That would be very nice.

I want to completely delete Google from my life. This could be a replacement for Gmail.

It will only replace Gmail if it's free and you don't use an Android phone.

^^
Why? You can run other email clients and web-based clients on Android phones,

You need a Gmail account to set up the phone.

I'll be on XMail in a New York heartbeat--if not faster.

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Originally posted by Paten:
You need a Gmail account to set up the phone.

So? You set up the account, set up your phone, set up your preferred email app with XMail, stash the GMail app somewhere out of the way, and, like magic, you're not using GMail.

I've had a Google account since 2011. I haven't used GMail since we moved to iThings in 2017.

As for "free": If it's free: You're not the customer, you're the product.

Yup, I'd be on board IMMEDIATELY!

it would be great if you can block an entire domain to get rid of a lot of the push crap that changes the username with every email but the domain remains the same

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
https://xmail.com

Uh huh...

$ host xmail.com
xmail.com has address 82.198.5.61
xmail.com mail is handled by 5 alt1.aspmx.l.google.com.
xmail.com mail is handled by 1 aspmx.l.google.com.

I don't think so, Tim.

Somebody's owned it for a while...

$ whois xmail.com
Domain Name: XMAIL.COM
Registry Domain ID: 2762558_DOMAIN_COM-VRSN
Registrar WHOIS Server: whois.godaddy.com
Registrar URL: http://www.godaddy.com
Updated Date: 2022-10-16T19:53:32Z
Creation Date: 1998-10-07T04:00:00Z

I would imagine Musk'll try to buy the domain and, if they try to take him to the cleaners, he'll simply do something like Apple did wrt the 'iWatch" trade name and work around it.

There's also an XMail email server project. IIRC, that's what I used to use at work and at home before I switched to Postfix everywhere.

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Originally posted by V-Tail:
https://xmail.com

Threat & Risk Score - Is Xmail.com safe?
Analyze the risk level for email addresses hosted by this domain. High Risk

https://www.ipqualityscore.com...raudulent%20behavior.

^^^That is NOT Elon Musk's XMail...Kinda silly to even post that one!

well crap - I had my hopes up for naught

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Originally posted by ensigmatic:
So? You set up the account, set up your phone, set up your preferred email app with XMail, stash the GMail app somewhere out of the way, and, like magic, you're not using GMail.

So, you're Android phone is still logged in to Google and as far as you know they are tracking and listening to you over your phone. Or you can take their word for it that they're not.

Doctor Peterson done tol' ya!!

https://twitter.com/jordanbpet.../1762357668998512920

yup, email and an unadulterated search engine would be great

I have had a good experience with Proton Mail. Free, but with paid upgrade options. The administrators seem to be very concerned about preserving privacy and security. The web client is not unlike GMail in capabilities, and they have additional "products," most of which are free for account holders, including a shim that lets you use any mail client to access their servers, and the ability to use your own domain name.

Proton Mail

+1 for Proton, I started out using a free account but have found it really useful and am now using the paid version. I also use their VPN.

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Originally posted by architect:
I have had a good experience with Proton Mail. Free, but with paid upgrade options. The administrators seem to be very concerned about preserving privacy and security. The web client is not unlike GMail in capabilities, and they have additional "products," most of which are free for account holders, including a shim that lets you use any mail client to access their servers, and the ability to use your own domain name.

Proton Mail

If Musk sets up an email service I'd be all over it. Shit, I might even be willing to pay for it.