How do you handle email for prof and private uses? (lemmy.selfhostcat.com)

submitted 2 days ago by ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I was using protonmail for my custom domain for work and private emails but now I think mailbox has better options, providing way more custom domain emails. Wondering what the best use case is? Thinking of using my own domains instead of proton. I have this one and my name.

Using name@name.com or bills@name.com is fun and easy but is it private? These companies already know my name so is using my work website domain okay?

Current emails

name@name.com for prof
product@pm.me example for money
notlegal@proton.me example for legal torrenting
No idea what I will use this domain for

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[-] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 days ago

If you have a custom domain Tuta is way better than Proton. It's unlimited addresses.

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 7 points 2 days ago

I quickly quit them because they don't do IMAP for "security" reasons, ie walled garden, and their support requires you paying. After canceling my membership I literally couldn't contact support unless I paid again.

[-] bl4kers@lemmy.ml 2 points 23 hours ago

They're open source, so for technical issues you can open an issue on GitHub

[-] ocean@lemmy.selfhostcat.com 2 points 23 hours ago

I searched and searched about this and every response of theirs I found gave the same speech about IMAP not being as safe as their apps.

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