Alternative Email Services to Gmail

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around alternatives to Gmail for email services, exploring both free and paid options. Participants share their experiences and opinions on various email providers, considering factors such as privacy, features, and storage capacity.

Discussion Character

  • Exploratory
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Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses a desire to move away from Gmail due to privacy concerns, mentioning their use of DuckDuckGo and Proton Mail as alternatives.
  • Another participant suggests Thunderbird as an alternative but notes that it is still associated with Mozilla, which may not fully address privacy concerns.
  • A participant mentions Yahoo as an alternative, highlighting its 1TB of free storage compared to Gmail's 15GB, but also points out that Yahoo lacks some features found in Gmail.
  • Another option mentioned is Torguard, although it is noted that it offers limited free storage.
  • A participant shares their use of a complimentary email service from a company in the Pacific Northwest, emphasizing its unique background.
  • One participant discusses using G Suite for personal email, which is a paid service from Google, and mentions that it is tied to their own domain while also referencing the college's use of G Suite for Education.
  • Concerns are raised regarding Google’s data policies, particularly in relation to G Suite and potential government access to data.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants do not reach a consensus on the best alternative to Gmail, as multiple competing views and options are presented, each with its own advantages and drawbacks.

Contextual Notes

Some participants express concerns about privacy and data tracking, while others highlight specific features or limitations of the suggested alternatives. The discussion reflects a variety of personal experiences and preferences regarding email services.

Aufbauwerk 2045
I'm about done with my mini-vacation posting flurry, but before I get back to work I want to ask one question which may be of interest to lots of forum members. I no longer use Google for search, relying instead on DuckDuckGo. I also have the Tor browser, which I use for logging into my free Proton email account. I used to sign into Google when I go on YouTube, but I no longer do so. I am not on Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn, Reddit, 4chan, 8chan, or any other social media site except for PF.

But I do still use Gmail. I'm considering dumping Gmail. The only time I'm logged into Google now is when I use Gmail. That way, hopefully, Google is not tracking what I do. I do not visit any "questionable" sites but that's not the point. I don't need Google knowing what I do online. But apparently Google does scan Gmail and applies its "algorithms" whose operations we of course do not really know.

I am considering some options for new email accounts. One would be to purchase a domain name and hosting account which I use specifically to send and receive email. Another would be to pay for email service from some provider. Finally, I could use an alternative to Gmail for free email.

As I mentioned, I use Proton mail, but just as an experiment. I want to know more about them before I decide they are my best option.

Has anyone been using a Gmail alternative, either free or paid, which they are happy with?
 
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Thunderbird.

But it's Mozilla, so you're not getting away from Big Brother.
 
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Aufbauwerk 2045 said:
Has anyone been using a Gmail alternative, either free or paid, which they are happy with?
Dad uses Yahoo, it offers 1TB of free space (compared to the free 15GB by Google). But it is somewhat inferior to Gmail as per my opinion. Gmail now has features like scheduled send and undo send, which Yahoo doesn't have. But if you don't use those, then you can try yahoo.
 
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Have you looked at Torguard? Not much space for free though.
 
I still use a complimentary email service provided by a company based in the Pacific Northwest began by -- get this -- a software engineer who designed the I/O sequences for CP/M-DOS.
 
I use G Suite for my personal email. This is Google's subscription service which provides access to Gmail, Google Docs and Google Drive under my own domain name. I register my domain name and host my website with a different company.

The college where I worked and still have an email account as a retired faculty member, uses G Suite for Education for its faculty, staff and students.

Google claims that they don't provide data about G Suite customers to third parties, except to government agencies under applicable law. In certain countries this may of course be a major exception.

https://support.google.com/googlecloud/answer/6056650?hl=en
 
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