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Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by freeone3000 »

6LLvveMx2koXfwn wrote: post #85
freeone3000 wrote: post #76

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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?

they offer a web client, so, they already have decryption keys for your email. They should just offer IMAPS like everybody else and stop pretending they couldn’t read your email if they wanted to.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by omnimus »

WrongOnInternet wrote: post #57
mometsi wrote: post #4

Seems like a reasonable alternative to Proton for multiple domains: email that costs money instead of being haunted by AI. That logo is creepy though, and implies exactly the opposite.

Their comparison of themselves to Proton is rather deceptive. If you're willing have only 1GB of storage, instead of 3GB, you can get proton for free. And at the price they list ($48/yr), you'd get 15GB storage, plus a lot more. And no, I was not paid by proton to say this. I only have the free plan.

This claim is also rather deceptive because the free proton mail does not allow custom domain. To get your own domain with proton you have to get 4usd/month plan.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by dejan »

tonyoconnell wrote: post #58

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.

just forwarding is great if you can afford losing mail. Gmail will drop your messages occasionally.

You can use gmail's own relay for sending but it won't DKIM sign which is a must even for Gmail itself.

for a more reliable solution use forwarding AND POP3 fetching with some provoder OR use https://gmailify.com which offers own relays too for ~$7 a year.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by omnimus »

nomilk wrote: post #27

How difficult is exporting from one provider into another (e.g. from gmail into proton or purely)? I guess normies like me are a bit hesitant due to the risk of messing it up (would be a disaster to lose years of emails, as some are important for record-keeping). Curious to hear from people who've done(/attempted) it and how it went? Was it hard? Were there risks? Any regrets?

After trying to do this many times using scripting or even paid services… i came to conclusion that easiest and most reliable way is to add both accounts in Thunderbird and copy paste the emails.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by crossroadsguy »

Like every last time it was posted. It’s not suitable for anything other than your hobby email domain. If you use your email with your bank, and other critical services I’d seriously not go with a one-person show.

> Also, we're in beta

https://purelymail.com/about

> We're a small company. So small, the "we" is royal.

I wish Scott best of luck and I hope one day it reaches there but until it is anything but confidence boosting.

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by dejan »

notepad0x90 wrote: post #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…

end-to-end encryption? yes, if both users are on Proton - but don't call it email then.

Storing encrypted makes only sense when keys are not in their hands. Plaintext password enters their system on each login which means they can have your decryption key at any point if needed.

smoke and mirrors marketing...

Re: Purelymail: Cheap, no-nonsense email

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Post by ffsm8 »

crossroadsguy wrote: post #116

Like every last time it was posted. It’s not suitable for anything other than your hobby email domain. If you use your email with your bank, and other critical services I’d seriously not go with a one-person show. > Also, we're in beta https://purelymail.com/about > We're a small company. So small, the "we" is royal. I wish Scott best of luck and I hope one day it reaches there but until it is anything but confidence…

Whenever I come across landing pages I always wonder, how many people are the "we" and "team" really. It feels disingenuous to use these terms under such circumstances, but he's definitely not a minority doing so. It's kinda the norm, wherever we (｡ ◕ ‿ ◕ ｡) like it or not
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