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24 Nov 2021, 04:04 PM | #16 | ||
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I think something else went wrong. Have you been able to reach them for an explanation. |
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25 Nov 2021, 05:19 AM | #17 | |
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25 Nov 2021, 06:26 AM | #18 | ||
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7 Dec 2021, 10:25 AM | #19 |
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Nope. No longer trying. As said, I'm not going to chase them around. I will be replacing Tutanota in January with Lavabit....way more expensive, but the Lavabit guy has earned trust by standing up to BigBro....Tutanota squandered their trust for a few dollars ripoff (or shoddy programming and playing hard to get).
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7 Dec 2021, 10:28 AM | #20 |
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Link worked for me after I posted it, and it still works now. You might have to use a VPN with country spoofing capability....like when you want to watch BBC junk from America, or Netflix junk from the EU.
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7 Dec 2021, 04:41 PM | #21 |
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The point is that if you file a report by pointing to a link that is obviously blocked then you cannot expect it to be taken seriously.
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31 Dec 2021, 01:46 AM | #22 |
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Just saw this post and was alarmed that Tutanota would suspend a PAID account like that after 6 months of inactivity or no logins. As a former customer and potential future customer again, and since I've had an up and down relationship with them in the past (due to other reasons that are foggy to me right now), this would obviously be a huge issue, and I'd never want to sign up with them again. So thank you for the report!
However, I then realized that I actually still had a paid account with them from a while ago, and I hadn't logged in for over 6 months. Perfect way to confirm the issue reported by the OP. And THEN I recalled it had some old important emails in it and I had totally forgotten about it! So then I logged in, NO PROBLEMS. My account opened up and there were my important emails I had forgotten about (thank goodness!), plus a handful of new emails that I didn't expect. So again, thanks for the report since it made me go and actually check on the account, and also realize I had some important emails in there... BUT also I was able to confirm that my paid account DID allow me to log in with over 6 months of inactivity. So perhaps a little more research is worth the time on the part of the OP to find out what might have happened. May I suggest the OP give one last shot at contacting Tutanota support and ask them? In my case my account was fine, but perhaps this was a fluke for the OP or something else happened with his account? |
31 Dec 2021, 02:56 AM | #23 |
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Quick follow up to my prior post -- I reached out to a friend who also had a paid account that he hadn't used for over 6 months, and like with my situation, he was also able to log in with no problems. (BTW he had moved over to Protonmail and hadn't touched his Tutanota account since the move.)
So that makes two paid accounts with more than 6 months inactivity and both accounts were still fine. So I hope the OP is still reading this thread and will consider reaching out to Tutanota to find out more about what happened to his account. |
16 Feb 2022, 04:15 AM | #24 | |
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On the other hand, ioneja had no issues logging in after >6 months of inactivity, so there may be another issue why you could not access your account. But then, I guess a service without reachable helpdesk is also not what you want... When it comes to the high-security mail providers, I really like Protonmail, would love to have another account with them but I understand that you cannot just sign up for more than 1 free account (??) as that would be taking advantage of a great service. I may try Mailfence. |
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16 Feb 2022, 06:15 AM | #25 | ||
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Overall I feel Tutanota is not quite as polished as Protonmail, but on the other hand Tutanota already released their calendar, and the Proton Calendar is still in beta. But both services are definitely better than a year ago IMO. Good things to come, crossing fingers! Quote:
BTW, at one point I had two free accounts with them, and then converted one to a paid account. So I have one paid and one free account now. Also, if you get their VPN service, but keep it totally separate from your existing ProtonMail email accounts (there are various reasons to do it this way), they will actually give you a *separate* free ProtonMail account as well, that's connected to your VPN account. So I think it's common for people to have more than one free account since you can get to that point via various different routes over time. I don't know their "official" policy, but they never gave me hassle when I had two free accounts. Also a good service. No iOS app that I know of, but it's in my top 10 favorite email services for sure. Several good options out there nowadays for people seeking more privacy. On a related note, this thread makes me realize all the progress that some of these more private services have been making in terms of features, UI, apps, stability, etc., I think I'm getting close to letting go of Fastmail in the near future. I've been with Fastmail for many years, and they are definitely one of my favorite providers (and usually the first provider I recommend to people who want to get away from Google, but who don't want to get into