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26 Feb 2017, 11:05 AM | #1 |
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Advice on Choosing a Better E-Mail Provider
Hello, everyone -
I hope to migrate from my two Google accounts, one of which currently hosts my personal domain. I am willing to pay for any new service that's reliable, responsive, and offers a high-quality user experience. I realize FastMail is well-regarded, but it's based in Australia; I'd prefer to avoid the Five Eyes. What other providers could you recommend? Thank you, Brian |
26 Feb 2017, 11:45 AM | #2 |
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Out of curiosity, what type of email business are you conducting that requires such privacy?
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26 Feb 2017, 02:27 PM | #3 |
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You might want to take a look at Runbox, Brian
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26 Feb 2017, 04:09 PM | #4 |
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Runbox
I have been a Runbox user for some years and I appreciate the privacy with no annoying adverts etc.
It is very reliable although sometimes a little slow responding (might be a security routine) On the whole I am very satisfied with it. |
26 Feb 2017, 09:25 PM | #5 |
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Proton Mail seems to be well regarded if you want to go all the way to encryption. Personally, I have zero confidence that my email won't be vacuumed up by some national security apparatus no matter where in the world it originates from, so unless you go encrypted it is likely to be scanned for key words or whatever it is they are looking for (bad jokes about your beloved political leader). As far as privacy from intrusive advertising it is possible to use an ad blocker on the web and to turn off much of the targeting via the dashboard in Google and Microsoft accounts. I find that dramatically lowers the level of targeted advertising, but instead I see even worse scammy ads for things like health cures for various parts of my body. I haven't yet found a good ad blocker for my Android phone that doesn't make it unusable.
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26 Feb 2017, 11:46 PM | #6 |
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Thanks for the helpful suggestions so far.
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What about Kolab Now? I've had trouble finding recent information about them; indeed, the feedback I've seen here is from 2014. Best regards, Brian Last edited by WheelDeal : 27 Feb 2017 at 05:47 AM. |
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27 Feb 2017, 06:52 AM | #8 |
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TenFour, you wrote, "I haven't yet found a good ad blocker for my Android phone that doesn't make it unusable." I suggest you check out the Brave browser, a free web browser for Android with a built-in ad blocker, in addition to tracking and security protection.
https://brave.com/ https://techcrunch.com/2016/10/31/br...in-on-android/ |
27 Feb 2017, 07:07 AM | #9 |
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I tried Brave for awhile, and it is a good effort. The problem is the automatic syncing of bookmarks and passwords (for low security sites) is just too useful on Chrome. It of course is possible to use both Chrome and Brave, but then you defeat the purpose. I suppose less ad tracking might be better than fulltime tracking, but not really certain.
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27 Feb 2017, 10:22 AM | #10 | |
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Have you tried Ghostery for Android? It's probably worth a look, although I'm not sure it allows syncing. Best regards, Brian |
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27 Feb 2017, 07:00 PM | #11 | |
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28 Feb 2017, 11:12 AM | #12 | ||
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No, I hadn't heard of StartMail--thanks for the recommendation! Responding to PC Magazine's review, a StartMail user wrote, Quote:
Thanks, Brian |
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1 Mar 2017, 07:21 AM | #13 |
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Startmail is bit of a joke around here. Not because of what it is now (I don't know anything about it).
It had a lot of hype and advertisement in its early days. It was going to revolutionize email ....yadda ...yadda. It was "coming soon" for ages and ages. So long that people lost interest. When it finally did open there was no fanfare or email revelations that I was aware of. |
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I'm gravitating toward either Kolab Now or FastMail. (Yes, I know FastMail is based in Australia and New York.) Many privacy advocates praised Kolab in years past, but I've found little recent information about them. Their site isn't well-organized and seems to lack important information, and I've read a comment suggesting that the service's spam filtering may not be up to par. Still, I haven't got sufficient feedback to make an informed choice. Of course, FastMail has its share of complaints, some of which are pertinent to my situation. I'll save FM-related queries for the other thread. Thanks again, Brian |
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12 Mar 2017, 06:58 AM | #15 |
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I was wrong: Kolab Now would be approximately $200 per year for 15 GB. Yikes--Runbox seems positively cheap in comparison!
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