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Run your own!
I thought there is a high chance of getting blocked by spam filters if you're not using a reputable email host. Is this true at all?
Google will complain about deliveries if you don't have IPv6 records. Everything else: DKIM, SPF, etc is optional and helpful.
Simple greylisting works wonders to block incoming spam.
I can highly recommend https://mailbox.org/en/ . Based in Germany, complying to German data privacy laws. The smallest package is 1€/month with 2 GB storage for e-mails, 3 aliases, POP3/IMAP, calendar, address book, tasks. There are also options for anonymous registration and payment. They also have encryption built in: you can do PGP encryption in the webinterface. It also shows you whether there is working transpor…
If you care about your privacy, then you could consider ProtonMail as well.. Based in Switzerland and cares a lot about encryption and privacy. https://protonmail.com
The things that made eventually got me to make the switch were:
- I realized email is basically a utility for me. So while I'm happy to spend $30/mo on cell phone, $60 on my home ISP, etc, it was kind of crazy to think I wouldn't spend $4/mo on email - FastMail had great reviews. Pretty much every time I did research to answer "is this really the best choice?" the answer was always yes - They seem to really care about IMAP as an idea. If you read through their blog, they do a lot of work to make sure IMAP is a great open standard for communication. That means their support for the protocol is always getting better, and they're improving OSS projects related to IMAP that they use.
Also they keep getting better. Aside from dropping XMPP support (which I can understand, though I have yet to find a suitable replacement for), their service offerings have gotten better since I signed up. Obviously email is email, but there are many little things that have received constant updates since I joined (better admin dashboard, better mail/contact/cal push support for iOS, more sensible billing options)
I could go on, but paying whatever I pay for FastMail service has definitely gone from "ehh do I really want to pay that much for email?" to me really liking supporting them as a company. If they were to increase prices a reasonable amount at some point, I probably wouldn't hesitate paying it.
Unlike Germany, Switzerland is not a U.S. ally and as such, it doesn’t have to comply with the NSA or other U.S. authority demands.
They just recently released standalone apps for iOS and Android and I believe they are working on desktop apps as well. The Web interface is fast and modern and its creators come from CERN, with deep respect for civil liberties online…
The Basic account (normally $30 a year) can be purchased for three years at $80.
The Standard account (normally $50 a year) can be purchased for three years at $130.
The Professional account (normally $90 a year) can be purchased for three years at $230.
I can highly recommend https://mailbox.org/en/ . Based in Germany, complying to German data privacy laws. The smallest package is 1€/month with 2 GB storage for e-mails, 3 aliases, POP3/IMAP, calendar, address book, tasks. There are also options for anonymous registration and payment. They also have encryption built in: you can do PGP encryption in the webinterface. It also shows you whether there is working transpor…
After having checked out their website, the one thing I don't like about them is how they say they'll reject spam before it reaches users' accounts (i.e. reach the spam folder or inbox). That sounds like a good thing in theory, but I've seen so many legitimate emails be marked as spam by aggressive spam systems that I fear losing legitimate emails if emails looking like spam are rejected and don't even reach the spam…
There have been e-mails that took around 5 minutes to show up in my inbox, but this was mostly with "low-traffic-domains" and only for the first e-mail. Subsequent e-mails have been delivered instantly.
And: it's a really nice not to have to check one's spam folder every day for falsely marked legitimate mails. I am very happy with the automatic system.
I recently had this exact question. I finally decided on Pawnmail ( https://pawnmail.com/ ). It's free and you get 2 GB. I was worried whether it'd randomly shut down, so I emailed the creator, http://pastebin.com/raw/eWG8RQqk , and it looks like it'll be safe for a while. I have no idea whether using services like these is a good idea.
Don't use email. Just use end-to-end encryptions?! I may be slightly churlish and glib.