[jeffpan]

Originally Posted by InquiringMind

A US based friend is looking for a new free email that can be accessed by IMAP. I know that this has been discussed often in the various forums here. One of the choices is GMX.com

In Tutanota's ads they claim that GMX was described in the past in a German publication as reading clients' emails.

https://tutanota.com/blog/posts/gmx-tutanota-comparison

https://www.bluebit.de/news/web.de-u...erten-31410791

Is this still true ? Does GMX read their customers' emails ?

TIA

they read email by machine for ADs promotions.
read by manual? I don't think so. but, if DE or EU gov/org has the requirements, 1and1, as well as t-online, gmail, yahoo, hotmail, will be possible to read user's emails and return them back to GOVs.
If the strictest privacy is a must, I suggest to use the dedicated encrypted services such as proton, Tuta, Skiff etc.