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?
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Buy a domain name and put that on the service provider of your choice.
But do not host your own email server unless you hate yourself.
If you can find a cloud email security gateway for a decent price it wouldn’t be that bad for an experienced email admin.
This. Always use your own domain.
I have no basis by which to choose a service provider.
Your domain provider might have a basic service for low cost.
You can get a low tier google workspace.
Zoho exists.
You can get an exchange p1 license.
You can buy your own Synology and run an email server off it if your ISP allows.
I use google workspace but it’s from when they had a free service. If I needed to switch today I’d go with Exchange online, or I’d find a cheap Colo near me and put a Synology pair in it.
How much does this cost you, and are there any drawbacks?
Maybe $20/year for the domain and some addl services.
Exchange online for a single user is $48/year according to their website.
Knowing I can move my domain whenever I want is worth something.
The advantage of this approach is that you are not tied to a service provider indefinitely. You can keep the same email address when you change providers.
The stakes of selecting a “wrong” service provider aren’t as high. If you find you chose the “wrong” one, you can change it in the future.
I personally use Migadu for email + Porkbun for the domain, prices and service are great imo
+1 Migadu, really nice people.
Exactly the combo I use. Been happy with Migadu for the last 2 years. Although, purelymail also seems interesting.
Never heard of purelymail, what are they like?
https://purelymail.com/ seems like it’s a cheap, no-nonsense email provider. I’m already setup on Migadu and happy enough, so I haven’t tried it. But it seems like a lot of people like it.
People were recently talking about it on HN: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=42836818
Thanks for the links!
I use Proton, but I also use their VPN and password manager. Aliases are also nice.
Fastmail has been great for me for years now
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.
Proton is not the sum total of one of its board members.
Omigod.
Do you have any sources for that?
One of the posts discussing it https://lemmy.ca/post/37218429
It was discussed in real time across Lemmy with links to Mastodon and Reddit where the CEO and the official Proton account made various partisan statements that have destroyed Protons reputation. I didn’t save links but I’m sure you can dig them up easily enough.
https://archive.ph/quYyb Guess you‘re right, fuck me man.
What’s a good alternative?
I’m not sure yet. I’m waiting until my current sub is closer to renewal before I take any action, not counting the emails to the Proton Foundation expressing my disappointment.
Yeah, gotta find a new VPN also. What an asshole (the CEO).
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.
We’re probably on a list now, for besmirching him.
I’m not scared. I’m a besmirching machine. He’ll know he’s been besmirched when I lay down some righteous besmirch upon him!
I think you would be laying down smirch, whilst besmirch describes the laying down process.
One who had blemished the fair escutcheon of the family by a smirch of heresy.
T. A. Trollope, Marietta
smirch, n.
Nice. In that case I shall smirch him to the end, I shall smirch him on the seas and oceans, I shall smirch him with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, I shall smirch him on the beaches, I shall smirch him on the landing grounds, I shall smirch him in the fields and in the streets, I shall smirch him in the hills; I shall never unsmirch!
I totally smirched him in the parking lot.
Dude got a college degree in particle physics and thinks he so smart 🤓, that he think he also knows about American politics (a country he doesn’t even live in) 🤦♂️
cough Mullvad cough
I would say he’s a right-wing “Libertarian” not a maga supporter. People like him say dumb things all the time, Andy Yen is also not an American, so he might be just ignorant to what republicans actually do. If you check his twitter, he posted some pro-ukraine stuff, and has donated to Ukraine, and also is pro- Hong Kong protesters, anti-censorship in Russia and Iran.
Besides, he may be CEO, but he ain’t a dictator of Proton.
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.
Fastmail and bring your own domain is the way.
If you want a standards-based service without bullshit and with custom domain support, I can recommend Purelymail.
Thanks for the suggestion, looks like a good service. I might switch!
Purelymail has been in beta since 2019. I am not sure if that is a good email provider.
I’ve been using it for several months now and haven’t run into any issues.
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.
… 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.
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.
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.
Namecrane is hella cheap for lifetime rnow 70$ 250gb storage 15 sites, or 10$ a year reocurring 100gb storage 15 sites (I have this one), fast and easy to setup.
they take a day or two to verify purchase of plan initially tho was pending forever
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.
Personally I’ve heard very good things about mailbox.org
It can be paid anonymously, if you want. There is no (real) free option, and you didn’t mention if you were only looking at those, but your examples are mostly free.
People shit on it for lack of dkim verification (mail spoofing) but it’s ok for me. If you enable beta in the setting you can even log into the webui with a normal OTP for 2fa instead of the pin+yubikey tap weird one they had before
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.
Emails between a Proton address to another Proton address are encrypted, except the subject line (idk why they don’t encrypt that too? 🤷♂️)
Depending on how you feel about current leadership, you should probably be aware of comments made by Proton’s ceo
I know, but I’m tired of it. So he’s a rich dick. Everything I do gives money to some rich dick. Everything you do does so as well. And I’m tired of making my life harder just so a different rich dick gets my money.
I use Tuta for multiple domains and it’s been an amazing experience so far.
Tuta - https://tuta.com/
(Formerly known as Tutanota)
that’s a dope effect on mobile
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.
Iirc my email on proton is encrypted. I believe I set it up that way. Good provider for me.
Before the CEO of Proton came out as a nutjob I might have been inclined to agree…
