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I’m trying to degooogle my personal email address and replace it with a different email that doesn’t collect my data and its secure as well. Any suggestions for that?

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[–] dbx12@programming.dev 29 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Proton Mail sounds quite promising to me

[–] ablackcatstail@lemmy.goblackcat.com 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Hostinger isn't bad either. That said I would really like to self-host but everyone rightly tells me not to deal with it.

[–] snowbell@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I know someone who self hosts email and they are constantly bitching that people don't get their emails

[–] HamsterRage@lemmy.ca 7 points 1 year ago (3 children)

Unknown domains often get refused connections from mail servers. Also, it can be easy to get blacklisted.

[–] nerdguy1138@beehaw.org 8 points 1 year ago

Yes, because an unknown domain is practically guaranteed to be spammy garbage. Probably malware too.

Don't self host mail. Just use a privacy respecting and encrypted mail provider.

[–] realslef@fedia.io 3 points 1 year ago

Big mail does act like a cartel sometimes. It should be easier to self host. It's a freedom worth encouraging.

[–] realslef@fedia.io 2 points 1 year ago

Big mail does act like a cartel sometimes. It should be easier to self host. It's a freedom worth encouraging.

[–] themadcodger@kbin.social 7 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (1 children)

I've been using Proton since it first came out and have had no problems with it. I have a paid account because it's worth it to me to not be the product. And for about $5/mo I get encrypted email, calendar, vpn, drive, and password manager (though I primarily only use the first three).

They have a free version that lets you try it out, though with limited features.

[–] irasponsible@beehaw.org 1 points 1 year ago

The Mail Plus version of the Password Manager doesn't have any option for 2FA unfortunately, only if you pay for unlimited (US$12/mo).