I'm willing to drop my GMail account

[racchio@mastodon.online]

I'm willing to drop my GMail account.
What I need is an imap access, no app lock-in, and a good privacy policy, preferably with server located in the EU.

I am evaluating @soverin and @eclipso so far, with the latter lokking a bit more feature full but suspiciously less pricy.

Do you have any experience with any of those services? Have you any suggestion about them or other services I may look into?

Thanks in advance!

#mastoHelp #Privacy #DeGoogle #Email #EUPrivacy #DigitalSovereignty

[plaimbock@fosstodon.org]

@racchio Check out https://tuta.com (Germany) and https://proton.me/ (Switzerland)

[racchio@mastodon.online]

@plaimbock unfortunately they both require their app to access the mailbox. I've actually tried both but they don't fit my needs, although they're very good services!

[edit]
I checked and I found out that there's now at least a bridge for ProtonMail, which could make it interesting. I'll check out the remaining features! Thanks!

[korkeala@hachyderm.io]

@soverin @eclipso @racchio I'm currently looking also an email and calendar provider, must be able use external mail and calendar apps. I'm probably landing on https://mailbox.org/en/ . Just found also https://posteo.de/en , which looks promising.

[65_percenter@ieji.de]

@racchio @soverin @eclipso

if you can, i would suggest having a vps/server at home and self-host stalwart.

https://stalw.art

[racchio@mastodon.online]

@65_percenter @soverin @eclipso thank you! I don't trust myself enough to handle such a critical service but I'm surely giving it a look because I always dreamed of!

[richardwonka@mas.to]

@korkeala @soverin @eclipso @racchio as for a calendar (and contacts, photos and files, if you like) service,#nextcloud just works.
In my experience - by far - exceeds expectations.

[meieruli@bahn.social]

@richardwonka @korkeala @soverin @eclipso @racchio

Mailserver: mox is great fun.
https://www.xmox.nl/

[racchio@mastodon.online]

@richardwonka @korkeala @soverin @eclipso I agree! I own an instance of NextCloud and ut works pretty good for that!

[cajo@metalhead.club]

@racchio @soverin @eclipso

I'm thinking of moving to @mailbox_org

European based, no lock-in, enough storage space, privacy, nice pricing... Seems to tick all boxes.

[racchio@mastodon.online]

@richardwonka @korkeala @soverin @eclipso thank you!! That looks serious but I think I'd prefer a managed email server. It's such a critical service that I don't trust my own abilities to handle it (I may try, but I still need a 99.99% trustworthy service)

[racchio@mastodon.online]

@cajo @soverin @eclipso @mailbox_org I missed that! I'll go compare their plan with the others! Thank you!