Best email provider on Reddit

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#1

Protonmail

4.3
(20)
"I'm very happy with Protonmail and I can recommend it."
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"ProtonMail offers excellent privacy features and a user-friendly interface."
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"Protonmail is excellent for secure communications."
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"ProtonMail is solid and is excellent privacy wise"
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"ProtonMail uses zero access encryption, making it a secure choice."
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"Awesome email service!"
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"I have been using ProtonMail for few months and have not any problems."
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"ProtonMail is easy to use and offers strong encryption."
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"Protonmail"
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"User-friendly interface, fast registration, and mobile app."
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#2

FastMail

4.4
(16)
"Fastmail offers excellent email services with great privacy features."
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"They have the concept of 'virtual domains' that allow you to link as many domains as you want to an email address."
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"I have one email account but receive email there for multiple domains."
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"Fastmail is superb."
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"Fastmail seems to meet your needs."
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"Easy to set up aliases in seconds with Fastmail."
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"Fastmail allows sending from any address under your custom domain."
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"Fastmail is another one to look at."
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"[Fastmail] seems to fit the bill nicely."
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"I settled on Fastmail because of its great multi domain support."
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#3

Tutanota

4.2
(13)
"Tuta Mail! post-quantum encryption, open source, servers in Germany!"
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"Tutanota is a great choice for privacy-focused users."
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"Tutanota also offers zero access encryption for enhanced privacy."
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"Tutanota is a great email provider."
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"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"
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"Tutanota is a reliable email service."
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"3. You will be using your own domain but no IMAP: Tutanota"
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"Tutanota.com"
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"Tutanota"
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"Try Tutanota."
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#4

Proton

4.2
(13)
"Proton has the best spam filter in the privacy ecosystem."
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"Proton is recommended for those who prioritize privacy."
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"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"
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"I'd recommend Proton, but the price is so high for me."
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"Check out proton"
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"Use proton app on mobile and proton web app everywhere else."
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"With a Proton Mail account, you could use another secure email provider for a recovery email address, such as Mail Fence, Tutanota, Skiff, Zoho."
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"Proton is good enough as the last recovery in the chain."
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"Proton offers a free email service with a custom domain and additional features like a drive, calendar, and VPN."
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"Proton services offer secure communication and storage options."
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#5

Google

4.6
(10)
"Google Workspace is much more popular than Outlook/Microsoft in my experience over the past 10 years."
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"Highly recommend google workspace / gmail. Their UI is the best & their spam filter is superior to Microsoft."
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"Google Workspace offers a professional and paid account with a domain for a reasonable price."
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"I use G Suite and GMass to send everything through Amazon SES."
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"GMail is simple and clean to use."
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"Gmail is the best alternative to everything else, especially for family planning and management."
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"Google Workspace is the best bang for your buck."
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"G Suite legacy migration offers a variety of suggestions, both free and paid."
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"Google gSuite works great for me (as a provider, and sending emails via SMTP)."
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"If not Google is also a good option."
#6

Google Workspace

4.5
(10)
"Google workspace is the go to"
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"Google Workspace works wonders and is cheap!"
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"Google Workspace works wonders and is cheap!"
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"Google workspace for non-profit is free for x number of users... Will fix all your delivery problems."
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"Google apps all the way. That $60/user/year fee is a REALLY good deal."
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"You could register your own domain then set up Google Workspace or Microsoft 365."
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"Google GSuite is sensational."
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"I prefer Google Workspace, but only because we used Google Apps before Office365 existed."
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"GSuite for the users and SES"
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"Google Apps for Business or Office 365 are your primary options."
#7

Zoho

4.1
(11)
"For free..Zoho"
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"You can get unlimited aliases for free with Zoho on your own domain."
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"Why don't you use Zoho mail? Their enterprise licenses are way cheaper."
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"I’ve been using them for several years now and have been happy."
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"Proton, Zoho, or Tutanota"
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"Zohoemail is nice"
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"The service looks quite decent and is affordable at $10/user/year for a 5GB mailbox."
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"Zoho mail, their free plan allows for custom domains."
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"Zoho is a good CRM for managing contacts and leads."
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"I use Zoho, but its in conjunction with other projects and may be a bit too business for just OOTP."
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#8

