A while back I started on this journey, and as most people did, I’ve had my ups and downs and went through the learning curve, I’ve now reached the point of so much knowledge that I truly know, I dont know shit. People of Lemmy I come to you today because idk what to do, I recently made a free account with proton, their subscription is fairly cheap so idm paying the monthly tier of 15GB so I can have control over ending it whenever I please instead of being locked in for a year. Now, I heard about Tuta but never dived much into it, i know Proton has had its controversies (Don’t be shy of reminding me of what they were), but what are my options here truly for a proper FOSS email provider? I can negate the free part for a reasonable price, but truly private AND secure is a must.

Self Hosting isn’t an option yet for personal reasons unless it’s completely free.

  • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
    8·
    15 hours ago

    but truly private AND secure is a must.

    Remember that email is none of that, unless both people use encryption.

    Tuta and Proton both are encrypted, which is great, but the moment you exchange with someone that is not using encryption (aka, the vast majority of people), they’re not anymore.

    I always considered email like sending a good old postcard: something anyone could read without being invited, just by looking at it.

    so I can have control

    Be it Tuta or Proton, or any other commercial offering, you won’t have real control without owning your actual domain name. Owning it means you can change email provider if/when you wand (and if you don’t feel like using your own).

      • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
        2·
        10 hours ago

        Your purchase it from some registrar.

        I’m from France so it probably won’t be the same as you, it will cost you a small yearly fee. Like, for example I do own the domain ‘thefoolwithapen.com’ (my blog) among a few other domain names. So I can use libb@thefoolwith… with either my own email/hosting or most third-party provider, I don’t have ti use their own name/domain. Sorry for the lack of specificity in my explanations, I’m everything but an expert ;)

        Edit: clarifications

        • snowydroopz@lemmy.worldOP
          1·
          10 hours ago

          Okay so whenever I buy a domain name, I now can use that domain name on any emai regardless of the email provider (google, proton, etc.) Can the domain name be taken away from me somehow?

          • Damage@feddit.it
            2·
            10 hours ago

            I have a domain and I use email aliases, they’re addresses that redirect everything they receive to another address. That way you could for example redirect all emails from John@Doe.com to John.doe@proton.com

            When you send emails from John.doe@proton.com, if you want to show the alias’ address as the sender, your provider must have support for identities, many do, Gmail does, proton I don’t remember.

            Btw you don’t PURCHASE a domain, you rent it. Usually the basic plans can include limited hosting space for a website, and actual e-mail accounts with storage, but while most also offer webmail portals, they aren’t as good an experience as Gmail.

          • Libb@piefed.socialEnglish
            1·
            10 hours ago
            1. Depends the email provider, I 'm not sure (quite certain they’re not) all are offering that.
            2. Yes. The moment you stop paying as it will most likely be sold for cheap. One of the oldest domain I owned (from the 90s) and got rid of a few years ago is now used by someone hosting porn… Which is kinda funny. Maybe one can also lose it in a trial? But that would be very specific… Say, you own StarWarsSucksHard.com you won’t probably own it for long the moment Disney’s armies of lawyers focus their attention on you ;)