Thinking of starting media creation, want to have an email address dedicated to that purpose. Don’t want to go with Gmail as I’d like to phase Google out of my life, amd Protonmail seems incorrect for this because it largely wouldn’t be encrypted mail.
Recommendations?
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The CEO of Proton recently came out as a right wing partisan who supports American neofascism. I would look elsewhere for email providers, Proton is not as trustworthy as they purport to be.
Yeah, gotta find a new VPN also. What an asshole (the CEO).
It was completely shocking, I would expect him to be smart enough not to make statements like that but I guess it’s masks off now that their guy is in power.
We’re probably on a list now, for besmirching him.
cough Mullvad cough
Omigod.
Proton is not the sum total of one of its board members.
Buy a domain name and put that on the service provider of your choice.
I have no basis by which to choose a service provider.
Fastmail has been great for me for years now
I use Proton, but I also use their VPN and password manager. Aliases are also nice.
Your domain provider might have a basic service for low cost.
You can get a low tier google workspace.
Zoho exists.
You can get an exchange p1 license.
You can buy your own Synology and run an email server off it if your ISP allows.
I use google workspace but it’s from when they had a free service. If I needed to switch today I’d go with Exchange online, or I’d find a cheap Colo near me and put a Synology pair in it.
How much does this cost you, and are there any drawbacks?
Maybe $20/year for the domain and some addl services.
Exchange online for a single user is $48/year according to their website.
Knowing I can move my domain whenever I want is worth something.
But do not host your own email server unless you hate yourself.
If you can find a cloud email security gateway for a decent price it wouldn’t be that bad for an experienced email admin.
Bring your own domain.
You don’t want to be locked in to one mail provider for life. Just bring your domain when you leave.
I’ve had mine since 2010. First on Gmail, then proton and now purelymail. Gmail is evil. Proton is pricy, and more so if you have several domains. Purelymail is very affordable in comparison.
I’m happy with Fastmail. Making masked emails is great to me, and you can bring your own domain with you. It also is integrated with 1password.
Fastmail and bring your own domain is the way.
Iirc my email on proton is encrypted. I believe I set it up that way. Good provider for me.