Postmark

4.7
(9)
"Happy with the ease of using their API, website and delivery performance."
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"Postmark has a good delivery reputation and supports both transactional and marketing emails."
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"Absolutely Postmark."
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"Clean UI and most straightforward to use."
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"Postmark is absolutely amazing."
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"Postmark is the best I've used. Clear documentation, clean UI, no bs."
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"You should have your marketing and transactional emails separate, in my opinion at least."
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"Both Postmark and Mailgun are simple to use, but Postmark is preferable for transactional emails."
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"For outgoing email - Postmark."
#9

Mailgun

4.0
(10)
"I've used it for quite a few projects, it's pretty straightforward and easy to set up & use."
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"Especially if you are working with laravel framework. Laravel provides the mailgun setup out of the box."
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"Mailgun has a well-hidden pay as you go plan."
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"For the actual send I use Mailgun - I found their nodejs package was pretty clear."
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"Mailgun has a consistently good sending reputation and includes better tools."
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"Mailgun is the best, but it's also the most expensive."
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"Mailgun is solid for transactional emails and offers a free trial for 3 months."
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"Mailgun is also a fine choice for sending emails."
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"Something like http://www.mailgun.com offers 10,000 emails for free every month."
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"Frustrating configuration and testing process."
#10

Resend

5.0
(7)
"It's really great! Hope it fits your needs 👍"
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"Offers a generous free plan with 3,000 emails per month."
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"Resend.com offers a generous limit of 100 free emails per day."
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"Resend! Generous free tier as well"
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"Resend is the my new favorite"
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"Resend is great. They recently added Broadcast which is pretty useful."
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"Has worked really great so far and took 1 hour to setup and get going."
#11

Posteo

4.3
(8)
"Posteo offers excellent privacy features and reliable service."
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"Posteo is another great option with zero access encryption."
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"Posteo is great."
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"Posteo is an eco-friendly email provider that is affordable and offers Caldav and CardDav servers."
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"Posteo"
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"Posteo is another good option (about €12 a year I think)."
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"1. You will not be using your own domain: Posteo"
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"Very good and simple. Easy to migrate to."
#12

Microsoft 365

4.0
(8)
"I use both google workspace and ms365. I’d suggest Microsoft."
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"I just do office 365 same as most larger businesses."
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"We ended up migrating to office 365 over the last year."
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"I would also recommend M365... factor in the cybersecurity implications of moving to any SaaS offering."
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"Office 365. Be sure to set up email retention that complies with your state's open records or sunshine laws."
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"Office365 all the government has a discount!"
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"Office365."
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"Office 365 has free subscriptions (or really cheap ones) for those kind of businesses."
#13

Mailbox.org

4.6
(7)
"Mailbox.org has been good for me. They provide standard IMAP/SMTP and CalDAV/CardDAV interfaces, so you can use any app you want."
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"Mailbox.org seems to meet your needs."
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"Great service for SMTP credentials."
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"Mailbox.org is a really good (german) email provider for just 1€ per month."
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"[Mailbox.org] is my goto."
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"Mailbox.org"
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"Mailbox.org"
#14

Sendgrid

2.8
(11)
"Pretty straightforward to set up."
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"Using SendGrid with email forwarding can help avoid deliverability issues."
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"SendGrid is an easy choice, though things can be iffy with a bad shared IP."
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"SendGrid provides a reliable sending reputation and includes valuable tools."
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"Sendgrid can be a better choice for massive email volumes."
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"SendGrid is also a good option for sending emails."
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"Frustrating configuration and testing process."
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"SendGrid's free tier has a low volume limit, which is not suitable for my needs."
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"+1 for Sendgrid"
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"SendGrid unfortunately never worked for me (on Heroku). The UI is also not great."
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#15

Amazon

4.8
(6)
"Amazon SES is a reliable and efficient email service."
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"AWS Simple Email Service is reliable and integrates well with EC2 and ECS."
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"Amazon SES is the cheapest option."
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"AWS SES is what I suggest."
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"Amazon Workmail is a great service for managing email with custom aliases."
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"Amazon SES is the cheapest at $0.10/1000 emails and offers good deliverability."
#16

MailChimp

4.2
(6)
"Mailchimp is very easy to use."
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"Mailchimp is a reliable choice for email marketing."
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"Aimed at marketing"
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"Mailchimp is great for sending out less than 10,000 emails per month."
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"Mailchimp is a good starting point for email marketing."
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"Mandrill by Mailchimp"
#17

