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9 Mar 2020, 04:33 AM | #1 | |
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inbox.eu and inbox.lv user experience and review
Today I signed up for an business account at inbox.eu. The company behind inbox.eu is the same that run inbox.lv since 1998. It is based in Latvia, Eastern Europe, a country that is part of European Union, it has a solid economy and adopted the euro currency 10 years ago.
Regarding the privacy and security of coimmunications in Latvia: https://eng.lsm.lv/article/society/s...rules.a125896/ Latvia 2018 human rights report: https://www.state.gov/wp-content/upl...HTS-REPORT.pdf The company behind inbox.eu claim that they offer: Quote:
There is a 30 days free trial, but in this case you are limited to only 3 outgoing emails / day. But if you want to test the webmail you can also sign up for email.lv that gives you the same experience but only 20 Gb disk space. Every mailbox come with maximum 5 aliases, 100 Gb disk space, webmail, IMAP/POP/SMTP and 2FA. For IMAP access you have to use a different password than the one that you use for webmail access. The disk space could also be used to store your files on their server, similar to Fastmail. You can't set up multiple personalities, you can't send emails from the alias addresses, only from the main account address. The webmail is kind of old style, php with no ajax, for example you cannot drag the messages in folders and you have no preview pane. However is a thousand years ahead Runbox in terms of functionality and design. They also have an Android app. It seems very basic, but it does the job. I'll continue to update this thread with screenshots and more details in the next few days. |
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9 Mar 2020, 07:46 AM | #2 | ||
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Leaving Tuffmail?
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9 Mar 2020, 09:55 AM | #3 | |
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https://www.inbox.lt/ as well is owned by them has same features like inbox.lv
https://www.state.gov/wp-content/upl...HTS-REPORT.pdf https://gettingthedealthrough.com/ar...acy-lithuania/ I tried for 30 days inbox.eu and am not impressed. One of the reasons only 3 outgoing emails per day. Quote:
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9 Mar 2020, 04:24 PM | #4 | |
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But I have several domains and I like to check other paid email hosting companies. I have paid accounts at Fastmail, Runbox, Mailbox.org, Protonmail, Tutanota, Posteo, Outlook, Namecheap, and I also had accounts at Soverin, G Suite, Polarismail, Mxroute and others that I can't remember right now. Omg, I think I'm a compulsive shopper when it's about email accounts I like to test different services in search of the perfect email provider. Back to inbox.eu These are some screenshots of the webmail. I selected the blue theme, this is how it looks. It really bring back memories of the Worldmailer webmail from 2003. Nostalgic https://ibb.co/album/nEbrfa And here are the same screenshots, uploaded on the storage space from inbox.eu: https://files.inbox.eu/ticket/folder...844b39a4852b46 There's no preview of the files hosted on inbox.eu, the only option is to download the images. Last edited by alexu2007 : 9 Mar 2020 at 04:29 PM. |
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9 Mar 2020, 06:24 PM | #5 |
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9 Mar 2020, 09:58 PM | #6 | |
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9 Mar 2020, 10:18 PM | #7 |
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That's why this review is updated as soon as I have new experiences, either bad or good with inbox.eu.
Of course, nothing is bulletproof: even the biggest providers could make a turn for the bad, look at what happened with Gandi a few weeks ago. Or Microsoft who lost users emails so many times. In my opinion a provider could be considered reliable only for the near future. You always need to have a back-up email provider and having your own domain gives you flexibility, you can switch providers daily if you want or need to. Tuffmail is my first choice. It's stability is legendary. What worries me is that it's a very small company, 2 or 3 people from what I read here. What will happen with Tuffmail if something bad happens to them? That's why I will always look for backup providers. I don't test those providers only for the short trial period. I pay for a full year account, I test, then I retest after a period, I have time for a full year to make an opinion, good or bad. |
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9 Mar 2020, 11:02 PM | #9 |
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Not permanently, but enough times to understand that no matter how big a company is, the hardware fails and bugs or technician errors can render the service dead for hours, days or weeks.
Remember the Rim's Blackberry multiple outages? I prefer to be safe than sorry, all my email is backed up on my computer in case of some problems with the email providers. Check Mailstore Home for a good and free backup solution. If there's an outage with my actual provider, let's say Tuffmail is going belly up, then I immediately change my MX of my domain and I am up and running with another provider, no mails lost. I am using the cloudns.com paid service for fast DNS propagation. |
10 Mar 2020, 09:37 AM | #10 | |
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AFAIK gsuite is 6 USD/mon, office 365 is 4 USD/mon at least, Fastmail is 5 USD/mon. So you paid xx or xxx USD per month just for email? I had also fastmail, but canceled it days ago. Now I have been using pobox only. For paid email I have g suite, it's 12 USD per month, but not for email, just using their unlimited storage, which I have used about 4TB. I once owned the paid accounts include: FM, Tuffmail, Runbox, Mailbox, Earthlink, Freenet, Posteo. But until now I canceled all them, keep pobox only. Regards. |
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10 Mar 2020, 03:26 PM | #11 |
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10 Mar 2020, 04:04 PM | #12 | |
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G Suite offered me less than Office 365 Home so I cancelled it, Mxroute canceled, and so on. Last edited by alexu2007 : 10 Mar 2020 at 08:35 PM. |
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10 Mar 2020, 08:59 PM | #13 | |
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16 Mar 2020, 12:08 PM | #14 | |
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17 Mar 2020, 05:13 AM | #15 |
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When I bought the first mailbox the price was 9,99 euros, then in my mailbox, under the folder list there is a text that shows how long is the subscription then a link Extend. When I clicked the link there was a popup that let me add years to my subscription and it was like this:
Renew domain subscription (1 mailbox) Loyal client discount 70% off original price €3/1 year But beware, if you want to get another mailbox, the new mailbox will have as minimum subscription period the total period for which you paid for the first mailbox. I paid for 3 years in advance for my first mailbox, now if I want to buy another mailbox it will have 3 years minimum period (it will cost me €29/1094 days). I am sorry for the late reply and for not being able to make you some screenshots, things are a little hectic here since the number of coronavirus cases is still rising in Romania. |