something like ProtonMail yet). But some of these more private providers are really closing the gap in features. I am really impressed to see the progress in Tutanota's and Protonmail's apps, for example, so much better than just a year or two ago. With the additional services that they've both been adding, like calendars (not available in the Protonmail iOS app yet, but works well in the Tutanota app), and other features in the works (ProtonDrive is in beta for example), I just don't know if Fastmail is as compelling as it was. Not to mention jurisdiction issues and various privacy laws that keep getting worse in Australia and the US, so Fastmail is losing it's appeal to me. Nothing against them as a company -- they've given me very good service overall for many years, and I like the Fastmail team -- I think they are good people -- but in order to solve their jurisdiction and related issues, they'd have to relocate outside Australia and move their servers outside of the US, and not use any services in India. That's not going to happen unfortunately. And I've also noticed some changes in wording in their user agreement which concerns me about jurisdictions and their legal compliance. That's a different discussion/thread of course. Anyway, I think Protonmail, Tutanota, Mailfence, (and other similar providers), etc... are mature enough and loaded with very good features now to really jump in. And re: the OP post on Tutanota, I still wish the OP would try to get in touch with them again to follow up on the login issue. Their support is indeed slow, but I've had a few exchanges with them and they seem like good guys who are trying very hard to make a good service. I'm writing off my prior issues with them a while back as growing pains and I can see some definite improvements. And like I said a few posts back, both my own paid account, and the paid account of a friend were both inactive for >6 months and we both had no issues getting back in. Cheers! |
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1 Jun 2022, 11:05 PM | #26 |
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I have just finished reading all the comments here about Tutanota, ProtonMail and Mailfence.
I have a paid account with Tutanota (still active) and while they are working great for the most parts, however they are lacking in terms of some basic functionality as my primary email, in particular when displaying HTML emails (I subscribed to lots of newsletters) are awful on mobile app (Android), and the inability to pinch to zoom makes it harder for me to read my newsletters/emails. Not to mention they don't have conversation for emails. Hence I'm with mailbox.org now and making use of FairEmail client which is near perfect. However I'm worried about their poor implementation of MFA/2FA whereby it only makes you enter 10 alphanumeric pin+token for logins, once you activated One Time Password (OTP). I'm not sure if I want to continue using mailbox.org but seriously I like the @secure.mailbox.org alias they offer which forces everything you send and receive in encrypted TLS/SSL. Maybe I should try Mailfence next? |
1 Jun 2022, 11:42 PM | #27 | |
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But I agree with you, it is an odd MFA/2FA implementation that doesn't inspire immediate confidence at 10 characters with TOTP, which is what I assume you are using. HOWEVER, you can use Yubikey, and that greatly extends the length of the MFA/2FA password, so there's a solution for you. Again, I assume you are using TOTP to get 10 chars (4+6). Yubikey is much much much much better in this case. I believe it is 40+ characters.... As for comparing the three -- Tutanota, Mailbox.org, Mailfence, I like all three, and I would currently "trust"* all three (*trust inasmuch as "trust" should be given to any email provider). Each service has strengths/weaknesses, but they are all good IMO, and on my personal short list of trusted providers right now. You just have to balance what things you want/need/prefer. YMMV. Good luck! |
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2 Jun 2022, 12:22 AM | #28 | |
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Yeah I have a base model Yubico security key which doesn't support TOTP (it only has basic function which serves as a security key) so I don't think it's supported on mailbox.org, I might take a second look later though. Thanks for reminding me this. Also did you enable mailbox Guard for your emails, use PGP or without encryption at all? Just curious. |
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2 Jun 2022, 01:54 AM | #29 | ||
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Additionally, for the highest level of privacy for email (which is a different discussion about the degrees of privacy one can *realistically* achieve with email), you should definitely look at the threat model, business model, payment methods, logging policies, open source vs closed source, and design of the encryption to see if it suits your requirements, not to mention the level of understanding of your email recipients! For me, mailbox.org meets the minimum requirements for good privacy, but some other services are open source and have a more robust design if you want a little more privacy. In the end though, you still have to decide if you want to "trust" your email provider, and for me, mailbox.org has earned my basic trust. I also like their privacy activism approach (see their blog for their comments about legislation, etc.) So I am a fan in general. But if I wanted to tighten up a little bit more on privacy, I'd use Tutanota via a VPN, etc.... hope that makes sense. |
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10 Jun 2022, 10:59 AM | #30 | |
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Seems to me you'd have a reasonable to protest that you paid for a year, and a year is what you ought to get. |
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