Hi everybody,

I’ve had a domain name at Gandi.net for quite a while, which included 5 email addresses as well, hosted on my domain. Now they’re however discontinuing this offer, it will now be €3,99 per month per mailbox.

So, I’ve been looking around a bit. I need a service that allows me to connect it to my own domain name, that actually allows IMAP instead of requiring a special client, and preferably should allow me to put up several mailboxes under the same account since I currently have mailboxes for some of my family members.

Security is not a concern since this is only intended to be used for the email I send and receive under my actual legal name, and I know better than to use email for confidential material.

Zoho Mail seems like a good deal, since they have 10GB per user for only €1,13 a month. I’m just afraid that my emails might end up in spam filters since they’re based in India.

  • Pechente@feddit.deEnglish
    23·
    1 year ago

    They only sorta provide IMAP. You need to run Proton Bridge on your computer and that program will connect to their service and provide a local IMAP connection to your mail app of choice. It’s all a bit hacky but works well enough.

    • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
      25·
      1 year ago

      That’s a sign that they aren’t goofing on the encrypted part. If done right, they can’t decrypt your emails to hand them over on IMAP, so a bridge would be necessary to decrypt on your equipment, then hand off the decrypted mail to your IMAP client. It’s nice they offer that solution.

      • anlumo@feddit.deEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        What’s the point with emails that were transmitted unencrypted over the Internet right before that? It’s like sending a post card via mail and then putting it into a safe at the receiver’s side. Sure it’s secure there, but that’s entirely pointless.

        • GreyBeard@lemmy.oneEnglish
          2·
          1 year ago

          I wouldn’t say it’s entirely pointless. You are correct that by the nature of email proton has to be able to read it in transit, there’s no avoiding that, it’s how email(and SMTP specifically) works. But what it does mean is that proton can honestly say it can’t read emails once they move beyond their edge systems. Personally, I don’t use email for anything critical or sensitive without additional encryption.

      • lemmyvore@feddit.nlEnglish
        42·
        1 year ago

        It’s a sign they use non-standard tech and lock you in progressively… while touting encryption at rest as a big advantage, when it doesn’t mean anything for email.

        The Proton bubble is one evil acquisition away from bursting.