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Goddammit I had such high hopes for Proton. Was planning on that being my post-Google main. Now what. ๐
I've been happy with Fastmail for 10 years, though they're Australian and not European. Might look into a European alternative at some point but so far I've had no reason to switch.
Tutanota and Mailfence have a free tier.
At this point I'm this ๐ค close to ~~hosting my own email~~ abandoning it all and living in a cabin in yhe woods
Man, I wish self hosted email was a reasonable thing to do. But it's a pain to set up the server and the domain stuff, and once you do, if anyone ever spammed off that IP, you're probably screwed anyway because good luck getting off the blacklists.
Anything European-based to recommend? I'd like something as far-removed from America as possible, respecting GDPR, privacy, etc., but with a good-sized free-tier storage. I don't think I need more than a couple GB for email. Calendar included would be a big plus as well. ๐ Probably asking for a lot here...
Tutanota is gdpr but only 1GB free storage. They do offer calendar for free as well with open sourced apps.
Thanks! I saw Tuta from the previous comment and thought 1 GB is a bit on the small side, kind of like Proton. But not too expensive to go up a tier either. ๐
I use Infomaniak Mail or ikmail for short. They give you 20GB free, have a whole suite (calendar and others), and are Swiss based. It can also link to other mail clients under the free tier. Only hurdle is using a VPN or proxy for initial sign up, but that can be turned off for daily usage.
honestly probably worth paying for for something if it means enough to you
I found this while searching on my own. Might help someone else. ๐คทโโ๏ธ
https://european-alternatives.eu/alternative-to/gmail