Neil HenningAnyone using proton mail with a custom domain? Still trying to land on a good owned domain email provider.
Josh Simmons@neilhenning I was, it was fine, but I switched to fastmail when proton went Full AI
@dotstdy do you recommend fastmail then? I was worried about it being US.
Martin Weber@neilhenning @dotstdy I switched to Fastmail. Proton sucked. Fastmail is Australian IIRC.
@martinweber @neilhenning yeah it's Australian owned, legally that's pretty much the same as US if you're worried about having your emails seized by the US government or just general privacy, but I don't really worry too much about that. If there was an EU fastmail equivalent I'd probably chose that instead but afaik there isn't one. :(
Bartosz Taudul@dotstdy @martinweber @neilhenning I think https://mailbox.org is based in Germany, but their UI looks bad and the service they offer is an all-in-one solution when I only want an email box.
A propos privacy, Proton has servers in US now, I think? And their security is basically "we won't deploy javascript that sends us your decrypt key, trust us!"
.san@wolfpld @dotstdy @martinweber @neilhenning I’ve settled on Soverin, a privacy first email provider based in the Netherlands, and although basic in features happy with the service.
Grégory Pakosz@san @wolfpld @dotstdy @martinweber @neilhenning Sometimes I ponder about configuring a VPS with exim + dovecot hosted in the EU. Doesn’t seem less secure than anything owned by some company
@gpakosz @san @dotstdy @martinweber @neilhenning You will have nothing delivered. All your mail will either go directly to spam, or even will be silently dropped.
@gpakosz @san @dotstdy @martinweber @neilhenning You need to be on big tech white list. You won't be.
@neilhenning @dotstdy Proton with a custom domain works. But! I've been considering switching to another provider due to their... questionable decisions, but also due to constant problems with applications (mobile, bridge), and the overall design that produces more problems and not really gives me something I care about.
@neilhenning oh and to answer the actual question, yeah aside from the mentioned issues which are more theoretical than practical, it does email, is fast, and doesn't bombard me with stupid shit every five minutes. which is increasingly feeling like some kind of miracle
Matthijs De Smedt@neilhenning Proton works great with a custom domain. I continue to use it because it's actually E2E encrypted, unlike many alternatives, and their clients are decent.
Cort@neilhenning Same as others, I moved from Gmail to Proton + custom domain and it definitely worked fine, but now I'm looking for something else less AI-y. Tuta seemed like a strong contender on that front, and I did confirm it works well enough with custom domains, but their clients seemed a bit rough around the edges at the moment. I'll keep an eye on them for sure though.
@neilhenning - I’ve been with Fastmail for about 10 years - highly recommend.