your emails in order to push ads on you
> >> > and that don't don't cost an arm and a leg?
> >>
> >> I've used Mailfence for a long time, and for the price (€42 a year, or
> >> about US$45 a year depending on currency exchange rates) they are pretty
> >> feature rich.
> >>
> >> -Custom Domain support (with catch-all email address)
> >> -IMAP support (for using an email client)
> >> -PGP Encryption support through the web client
> >> -10GB storage for email
> >> -Located in Belgium, strengthening privacy requirements (in theory).
> >>
> >> The only other paid services I would recommend are Tutanota or
> >> Protonmail, but...
> >>
> >> -Tutanota does NOT support IMAP (and therefore does NOT support
> >> downloading your email to an email client like Thunderbird)
> >> -Protonmail is more expensive compared to all of the above, but their
> >> security is unparalleled.
> >>
> >> If you need free email, and you need lots of storage space, then
> >> unfortunately the only other reasonable solution is Gmail, and we know
> >> why Gmail cannot be trusted.
> >>
> >> -Matt
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