Paul O'BrienPosteo at €1/month is far more serious than the price suggests.
No personal details at signup, strong account controls, IMAP support, and an optional zero-access mailbox mode if you enable it.
I’ve tested it properly and written up a full review:
gnaddrig@pwob
Great review, covering much more than I would have expected. I've been using Posteo for quite a few years now and never had any trouble. It simply works, friendly support is available, and there is no AI bullshit seeping in. And 1 Euro per month for a solid and completely ad-free email account is an unbeatable price.
Great review, covering much more than I would have expected. I've been using Posteo for quite a few years now and never had any trouble. It simply works, friendly support is available, and there is no AI bullshit seeping in. And 1 Euro per month for a solid and completely ad-free email account is an unbeatable price.
@gnaddrig “No AI bullshit” is… pretty much it. 😄 Posteo feels like email done properly. Thanks for reading — and for the real-world confirmation.
Solar🌄Garden@pwob TBH I found your privacy-first approach a bit off-putting.
My most important interests here are, in order
*deep green business structure cf promo
*european server
*good value, large storage
*simple but functional
*no profiling
I'm recommending a very no non-tech friend use it [via sms!!] after REPLIES from me rejected by g***le ... and soon after, spam delivered to MY inbox via a g***le server in the headers...
@wavesculptor Fair point — and I think that’s a completely valid lens.
Not everyone comes to Posteo primarily for cryptography. The green structure, European hosting, no profiling, and simple design are arguably the bigger story for many users.
Appreciate you sharing how you prioritise it — that’s helpful context.
EMDiscussions@pwob @wavesculptor TBH, for myself, the green structure would not be an important enough reason to consider Posteo (although I do have an account currently - I've had one on and off over the years), my main preference is a simple reliable service provided by European servers, at a cheap price. I've had a free Vivaldi Webmail account for over 12 years now, simple reliable Roundcube, 10GB storage. Bonus points for having Icelandic-based servers. It's nothing fancy, but it works.
For most people, reliability + European hosting + simple pricing matter more than sustainability narratives. If it works and stays out of the way, that’s 90% of the battle.
Interesting you mention Vivaldi — Icelandic hosting is a nice structural detail.
dexternemrod@dexternemrod @wavesculptor Agreed — it reinforces that the sustainability angle isn’t just surface-level. It’s baked into how they operate, not just how they power their servers.
@pwob
Great article!
One addition about the business-values from Posteo:
They just recently doubled the basic inbox-storage for everyone without incresing the fees. I can imagine other companies would just make more profit.
https://posteo.de/blog/neu-posteo-verdoppelt-speicherplatz-auf-4gb
E-Mail grün, sicher, einfach und werbefrei - posteo.de - Neu: Posteo verdoppelt Speicherplatz auf 4GB
Posteo ist ein innvovativer E-Mail-Anbieter, der auf Nachhaltigkeit und Datenschutz setzt und komplett Werbefrei ist. Unsere E-Mail-Postfächer, Kalender und Adressbücher sind synchronisierbar - wir setzen auf umfassende Verschlüsselung.
@dexternemrod Good addition — that’s actually a strong signal of how they operate. Most providers would have turned that into a paid tier bump. It fits their user-funded, independent structure.