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What's the best approach to email today? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 1 year ago by danileonis@lemmy.ml to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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And what do you actually use? I know the answer is probably self-hosting but maybe there are other solutions for a decent privacy.

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[–] mojo@lemm.ee 10 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (3 children)

I own a custom domain and actually use Tutanota as my host. Self hosting is a nightmare and easy to fuck up, which leads to your emails getting sent to spam or just not receiving. I use custom domain support in Tutanota that costs me $12/yr (2 custom domains) and my domain is $15/yr. Since custom domains stick out like a sore thumb, if I need privacy then I will use AnonAddy to forward to my email with an anonymous forwarder.

Like 99.9% of my emails aren't encrypted but that's not the point. Tutanota removes a lot of the privacy leaks via metadata and has privacy protection measures by default like disabling images from automatically loading. Also it's calendar/contacts/email all rolled into one and everything is e2ee. Not to mention, unlike ProtonMail, they have their own push service that works on DeGoogled Android and can be installed from fdroid.

[–] ares35@kbin.social 6 points 1 year ago

this is a very sensible alternative to actually going all-in on self-hosting mail, which is a total pain in the ass.

[–] umami_wasbi@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Oh wow. Maybe I will migrate to Tutanota from Proton then. That price, function, and dedication to privacy sounds quite attractive to me.

[–] mojo@lemm.ee 3 points 1 year ago

I'll just say though, the client is kind of rough and may be missing a lot of features you're used to.