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Recommendation for Email-Provider (lemmy.world)

submitted 2 months ago by andylicious1337@lemmy.world to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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It's me again with another question for recommendation 🙈 This time I am searching for a new Email-Provider:

Currently I am using mailbox.org (privacy-friendly provider based in Germany). Since my subscription is comming to an end there, I tought about switching to proton mail-plus. What I like about them is, that they have an easy way of creating alias-emails and also support the option to use your own domain.

But maybe you gals and guys have another great provider which offers good features for a good price.

Also: I dont need Cloud-Storage or anything like that, so just mail is fine.

Thx in regards :)

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[–] shortwavesurfer@lemmy.zip 52 points 2 months ago (1 children)

Personally i use proton with my own domain

[–] vu2tum@lemmy.radio 17 points 2 months ago (1 children)

same here. Proton with own domain!

[–] SandbagTiara2816@lemmy.dbzer0.com 15 points 2 months ago (2 children)

I use Proton and really like it, but I don’t know how to go about using my own domain (though I am interested in it). How difficult is it for someone without webdev and self hosting experience to get set up?

[–] CatsGoMOW@lemmy.world 15 points 2 months ago

You can start here: https://proton.me/support/custom-domain

[–] vu2tum@lemmy.radio 2 points 2 months ago

Step 1. Get your own domain. I bought from porkbun. This was a difficult choice for me, having heard /read cases of domain hijacking by unethical domain sellers. Porkbun had decent reviews. Step2. Follow instructions on protonmail custom domains. Wait for all the greyed out tags to turn green. I was impatient and my domain was marked as spam by Spamhaus. Had to open ticket with them to get off their list step3: enjoy!

additional steps. I moved my dns provider to cloudflare if you wish to go that route.