Thinking of making a switch. Gmail, iCloud, or Yahoo? I currently use my local broadbands email, but want something more permanent in case I switch providers someday. So which one of those 3 is better in terms of being more secure, less spam etc. Thanks!
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Which email service do you prefer?
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You could try Yandex mail, it's a Russian mail provider, works very well
I use iCloud. The native mail app kind of stinks but I just lean towards trusting Apple over Google, Microsoft.
In Mother Russia email write you.
But seriously, I would never ever use a foreign email service unless you were in that country and had to; ESPECIALLY not from Russia or China.
You have no idea what their government or other parties can easily get from them and their servers via their laws; if they even have such things as subpoenas needed. They have zero privacy protections for their citizens basically
I use Gmail primarily. I have Outlook just because MS Forced you to make one few years back for Windows account. And I still use WIndows so I still use it for that reason. I have Apple Email, but I never use it. I use Yahoo mail for trolling news sites.
If you dont mind lack of storage Proton mail. If you need more storage you can buy more from Proton, Otherwise it's 500MB free.
If you dont mind lack of storage Proton mail. If you need more storage you can buy more from Proton, Otherwise it's 500MB free.
Surprised no one mentions Fastmail.
Give Fastmail a try. Been there for many years. Feature-rich, has android and iOS apps, it is email that works brilliant. Should be a free trial, and the price is very good thereafter.
Fastmail is great, and supports push notification in the native MacOS and iOS mail apps.
It has proven to be a very reliable and affordable service. The webmail interface is good to.
It has proven to be a very reliable and affordable service. The webmail interface is good to.
I use a few different mail providers of various privacy levels depending on what I’m using the account for. I feel this works well for me and protects me in the case of a Yahoo-style breach.
I just purchased a domain Saturday and setup two new email boxes up for my wife and I on Fastmail. We have been using it on the Fastmail app and yesterday switched to the native iOS mail, calendar and contacts apps. I migrated all of our archived iCloud email, calendar and contacts over using their migration tools. I have no complaints and we are very happy so far. It cost us $110 for the whole thing. I’d bet it will be the same for next year. But, no more switching email addresses. If Fastmail takes a dump, we’ll move the domain and email elsewhere.
One more vote for Fastmail: configuration profiles, if you use the stock email app on macOS or iOS. The iOS app is very nice, too.
Another vote for Fastmail. I use it with two domains and 12+ email addresses. I also use it to collect a work Office 365 address. Been using it for years - very happy customer. I've used it with Apple Mail and prefer the iOS App. The speed has been the most attractive thing about this service - dark mode is nice too (in browser).
Another vote for Fastmail, which I've been using since 2001 (I think). I especially like the ease of integrating your own purchased domain name into their system. I've always been impressed by the fact that they always seem to be one step of me: several years ago when articles about the importance of two-factor authentication started popping up, I looked at the settings of Fastmail and ... yep, had it already! All I needed to do was turn it on. Similarly, when my email forwarding service spamgourmet looked to be heading toward extinction recently, I started looking into alternatives; one possible approach I read about on GMail was plus addressing and subdomain addressing; again, Fastmail already has the feature, I just wasn't using it yet. I find the file storage and simple web page features to be handy; sometimes I'll take pictures at a family event, throw them all in a folder via WebDAV, log in and turn that folder into a web page photo gallery. It's not fancy, but it truly is good enough for family members to browse through and download their favorites.