Thinking of starting media creation, want to have an email address dedicated to that purpose. Don’t want to go with Gmail as I’d like to phase Google out of my life, amd Protonmail seems i correct for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.

Recommendations?

  • ultranaut@lemmy.world
    101·
    11 days ago

    The CEO of Proton recently came out as a right wing partisan who supports American neofascism. I would look elsewhere for email providers, Proton is not as trustworthy as they purport to be.

      • ultranaut@lemmy.world
        41·
        11 days ago

        It was completely shocking, I would expect him to be smart enough not to make statements like that but I guess it’s masks off now that their guy is in power.

    • TediousLength@lemmy.ca
      11·
      9 days ago

      That line of thinking doesn’t make any sense. I wonder what brand of clothes, electronics, vehicle, foods you’re buying. I’m sure I can find more than one neofascist, companies that fully support the Maga movement, etc… At least Proton is actually working for a better, more private internet, for more open source softwares, and is now operated as a non profit that is audited yearly by a third party. And as other people have said, Proton is not reduced to the political ideas of one board member.

  • PetteriPano@lemmy.world
    3·
    11 days ago

    Bring your own domain.

    You don’t want to be locked in to one mail provider for life. Just bring your domain when you leave.

    I’ve had mine since 2010. First on Gmail, then proton and now purelymail. Gmail is evil. Proton is pricy, and more so if you have several domains. Purelymail is very affordable in comparison.

  • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev
    2·
    10 days ago

    As always, I recommend Posteo. It’s cheap (1€/mo), allows third party apps and at least their website doesn’t have any trackers or ads. Probably the best paid one out there.

  • Zomg@lemmy.world
    2·
    9 days ago

    I’m happy with Fastmail. Making masked emails is great to me, and you can bring your own domain with you. It also is integrated with 1password.

  • nutbutter@discuss.tchncs.de
    1·
    10 days ago

    I use mailbox.org with my own domains. And I encrypt my inbox using a PGP key I manage myself.

    My setup is pretty much the same what Proton gives out of the box, I just manage my own keys rather than replying on the company.

    Yes, my provider can see my unencrypted mails before my key encrypts it, but I trust them enough and I don’t pass sensitive information using emails.

  • hperrin@lemmy.caEnglish
    1·
    11 days ago

    I run https://port87.com/

    It’s not quite ready to bring in your own domain, but it works for an email on @port87.com, and you get basically unlimited email addresses. I’m trying to grow it by word of mouth for now, and when it’s ready for business class email (own domain, user management, etc) I’m going to advertise it.

        • asudox@lemmy.asudox.dev
          0·
          10 days ago

          That’s not the point. How can a software like this be in beta for 6 years? The developers clearly don’t care about it much.

          • paequ2@lemmy.todayEnglish
            2·
            10 days ago

            … I’m not a purelymail user or know much about it… But, I guess I am old now…

            I’m guessing the service being in beta for 6 years is a joke. It’s a reference to Gmail being in beta forever.

  • Rikudou_Sage@lemmings.world
    01·
    11 days ago

    Note that Proton is cool even if not encrypted. I have pretty much a single contact who uses it and all the other messages are thus unencrypted. Still feels good to not use Gmail.