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Please suggest a good and relatively affordable private email provider. I am considering tuta, mailbox right now. I know proton has gone rogue.

I cannot self host one and the email provider must be somewhat reputable as I will be using this for my work portfolio. Anything with €1-€3 per month is encouraged.

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[–] [email protected] 26 points 4 days ago (3 children)

Tuta. Regardless of email provider, chose one that lets you use your own domain - that way it's easier to change providers.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I’ve been using Tuta for several years now, I didn’t know I could use my own domain!

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Paid tiers only i think, but yes.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I am a paid tier… and I have my own business… this is really something I need to do.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Do it. It’s very straightforward.

  • Buy a domain.
  • Edit the DNS records to make your provider work with your domain.
  • In Tuta (or even an alias service like Addy), create new emails using your custom domain.
  • Done.

Whenever you need to switch providers such as if Tuta decides to support fascism like Proton’s CEO, you can easily switch to a new provider. Then add your domain to the provider, update your DNS records to point to your new provider, click Save. Done. And you won’t have to change your email addresses ever again.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago

This is amazing, thank you

[–] [email protected] 11 points 4 days ago (2 children)

I strongly recommend this as well. Swapped to Tuta and my own domain after leaving Proton. Having a domain for future moves is huge, I wish I had considered it sooner.

[–] [email protected] 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)

I like to dish out advice without actually following it.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 3 days ago

Me to a depressed internet stranger: "Life is worth living"

Also me: Want to end my life every day

[–] [email protected] 3 points 4 days ago

oh yeah, I have my own domain since Uhm 2004 and have switched providers about, hm, six times without problems. I never delete emails either (spam I do) and just use Thunderbird's drag and drop to move MA mails from one server to another.

[–] [email protected] -2 points 3 days ago

Proton lets you do that too.