frequentlywrong

Speaking of FastMail pricing, I don't understand why they wouldn't display their multi-year discounts anywhere on their page (if it's there, I can't find it). You have to have an account to be able to see the discounts. But for those who're interested, the discounts are the following:

The Basic account (normally $30 a year) can be purchased for three years at $80.

The Standard account (normally $50 a year) can be purchased for three years at $130.

The Professional account (normally $90 a year) can be purchased for three years at $230.

I've tried them as well, and they are very good (and probably the right choice for extremely privacy-minded people), but they are - like most email providers Swiss - very expensive (while not offering the same amount of features that FastMail has, except for in the privacy department).

After having checked out their website, the one thing I don't like about them is how they say they'll reject spam before it reaches users' accounts (i.e. reach the spam folder or inbox). That sounds like a good thing in theory, but I've seen so many legitimate emails be marked as spam by aggressive spam systems that I fear losing legitimate emails if emails looking like spam are rejected and don't even reach the spam folder.

"Pawnmail currently has enough funds to support 221 more days of hosting." It seems to be a free project (getting money from donations) run by a single person. No, thanks :)

Google Apps is too expensive for a single user, and Gmail collects my personal data.

I've used them and I recommend them, but the 1 GB included with their offering is not enough, and additional space is ridiculously expensive.

They have a good reputation, but are not ideal if you only want a single mailbox. They have a five-account minimum.

I haven't heard about those. Do you have a link to a web page that explains more?

The reason I'd prefer my own domain is quite simply that I'd like to avoid being locked into a specific email company.

> Without knowing exactly what you want it's hard to say

A single mailbox, 5 or so GB of space, IMAP, the ability to use my own domain.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zoho_Corporation says that "the company is headquartered at its largest campus in Estancia IT Park in Chennai, Tamil Nadu, India. Formerly, it filed headquarters in Pleasanton, California, USA."

I generally avoid Google (except for search). I prefer iOS over Android because part of the point of Android seems to be to mine my personal data.