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I recently had to spin up an email account for something and tried ProtonMail. I liked the interface and the tools they have to quickly forward you mail out of Gmail. The price is negligible and if it will help reduce ads and spam then all the better.

But here's the question - is it kiked? I vaguely recall them handing over user info to the feds, but I don't remember the particulars. I'm certainly not doing anything illegal, but I'd like a service I pay for to put more resistance than tissue paper when the fuckbag feds come calling.

I recently had to spin up an email account for something and tried ProtonMail. I liked the interface and the tools they have to quickly forward you mail out of Gmail. The price is negligible and if it will help reduce ads and spam then all the better. But here's the question - is it kiked? I vaguely recall them handing over user info to the feds, but I don't remember the particulars. I'm certainly not doing anything illegal, but I'd like a service I pay for to put more resistance than tissue paper when the fuckbag feds come calling.
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[–] • 7 pts

When there’s a 3rd party involved, there’s always a risk.

[–] • 2 pts

I don't really have the infrastructure to self host my own email. I don't want to deal with all the security measures that would need be to put in place to stop the legions of pajeets and other shitbags that look for vulnerable net connected servers.

[–] • 3 pts

You can run a mail server on a low-end raspberry pi connected in your local network.

[–] • 2 pts

What kind of filtering software do you use? I work on my company's mail gateway almost everyday. There's so much bullshit that comes in that needs to be screened out. Viruses, scams, phishing etc. You can't just throw a mail server out these days right? Once the MX record is published isn't it a forgone conclusion you're going to be inundated with random horseshit?

[–] • 0 pt

It doesn't really take a lot to run your own mail server. There's free and open source software called virtualmin which sets up the tools you need for a web server as well as a mail server.