The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it’s you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options.

There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.eu/category/email/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.

I’ve also started tracking impact to help keep the momentum. If there are any other stats, please share them so I can add them to the guides and, eventually, the website.

As always, I more than welcome criticism and ideas!

  • titanicx@lemmy.zipEnglish
    1·
    3 days ago

    Funny how the number 4 largest email provider isn’t even listed here. Yahoo had something like 230m users, just over half of outlook (Hotmail).

  • Ontimp@feddit.orgEnglish
    6·
    4 days ago

    Nice guide, some of the information seems outdated or incorrect though. I know that Proton and Tuta have their own apps (and even require them to be used afaik). Proton also has a surrounding ecosystem with a VPN service etc. Same does for them having a free tier. GMX belongs to its sister service web.de, which is not on the list but which is functionality almost identical, and both of them also have their own apps.

    So the classification on the right seems a little arbitrary.

      • Ontimp@feddit.orgEnglish
        3·
        4 days ago

        Aaaaah yes I see, now I didn’t get that that was supposed to be a Venn diagram

      • ChaoticNeutralCzech@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        3 days ago

        There’s also this option, perhaps for very unbalanced categories

        ╳┌───────┐
╳│┌───┐╳╳│
╳└┼───┼──┘
╳╳└───┘

        Basically the two boxes’ boundaries should cross, not overlap. Unfortunately, that takes away some symmetry and cleanliness. Maybe a symmetrical pair of boxes with chamfers (45° corners) crossing could work?

        Otherwise, you need color or shading.

  • fragrantvegetable@sopuli.xyzEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    I’ve been with Infomaniak for some time now and quite happy. Their 1.50 EUR for 5 mailboxes is hard to beat. I mainly chose them as they offer a decent android app , which is also open source and on f-droid. They are also as far as I know the only provider, apart from fastmail, that offer proper email threads/discussions, i.e. where your responses are shown alongside the received emails within the same thread. I haven’t tried out all providers though so I’d be interested to hear if there are others with this feature. Unfortunately the app can be a bit sluggish at times but it’s mostly serviceable.

    • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Also used both Fastmail and Infomaniak Mail. Ended up using Infomaniak Mail as there email grouping works really well.

    • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      For some reason, not all of the tools are being published to the website. Mailfence has been added so will look into this tonight.

    • Aufgehtsabgehts@feddit.orgEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I had a great support interaction with them. They helped me with a problem barely connected to their service, with a lot of patience.

      And they seem to be very privacy respecting.

      Would choose mailbox.org again.

  • vodka@feddit.orgEnglish
    4·
    4 days ago

    Migadu is also an excellent option, especially if you want to run multiple domains.

    Their approach to not giving a shit about your total amount of mailboxes, or amount of domains you use, and only care about the amount of email you send and receive (which isn’t strictly enforced anyway) is fantastic.

    I’ve got 4 family members on my plan. All of which fit nicely in their cheapest plan since they’re firstname@lastname emails that aren’t used for spam signups.

    • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      Migadu

      Will look to include them! Looks like an excellent choice for a straightforward email provider. Thanks for the suggestion.

    • anelephant@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      4 days ago

      I too use Migadu and had no issues so far. The client I use the most is ThunderBird, but it doesn’t matter which is used.

      Although ThunderBird is not on iOS, got any recommendations for a FLOSS client on that platform?

      • vodka@feddit.orgEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        Whenever i use iOS I just use the default apple mail app. Sadly it doesn’t do PGP, and no FOSS email app for iOS does as far as I know… So most of my important email is unreadable anyway.

        Hopefully Thunderbird for iOS will be available soon.

  • blinfabian@feddit.nlEnglish
    2·
    4 days ago

    is there any reason to use for example the fairmail client with a proton mail? or is the regular client just as fine? educate me

    • FallenWalnut@lemmy.worldOPEnglish
      1·
      4 days ago

      The only reason would be if you preferred FairMail’s interface, for example. You usually only use a different email client if the provider you have doesn’t offer its own option or is limited in features.

      • blinfabian@feddit.nlEnglish
        1·
        4 days ago

        ahh alright. ive never used an email provider that doenst have its own client tho (gmail, microsoft, proton, tuta)

  • B0rax@feddit.orgEnglish
    1·
    4 days ago

    I would like to replace iCloud mail. But I heavily use their „hide my mail“ functionality where I can create as many randomly generated aliases as I want. Is there another service like that?