Disroot

3.3
(6)
"Currently, I'm using disroot for each purpose."
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"Using PGP with Disroot is a good solution as many of their services support E2EE."
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"Disroot offers great privacy features."
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"Disroot might be another option."
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"Otherwise if you can't find anything else, keep using Disroot."
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"Not user-friendly and requires K-9 mail for email access."
#18

ProtonMail

4.3
(4)
"You can have multiple aliases for different needs."
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"Ive been using ProtonMail (free) for a few years and it’s fantastic!! Very user friendly and excellent support."
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"ProtonMail with my own domain provides a reliable webmail service and flexibility."
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"ProtonMail+Bridge is not a viable option due to its availability only with paid plans."
#19

Microsoft

4.0
(4)
"M365 provides excellent security features and ample storage."
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"Microsoft 365 doesn't have Gmail integration, but is damn good. Custom domain integration is super simple."
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"Outlook is user-friendly and efficient."
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"Microsoft is a good alternative if you want to leave Google."
#20

Gmail

4.7
(3)
"I had the least amount of issues with gmail."
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"I used Gmail 6 times."
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"Gmail is good for better delivery"
#21

Proton Mail

4.3
(3)
"If you want security and no questions asked I would say Proton Mail"
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"Proton Mail offers excellent privacy features."
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"I used Proton Mail 4 times."
#22

Amazon SES

4.3
(3)
"Amazon SES is the cheapest you'll find with great deliverability."
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"Amazon Simple Email Service."
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"Amazon SES can be very cost-effective for high volume email sending."
#23

MailJet

4.3
(3)
"I've been using Mailjet for two years and so far I haven't had any problems. Their API is easy, it also has PHP Wrappers and their deliverability is so far flawless."
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"Their free tier is enough for my needs."
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"Mailjet has a good sending reputation and offers useful features."
#24

Microsoft Office 365

4.0
(3)
"Have you considered Office 365?"
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"Pretty happy with Office 365 here in Sweden."
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"I've had no complaints with Office365."
#25

Sendinblue

4.0
(3)
"Sendinblue is another good option for SMTP services when setting up email forwarding."
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"The other one I tried is sendinblue, works surprisingly well for small non-profit sites."
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"Sendinblue is good, being the better of the two compared to SendGrid."
#26

Mailbox

4.0
(3)
"Mailbox ticks some of the boxes - can copy and paste your public PGP key into settings to auto encrypt inbox and sent items and keep your private key local so only you can decrypt your messages."
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"Mailbox is also a good option."
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"2. You will be using IMAP and your own domain: Mailbox"
#27

AWS

3.7
(3)
"AWS SES is better for transactional emails."
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"Cheap and does not share the domain with other users, but takes time to set up."
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"AWS lacks easy to use query/reporting metrics."
#28

Yahoo

3.7
(3)
"I used Yahoo 5 times."
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"Yahoo Mail is also popular for its simplicity."
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"Yahoo is another option if you want to move away from Google."
#29

Mango Mail

5.0
(2)
"Mango Mail is a great option. It has unlimited domains and addresses. Also has guides for gmail app setup and gmail web setup."
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"Mango Mail is the best affordable option rn. Lets you connect unlimited domains + addresses for $18/year."
#30

Zapmail

4.5
(2)
"Zapmail is a game-changer. Not only is it super affordable... I have personally used it and have got amazing experience."
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"Zapmail has been working really well for most of my clients."
#31

Brevo

4.5
(2)
"I'm really happy for it!"
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"Has worked really well for me so far and seems pretty reasonably priced."
#32

StartMail

4.5
(2)
"StartMail provides zero access encryption, ensuring your emails are secure."
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"Check out Startmail. Nice that you can communicate encrypted."
#33

SMTP2GO

4.5
(2)
"SMTP2Go is absolutely amazing."
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"Maybe not cheap, but excellent"
#34

mailbox.org

4.5
(2)
"Mailbox.org is another excellent option for privacy."
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"The mailbox.org lite plan is almost free and supports POP3/IMAP, making it a promising option."
#35

Lavabit

4.0
(2)
"I've been using Lavabit, pretty happy with it."
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"I would check out Lavabit [magma](https://magmadaemon.org/)."
#36

MailTrap

4.0
(2)
"Found it fairly robust for a scheduled email process."
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"MailTrap is sufficient for development and has an acceptable free version."
#37

