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Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#81

https://improvmx.com/ is free for 1 email

It’s also just forwarding, not email hosting.

you could use something like proton mail free for hosting if you want something free ?

Sure they have it for 500 mb , but there was a deal to get 5gb instead but I think (Okay so I don't have 5gb) but still 500mb is decent enough , like some others said , you could also export some emails locally and use syncthing but I don't know for me 500mb is decent

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#82
post #5

Use it for email redirection from my domain. Just a few bucks per year

https://improvmx.com/

how about improvmx , it gives redirection for free , I have also discovered it right now in this thread though I think I had heard about it (I am not sure , I know of some email software where you pay one time and then you can self host or they host I am not sure)

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#83

Do you want free email for multiple addresses on multiple domains with all the features of a Gmail? Just setup Cloudflare to manage your email, create rules to forward to regular Gmail accounts, which you can configure to send email from your domains. 100% free.

You can't send outgoing mail to arbitrary email addresses. You can only reply, synchronously, to incoming emails.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#85
post #74

This is unfair comparison to Proton as it is bundled with their VPN, Calendar, Drive, and Password manager. Given all it comes with, it's very competitively priced. Additionally, they've been at it a long time and built a strong brand around privacy.

But you can’t debundle those — you cannot get ProtonMail (which doesn’t have IMAP) without ProtonCalendar (which doesn’t have CalDAV), ProtonVPN, Proton Password Manager, and an expanding suite of services I already have solutions for that I like better. Being cheaper and only doing mail is a huge plus.

ProtonMail has IMAP via ProtonMail Bridge, which handles the decrypt/encrypt step locally - not sure how else it would be implemented. Ideas?

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#86

For the use case presented, one user 3GB, Zoho is absolutely free. It's free for up to 5 users at 5GB each, in fact. I've been using it for a few years now and love it. Will gladly pay if they kick me off the free plan.

Zoho free plan doesn't include IMAP or POP.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#87
This has roughly the same pricing as Fastmail just that it offers much smaller plans. If you are really that tight about money, have your domain DNS on cloudflare and redirect mail to gmail and send from a Cloudflare worker. A bit of a hassle but completely free.

Fastmail is worth it though as it has a really good web client and can do other nice things (Calendar, rules, notes, store random files, etc..)

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#88
post #86

For the use case presented, one user 3GB, Zoho is absolutely free. It's free for up to 5 users at 5GB each, in fact. I've been using it for a few years now and love it. Will gladly pay if they kick me off the free plan.

Zoho free plan doesn't include IMAP or POP.

That's completely fair, but should have been included as criteria in the price comparison section.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#89
Delaware incorporation is the norm, but for anyone who cares about dragnet surveillance, the state of incorporation is important, as well as the country.

Proton also does end-to-end encrypted email and supposedly, your emails are never stored decrypted, they are decrypted in your browser and in ingress/egress out of their environment. They're also hosting in switzerland.

That said, like many, I also am looking for an alternative. I pay them too much to not care about their CEO's political commentary.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

#90

Delaware incorporation is the norm, but for anyone who cares about dragnet surveillance, the state of incorporation is important, as well as the country. Proton also does end-to-end encrypted email and supposedly, your emails are never stored decrypted, they are decrypted in your browser and in ingress/egress out of their environment. They're also hosting in switzerland. That said, like many, I also am looking for an…

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