My ISP is dropping email service, so I have to bail and start over. What a royal pita since I use my email address as a username for various logins.

I won't use any free email, since YOU are the product for sale when using those resources.

My use would be personal email, not business or marketing, and I don't have the desire or skill to run my own secure email server, so I need a secure pay for provider.

I've been using the paid-version of Proton for a couple of years and been pretty happy.

They have a $3.33/month promo going on right now.

There are a several ways to access your mail:
1. login into their site (web)
2. Use Outlook, Thunderbird or Apple Mail among some of the email clients you can use...you do have to have Proton's email bridge running.
3. Use their smartphone app

I use all three methods daily and haven't really ran into any issues.

Just recently, I canceled my Microsoft Office-based email connected to one of my domains because the email provider was charging me $6.99/month, so after canceling, I pointed my Proton account to my domain and now send/receive using my domain through Proton; this service is included in my subscription.

I use Proton. Good so far.

I've been using paid version of Proton mail for about three months. I have been happy with it, but I haven't used but a small bit of its capabilities. It is definitely professional level and takes a bit of time to set up and understand.

I recently upgraded to a level that includes more e-mail storage, cloud storage, VPN and more. It seems like a good service.

I've used Reagan.com for a couple of years, $40/yr and zero issues. https://www.reagan.com/

I’ve used FastMail.com for 20+ years. Currently $25/year for my service level.

They support IMAP and POP3 download protocols and SMTP uploads. I like the older (and simpler) POP3. It only supports one email client, which I have on my MacBook. But FastMail.com has a superb web interface that I use on my iPhone. Folks seeing me use it would likely think it was an email client.

Excellent spam filters and near 100% uptime. Also provides several alias addresses.

My email address is part of my identity. And, as OP mentioned, username for dozens of account logins. Glad to have one with good longevity.

https://www.fastmail.com/tryit...LEAAYASAAEgKPpfD_BwE

I use free proton mail. No issues. I didn’t know I could use my Apple mail app. No idea how to set that up.

I’ve used netaddress.com (email@usa.net) for 20+ years. Run by a group called SilverSky which was bought by BAE Systems around 2015(?) or so. Starts at $40/yr. with 1GB storage, but you can buy up to 8GB.

Definitely not the cheapest, but I’ve never had a problem with access issues or spoofing and their CS is great.

-Rob

Using the paid Proton service for the last year. Free for a year before that. Very stable and the phone app is excellent.

I use ProtonMail as well as GMail. I pay PM so I can have lots of e-mail addresses and use a "custom domain" as well as getting better VPN performance and connectivity options, but there is nothing wrong with their free tier of services. I will say that they seem very sincere in their commitment to customer privacy, and they have very responsive and knowledgeable user support. They are actively adding additional services recently rolling out Calendar and Drive products, all with high quality encryption, and at no additional incremental cost (you can buy more storage if you need it). Bottom line? Highly recommended.

It is easy to set up a local mailer (Thunderbird, etc.) with their service. You download, install, and run the "Proton Mail Bridge" that acts as a proxy to their mail servers, and configure a local connection in your mailer, after that, it "just works" giving you end-to-end encryption when accessing your inbox and other folders.

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Originally posted by BurtonRW:
I’ve used netaddress.com (email@usa.net) for 20+ years. Run by a group called SilverSky which was bought by BAE Systems around 2015(?) or so. Starts at $40/yr. with 1GB storage, but you can buy up to 8GB.

Definitely not the cheapest, but I’ve never had a problem with access issues or spoofing and their CS is great.

-Rob

Same.
No issues with them for 20+ years. And good spam filters.

I just buy shared hosting from Inmotion Hosting. Unlimited email addresses, no storage limits and as a side benefit you get web/photo hosting. SSLs are included. You don't have to manage a server, they do it for you. Easy.

+1 for Proton. The free service is a great tool for getting clients to actually encrypt everything they send to you.

PGP is supposed to be better, but if the client can send email, they can figure out proton mail