I’ve been wanting to move on from gmail for a while now, thought about self hosting but I’m afraid I won’t have the time or ability to keep it running well for a long period of time. Which service would you guys recommend? I’m not an avid email user, I basically just sign up to websites and send support emails once in a while.

    • Zozano@lemmy.world
      1·
      3 years ago

      Proton just keeps getting better, it seems like they’re trying to create a suite to compete with Microsoft.

      Email, cloud storage, VPN, calendar and recently password manager.

      I do wish their VPN client for Linux was a priority sooner (they’re working on it now). Also, I can’t get email notifications on my degoogled phone because it uses Firebase for push notifications.

      Other than that, I love Proton. I pay for Proton Unlimited, I’m happy to support their growth for a great product range.

      • badelf@lemmy.ml
        1·
        3 years ago

        I use their mail bridge to my PC, and then whatever client you want. I use Evolution.

  • foo@withachanceof.com
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’m a Protonmail user (on a paid plan) and like it. The bridge application works decently well on Linux with my desktop mail client. Their 24 month billing plan makes it $3.5/month.

  • kworpy@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 years ago

    I recommend Proton Mail if you just want a simple, no fuss email service. It’s free with some paid options, but the paid options are super unecessary and pretty much useless if you just use email to sign up and send support emails. Proton Mail also blocks trackers and cleans links in your emails.

      • Zo0@feddit.de
        1·
        3 years ago

        Can I ask how you deal with it? Free tutanota lacks even the most basic features i.e. offline mode/search. I switched to proton after a month, it was infuriating

        • Anamana@feddit.de
          11·
          3 years ago

          I just use it for ordering stuff and for registering to newsletters. It’s fine, but yeah sometimes you want to find older emails and it’s a pain in the ass to do that, because of the search function.

  • nasa1531@sh.itjust.works
    1·
    3 years ago

    Proton has a great free tier that may work well for you. I’ve used them for a while now and it’s been great. They have what is probably the most feature-complete private email service out there (unless I’m forgetting something). The main nitpick I have with them is how little they focus on Linux, but that applies more for their other services than email.

  • /home/pineapplelover@lemm.ee
    1·
    3 years ago

    I’m a proton unlimited subscriber and it comes with proton vpn and simplelogin premium on top of the 500GB email inbox. I’m very satisfied with it. Signing up for lots of things with email aliases from simplelogin is very convenient and useful for cleaning your inbox of spam

      • Pablo@lemmy.world
        1·
        3 years ago

        I’ve made the switch from relay to proton pass aliases. It’s great but with relay you can block spam which is not sth that you’ll get with proton pass

    • bfly75@feddit.nl
      2·
      3 years ago

      I also switched to Migadu recently, because Mailbox.org removed support for own domains from their cheapest package. Good experience (so far) with both.