Date: Fri, 09 Nov 2018 18:06:06 +0000 From: Lorenzo Salvadore <phascolarctos@protonmail.ch> To: FreeBSD Questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: OT: good free email service? Message-ID: <HyS4YlAQtbV2or5Vuw6heKRefNuW0U_I6Z8Fbz7PHDfyQ7c7a4IWByFcD2kUfUKzA5W1y7NdjtNd3LNdxJcTYq5r6P4elP80dj-n6QkxmlM=@protonmail.ch> In-Reply-To: <CAHieY7Q9gP5=y=Hkzi%2BVksK1VYz8Kd9jfs%2BiSBtoBTPwKsB-GQ@mail.gmail.com> References: <58d8ccb4-bbe1-d845-ae59-81287c402187@kicp.uchicago.edu> <CAHieY7Q9gP5=y=Hkzi%2BVksK1VYz8Kd9jfs%2BiSBtoBTPwKsB-GQ@mail.gmail.com>
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> On Fri, Nov 9, 2018 at 11:20 AM Valeri Galtsev galtsev@kicp.uchicago.edu > wrote: > > > Dear All, > > I know it is an oxymoron: good free ... service ;-) > > Still, can someone recommend good free email service? > > There used to be many, maybe Linuxmail is still around etc. but the truth > is that anything "free" is in exchange for your privacy in one way or > another. Even on some paid services, they may still put something in the > T&C such that they can share data for marketing purposes. > > So IMO you are left with 2 choices: > > 1. Setup you own server (e.g. FreeBSD ;-)) and manage your own email ser= ver. > 2. Pay some good and relatively inexpensive party to manage your email > > I did (1) for years until I got fed up with controlling spam, viruses= , spf, > reverse DNS, and being put (or putting others) on black lists etc. Bu= t it > works and it's free. > > After I discovered HushMail I am very happy to pay the $60 or so per = user > per year. It's really NOTHING if you cherish your privacy and your ti= me: > > https://www.hushmail.com > > There are probably others like them, but I cannot recommend anything = I > haven't used myself. And I recommend these guys two hands down. I am using protonmail since about 1 year and I found it very good: https://protonmail.com/ It is focused on security and privacy. They use easy end-to-end encryption when possible, i.e. from a protonmail account to a protonmail account, and zero access encryption (that means that they cannot read your mails even if they want to; of course this is true only once the encryption has been d= one: if you receive a non encrypted mail, for example from a gmail account, then= , in theory, they would be able to read it, and indeed it passes through the spa= m filter, but after the spam filter it is encrypted and unreadable to anyone = except you). The free account is very restriced (only 3 folders and 3 labels), but if it= is enough for you you might be happy with it. Paied accounts are not expensive and th= ey will probably make a discount soon for black friday or cyber monday. Keep in mind that it is still in construction and they do not have FreeBSD in mind (they are not working on any easy way to download your mail on your computer; they are working on it for linux ho= wever and it might work for FreeBSD too, maybe after a little work; for the momen= t you can only use the web interface). Lorenzo Salvadore.
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