SimpleLogin

3.5
(2)
"SimpleLogin's premium plan supports custom domains and allows sending via aliases, making it a great fit for family email needs."
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"Sending new mails (as opposed to replying) is kind of a pain because you first have to generate a reverse alias."
#38

Tuta

3.0
(2)
"Very easy to use encrypted email, own domain is possible."
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"Tuta is great, but they force you to use their client which they can inject the scripts that can steal your credentials."
#39

Lark Suite

5.0
(1)
"Larksuite.com is free up to 50 users. Custom domain included."
#40

Larksuite

5.0
(1)
"I'm using larksuite. Best for productivity."
#41

AnonAddy

5.0
(1)
"I'm using AnonAddy. Best email decision I've made in a while."
#42

SSDNodes

5.0
(1)
"Works great easy to update, backup, and also restore."
#43

Dreamhost

5.0
(1)
"I have unlimited domain and email hosting for about 15 / month at Dreamhost. Kind of an insane deal that I've had for a decade imho."
#44

Mozilla

5.0
(1)
"It has always functioned well and is quite a nice doomathing as well as secure."
#45

LineageOS

5.0
(1)
"LineageOS is the best choice for Redmi 9T users looking for a custom OS."
#46

Simplelogin

5.0
(1)
"Simplelogin Premium offers excellent email forwarding services."
#47

Namecheap

5.0
(1)
"It's nicely integrated with my domains and only costs 11$ per year which is a reasonable price."
#48

Klaviyo

5.0
(1)
"Klaviyo is probably the best if you are looking for ecommerce solution, integrates with shopify, magento, probably even with WPcommerce as well but not sure how to set it up."
#49

Mail.com

5.0
(1)
"It allows you to create 'alias emails' which are new email addresses that you can delete at any time. I find this very useful when impersonating multiple people."
#50

Domain Provider

5.0
(1)
"A domain is cheap and a good email provider is only $10 a month."
#51

tuta.com

5.0
(1)
"My choice for email services."
#52

PreVeil

5.0
(1)
"It's the best imo. Has end-to-end encryption and you keep your email address. Plus it's free."
#53

Email Octopus

5.0
(1)
"I've used Email Octopus in the past and have been happy with them!"
#54

Improvmx

5.0
(1)
"Infinite number of aliases and redirects emails to my Gmail."
#55

usewaypoint.com

5.0
(1)
"A tightly integrated visual builder for email API."
#56

Maileroo

5.0
(1)
"Overall, really solid service, UI, and platform."
#57

Skiff

5.0
(1)
"E2E encrypted, own domain, good plans and features."
#58

eWay-CRM

5.0
(1)
"EWay-CRM has by far the best and most seamless integration with Office 365 and Outlook."
#59

Mail2World

5.0
(1)
"This is a free site that allows you to customize your email domain."
#60

Mails ai

5.0
(1)
"I started using Mails ai and noticed a significant drop in banned accounts. Their email verification feature ensures your list is clean, and the email warmup helps with deliverability."
#61

Woodpecker

5.0
(1)
"Personalize your cold emails seamlessly with Woodpecker, an integration-friendly tool compatible with Gmail and Outlook."
#62

Lemlist

5.0
(1)
"Elevate your outreach game with Lemlist, a popular tool offering extensive personalization options for your cold emails."
#63

Yesware

5.0
(1)
"Craft and dispatch personalized cold email campaigns effortlessly using Yesware, a go-to solution for professional sales representatives."
#64

Streak

5.0
(1)
"Unleash the power of Streak, a CRM platform seamlessly integrated with Gmail."
#65

SalesHandy

5.0
(1)
"Engage with leads and automate your sales processes using SalesHandy, a versatile tool combining sales automation and email marketing functionalities."
#66

GSuite

5.0
(1)
"GSuite allows for alias-domains and forwarding rules, making it flexible."
#67

Mail Chimp

5.0
(1)
"I recommend Mail Chimp for an opt-in newsletter."
#68

Pepipost

5.0
(1)
"It's more economical and 99% SPAM free. The best I think for marketing and transactional emails. Free version is available for 30,000 emails."
#69

Zoho Mail

4.0
(1)
"If you don\t have many, Zoho Mail Lite."
#70

Riseup

4.0
(1)
"Riseup.net"
#71

Loop Email

4.0
(1)
"Check out Loop Email."
#72

Cloudflare

4.0
(1)
"I use Cloudflare’s Email Routing to forward to a free Gmail."
#73

MXRoute

4.0
(1)
"I had a good experience so far with MXRoute."
#74

GetResponse

4.0
(1)
"Please check out GetResponse, I hardly see users complaining about their service provider."
#75

