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[–] Seminar2250@awful.systems 4 points 1 day ago (4 children)

Like a complete fucking idiot, I paid for two years of protonmail right before discovering they are fascists. I would like to move to another provider. I have until August. I have been considering Forward Email. Anyone have thoughts on this provider or recommendations?

[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 4 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Im very very happy on Fastmail. They are sensible people who offer mainly email (and calendar stuff) with no overpromises. Their servers are hosted in the USA tho, so that may affect your choice.

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 4 points 12 hours ago (1 children)
[–] antifuchs@awful.systems 4 points 5 hours ago (1 children)

Fuuuuuuck. Thanks for the info but i hate it ):

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 1 points 31 minutes ago

the exasperation I so often express is not for nothing :|

[–] froztbyte@awful.systems 5 points 21 hours ago

haven't seen them before, but a short tour around their infra/systems providers isn't particularly exciting - depending on both your threat model and what-you-want in a vendor

some parts/pages do provide some detail in encouraging depth, but I'd have to do a much more full review to give you a good answer

there's been a couple of "where email" threads over the last year, tuta's still one of the top options on that but you can check the threads if you want to see some of the other promising options

[–] macroplastic@sh.itjust.works 4 points 21 hours ago

I'm in the same boat. From what I've read I am planning on migrating to tuta when it runs out.

[–] e8d79@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 22 hours ago

I am using posteo.de. They are good but I dislike that they have no option for using your own domain which makes switching provider really annoying. If I had to choose a provider again I would probably go with mailbox.org.