The hope is that this guide and website can act as a simple way to introduce newcomers - whether it’s you, friends or family - into this space and try something else besides the default options.
There is also a community-driven, open-source site ( https://purchasewithpurpose.io/category/email/ ) that aims to make this even easier. This includes screenshots, ratings and a larger feature list.
I’ve also started tracking impact to help keep the momentum. If there are any other stats, please share them so I can add them to the guides and, eventually, the website.
As always, I more than welcome criticism and ideas!
I think I say that for each iteration of that great graphics but Swiss laws ARE NOT the same as european ones!
You really should label the services based in Switzerland differently than EU (Infomaniak, Proton and Kolab) especially that the laws are evolving and Switzerland might become a worse place than Germany for such services (hopefully not, let’s cross our fingers)
Disroot.org seems like a great free/open alternative. Works great for me…
One thing that has helped me is using addy.io for creating aliases for any service/website that I sign up for.
It has made it incredibly easy to switch email services without having to update each and every website I have an account with.
For example, recently I didn’t like the name of the email account I had on proton. So, I created a new account, went to Addy.io, changed the setting for where all my emails get directed to by default, updated the PGP key for encryption and at that point all future emails were being routed to the new email address. I could have just as easily switched over to a different provider.
Proton gets some bonus points because they have a tool that will allow you to export all of your emails as well as reimporting them into another account.
+1 for addy.io!
I use it with a domain I bought just for emails. So for example I’ll use [email protected] for my Icelandair account and addy.io forwards all the emails addressed to my aliases to my Posteo email address. Nobody ever sees my Posteo address (great for security) and thanks to addy.io I can switch email providers in minutes. If addy.io ever stops working then I own the domain where all my emails are headed, so I can change a few settings to keep receiving them.
Will look at adding addy.io in the resource section. Sounds like it is a really useful tool when managing these accounts.
simplelogin.io is also a similar service to addy.io. It’s now owned by Proton.
More email clients:
- Linux/Unix
- Evolution
- KMail
- Geary
- Android
- Ltt.rs (JMAP Only)
- CLI
- NeoMutt
- aerc
Thanks, will look to see how best to add these. Might not be all though as I don’t want to overwhelm people with too many options.
- Linux/Unix
What the three groupings on the right hand side for?
I guess the top one is free and the bottom offers an eco system, but thst about the middle group?
First letter in the first paragraph is missing mate.
Includes big pink “S” for sustainable declarations in the graphic legend - proceeds to never use it once.
My bad! Must have deleted it by mistake. Thanks for flagging.
Tbh. this guide was not very helpful. Tuta and proton in the free tire for example do not offer SMTP, if I am not mistaken; so I cannot use it with thunderbird. I am missing information here such as storage size and max mail size.
The website might be more helpful to you, but it still doesn’t go into that level of granularity. This is meant more for those who aren’t too technical and want help getting started on this journey.
I mean, choosing a different provider is an important step, but automatically getting your mails out, informing important (or all) contacts and potentially doing that for your loved ones (cause we’re the tech support, right? ) seems to remain an unsolved problem.
Might I suggest you include steps for how to set up automatic forwarding in the incumbent providers? I can’t be the only one intimidated by the prospect of moving all my shit to a new account.
I have had a mail.com address for decades. It was my first e-mail address, and using a 3rd party client for it, I have had zero issues. I don’t really use it much anymore since the novelty of having a mindless.com address wore off a loooong time ago.
I use message.casa.
Am I the only person who is worried about why the Proton CEO was lobbying in the US in the first place? Democrats have sucked for a while, so the fact that he was only able to get a response from the right is not particularly surprising. But wtf was he doing with them anyways? All parties are bought and paid for so anything in tech that actually helped can’t possibly be good.
