Looking for a cheap and reputable inbox from a company with a decent privacy policy. Don’t mind paying, but it’s gotta be less than 30 USD a year; I do not need anything but the ability to send and receive emails for accounts and correspondence.
Disroot could be an option. Free and privacy-friendly, from what I know.
You can also pay for extra storage and donate to use your own domain: https://disroot.org/perks
Mailbox.org is good. Decent pricing and features. Been using it for two years
Mailbox isn’t just good for email. It’s great for getting rid of so many Google services for me. Email, calendar, contacts, TODO lists, online storage, WebDAV sync storage.
I’ve also used mailbox.org for a couple years and have found it works great for me. I’m just on their lowest pricing tier and it has all the features I need including aliases.
I also find that the domain ‘mailbox.org’ sounds super normal and doesn’t raise eyebrows when I have to say it out loud to a customer service person or whatever.
Mailo, 1€/20GB.
Runbox works well for me.
Posteo is affordable and, at least to my liking, private enough.
I have been extremely satisfied with Posteo, and it’s so affordable too!
I actually have an alias specificay for my fediverse/matrix shenanigans :3
That’s what I was going to suggest, I’ve tried proton mail and tuta, currently settled on Posteo
I see a combination of issues with Posteo, mailbox.org, fastmail, and many other commonly suggested providers that made me steer away from them: 1) they don’t have a free tier, and 2) they recycle your email address if you stop paying. Using a custom domain for email is not generally considered a best practice for privacy, so I avoid that too. This greatly reduces the number of options available to me.
Edit: my issue is not with 1 alone. The problem is the combination of 1 and 2. It means that if you’re unable to pay for the service for any reason in the future, your old email address can be taken over by someone else.
Well personally, I don’t consider 1 to be a red flag, if you dont pay for the product you are the product. I understand wanting a free tier though. 2 is 100% valid, 3 (the point on custom domains) is also valid, although I already use Addy.Io as an aliasing service so I’ve given up blending in with the crowd there.
I use posteo and I prepay for a year at a time. Credit usage varies since I’m always adding/removing aliases which cost like .10/ea/mo (you do get 3 free ones). I also know from experience that they don’t just delete all your emails if you are late paying. It’s honestly not something I’ve been concerned with personally.
Mailbox; it’s also recommended by PrivacyGuides. Privacy Policy.
Tutanota
For less than $30/year, you could buy your own domain and use it with any number of reliable paid email providers giving you a level of control that isn’t possible with the usual suspects. You don’t need a vps or have to host anything yourself if you don’t want to.
I’ve used Purelymail for a few years and have no issues adding them to the recommendations from others here.
One thing to consider is whether you want IMAP to be able to set up your preferred clients instead of using the providers webmail/apps.
I’ve been with Purelymail for years on several domains I look after. Not had a single issue. I went to them for pricing and simplicity but their privacy looks fine to me too.
The cheapest Infomaniak tier is about 25€ per year. The sign up process is a bit confusing because by the end you have like 3 passwords or something but once you get it going it’s a decent service. I don’t use it myself but I set it up for my parents and after initial setup it has been working without issues.
Keep away from Infomaniak. Trust me
host your own
That’s a pretty bad advice for a guy that mentioned he wants a “reputable inbox”. Don’t host your own. You’ll be sending emails and wondering why they’re not received because your IP was blacklisted / marked as spam.
