Posteo is affordable and, at least to my liking, private enough.
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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.
Proton's free tier gives you 1 GB storage, 25 MB attachments,50 emails per hour, 150 per day. Plenty for most personal uses.
Migadu at 19USD/year is pretty good. I've had my domain with them for two years and it works really good.
Seconded, been with migadu for 2 years now with multiple custom domains, it's flawless!
If I had to nitpick, I'd point to the outdated UI, but even that screams 'solid' to me, as compared to the modern JS front-ends.
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
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.
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Mailbox; it's also recommended by PrivacyGuides. Privacy Policy.
Runbox works well for me.
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
Explain what's wrong with them. I'm just curious about your opinion.
I'm curious too. Please let us know what is/are the issue(s) with Infomaniak. I had been leaning towards switching to them.
They have a free tier as well, or at least did in my country at the time I signed up. This is the service I settled on. I haven't even started to transition all my email over there though.
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.
If you have a VPS with a company that's not super shady, and you don't mind jumping through hoops for a few of the bigger providers (Microsoft + Google are the worst) and running around getting off any blocklists once when you start using the IP, it is not actually that hard to host your own.
That said, this advice probably applies more to people who, for example, already know what ssh is and already know or don't mind learning what DMARC is, for example. Someone who isn't technical and doesn't want to become technical probably is better off with paying someone else to host a mailserver for them.
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