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Comment by lars_francke

I did search for E-Mail provider alternatives recently and came across a blog post by Drew DeVault: https://drewdevault.com/2020/06/19/Mail-service-provider-rec...

He used to recommend mailbox.org and migadu.

Two questions:

1) Does anyone know why he does not recommend Tuta(nota)? Edit: I missed the footnote

> Do they make unfounded claims about security or privacy, or develop techniques which ultimately rely on trusting them instead of supporting or improving standards which rely on encryption?

> This also rules out ProtonMail and Tutanota, doubly damning them, especially because it provides an excuse for skipping IMAP and SMTP, which conveniently enables vendor lock-in.

I see from other comments that they don't support IMAP/SMTP and force their own apps.

2) Does anyone know why he stopped recommending mailbox.org? He changed it a few weeks ago without any explanation I can see.

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