I went all-in on proton a few years ago but I dislike the direction in which they are going now. Does anybody have tips on how (and where) to switch smoothly. I could self host email but I’ve heard that it’s a big hassle
Self hosting is almost impossible with email these days. Places like Gmail and Outlook are going to consider you automatically suspicious until you’ve proven otherwise. Can’t prove otherwise until you have a lot of legit email going through. The only way to do that is to attach the domain to a service that’s already proven.
This isn’t even getting into the configuration issues of running an email server without it becoming a spam relay as soon as it’s turned on.
Depends what you want. If you want an experience like Proton with its own app then use Tuta. If you’re happy with IMAP with a client like Evolution (Linux) or FairEmail (mobile for Android) or access via a website then mailbox.org are very good.
I went all-in on proton a few years ago but I dislike the direction in which they are going now. Does anybody have tips on how (and where) to switch smoothly. I could self host email but I’ve heard that it’s a big hassle
I’ve been eyeing FastMail.
Self hosting is almost impossible with email these days. Places like Gmail and Outlook are going to consider you automatically suspicious until you’ve proven otherwise. Can’t prove otherwise until you have a lot of legit email going through. The only way to do that is to attach the domain to a service that’s already proven.
This isn’t even getting into the configuration issues of running an email server without it becoming a spam relay as soon as it’s turned on.
Depends what you want. If you want an experience like Proton with its own app then use Tuta. If you’re happy with IMAP with a client like Evolution (Linux) or FairEmail (mobile for Android) or access via a website then mailbox.org are very good.
What exactly is their direction? I heard the ceo is an ass, but their software seems fine to me.