Outlook.com

4.0
(1)
"My choice is outlook.com or if I want to appear more businesslike, protonmail.com"
#76

Thexyz

4.0
(1)
"Thexyz.com"
#77

Mailfence

4.0
(1)
"Mailfence"
#78

SparkPost

4.0
(1)
"Https://www.sparkpost.com/pricing offers 100,000 emails per month."
#79

MoonMail

4.0
(1)
"There's an open source tool called [MoonMail](https://moonmail.io/amazon-ses-email-marketing/?utm_source=david) that looks really promising."
#80

Runbox

4.0
(1)
"Runbox"
#81

Emma

4.0
(1)
"We've chosen Emma to be our next email provider."
#82

Bronto

4.0
(1)
"Bronto or Emma seem like they would fit what you’re looking for."
#83

AWS Workmail

4.0
(1)
"AWS Workmail is an intriguing newly-production option at $4/user/mo."
#84

SoGo

4.0
(1)
"It supports ActiveSync for mobile."
#85

Rspamd

4.0
(1)
"The filter has worked out quite well for me."
#86

VPS

4.0
(1)
"Self-hosting on a VPS is a viable option for those willing to set it up."
#87

Mail-in-a-box

4.0
(1)
"Mail-in-a-box is a great option for hosting your own email with a micro VM."
#88

Migadu

4.0
(1)
"Migadu is great for incoming and regular email."
#89

500Mail

4.0
(1)
"500Mail offers both IMAP and POP3 access, making it flexible for users."
#90

Cockli

4.0
(1)
"Currently, I'm using cockli for each purpose."
#91

Autistici

4.0
(1)
"Currently, I'm using autistici for each purpose."
#92

Addy.io

4.0
(1)
"Easy to set up and cheap to maintain."
#93

Infomaniak

4.0
(1)
"I use Infomaniak and I find it very good. Try to take a look at it."
#94

Mailo

4.0
(1)
"It's French and free, making it a good option for sending and receiving emails."
#95

Tutanota Mail

4.0
(1)
"Tutanota Mail is a great alternative for secure email."
#96

Outreachbin

4.0
(1)
"Outreachbin provides full automation and a warm-up service."
#97

SendBuzz

4.0
(1)
"SendBuzz is a reliable tool for cold outreach."
#98

Instantly

4.0
(1)
"Instantly provides a stable platform for SMTP connections."
#99

Zohomail

4.0
(1)
"Zohomail is quite good, plus they're dirt cheap."
#100

OhMySMTP

4.0
(1)
"We use https://ohmysmtp.com/ but I've also heard good things about Postmark."
#101

Mail Poet

4.0
(1)
"Mail Poet is a free plugin and service up to 10000 emails a month, or something like that. It works well in my experience."
#102

posteo.de

4.0
(1)
"Customer service is responsive and quick."
#103

HubSpot

4.0
(1)
"HubSpot is effective for CRM and data protection."
#104

mxroute.com

4.0
(1)
"Has been working well for me. Limited use."
#105

Exchange

4.0
(1)
"I pay $5/m and it includes 1TB cloud storage and 50GB mailbox."
#106

Tuffmail

4.0
(1)
"A bit more barebones but have also had a good experience with them."
#107

Canada Post

4.0
(1)
"They scan codes and to/from addresses so they'll know who's communicating with who."
#108

GFI KerioConnect

3.0
(1)
"You can see GFI KerioConnect. But it is on-premise."
#109

Namecheap’s Private Email

3.0
(1)
"Namecheap was fine (they don’t have their own app, but use open standards that work with just about anything)."
#110

Outlook

3.0
(1)
"I used Outlook 2 times."
#111

Hostinger

2.0
(1)
"There are low cost options for custom domain and email hosting, but options are limited."
#112

Mandrill

2.0
(1)
"Frustrating configuration and testing process."
#113

Others

2.0
(1)
"I also used some others that only gave me 1."
#114

Twilio/SendGrid

1.0
(1)
"Stay far, far away from Twilio/SendGrid. Actively hostile to non-massive-enterprise customers."
#115

Postfix

1.0
(1)
"Setting up your own mail server is risky and requires significant security measures."

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