I’ve been looking to switch from gmail to a different email provider that’s more private. I’ve been hearing about Tuta, are there any drawbacks to it? Are there better options?

For a while I was planning on making the switch to protonmail but that’s off the table now due to the recent events surrounding them.

  • sbird@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’ve tried tuta before. It seems pretty okay, but it doesn’t support IMAP meaning you have to use their app, and (at least for me) it was SLOW.

    I personally use disroot, but there’s loads of other options, like mailfence seems like a decent alternative. Just pick one that supports IMAP

    • MischievousGT@feddit.org
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      1 month ago

      I’m using Tuta and their app for a few years now. The app was slow indeed but it’s good now, no problems so far. Lack of IMAP support is justified with security, they say. I personaly don’t need IMAP as I’m completely satisfied with the app, which is available officially in f-droid btw.

  • ThePooDragon@lemmy.world
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    1 month ago

    I didn’t like that Tuta didn’t support IMAP which means I am locked in to using their client. I self host my own CalDAV and carddav servers for calendar and contacts and wanted a single client for mail/calendar/contacts. Without IMAP support I could not do that. I ended up going with fastmail and am okay with the privacy tradeoff of no end to end encryption.

  • brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    I’ve used Tuta for years, paid account with multiple custom domains.

    I prefer them for their principles, but their clients are extremely frustrating. Emails load very slowly and their email search is basically unusable.

    I’ve resorted to downloading old emails and using other clients to import and search through them. I really wish they would improve their email search.

  • perishthethought@lemm.eeEnglish
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    1 month ago

    I’ve used Tuta for more than 4 years. It’s a solid choice if you accept a couple few things:

    • they’re a small company, doing their best to survive.

    • you have to use their client apps. They take security very seriously and assume all of their users do as well.

    • prices might go up every few years but I am still paying my original rate, for my original features.

    • the search function does work but is very slow.

    But otherwise, I’m very happy and expect to stay with them for the forseeable. Good luck in your search.

  • drkt@lemmy.dbzer0.comEnglish
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    1 month ago

    In comparison to Gmail? Yes, but that’s a very low bar to clear. You need to be aware that Tuta are currently enshittifying. The product is getting worse and the price increases. It’s slow, but it’s happening. I switched to disroot.org after 2 years of Tuta because I got fed up with it.

    It is in my Scrolls of Grudge, and I quote:

    Ads in web UI for paying user.
    Made it hard to cancel payment.
    Newsletter is just upselling.
    Can’t unsub from newsletter.

    • Sarcasmo220@lemmy.ml
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      1 month ago

      I am a paid user of Tuta and I have never seen any ads. Where did you see them and what kind of ads?

      • perishthethought@lemm.eeEnglish
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        1 month ago

        _drkt provided no proof of Tuta’s enshittification. There are no paid ads for third party products in any Tuta UI. Don’t panic yet. Read all the comments here, maybe.

  • feoh@lemmy.ml
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    1 month ago

    It’s not Tuta but I adore Fastmail.

    No BS. No gimmicks. Just privacy aware, protocol conformant E-mail at a reasonable price.

      • feoh@lemmy.ml
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        1 month ago

        Services cost money to run. Either you pay for the product or you are the product.

        Make your choice, name your poison. No skin off my nose in any case :)

        • azalty@jlai.lu
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          1 month ago

          I mean I self host for 4€/month and I could fit multiple emails in there

          Email is pretty much just about storage at some point, and there are a lot more cost effective servers for this, than a simple VPS

          • feoh@lemmy.ml
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            26 days ago

            Self hosting email is a non trivial effort. I’ve done it before and am in zero rush to do it again.

            And before you tell me “Oh hey I’ve had no problems at all with delivery getting blocked by GOOG or MSFT” good on you but that has NOT been a lot of people’s experience trying to self host their E-mail, including mine.

  • ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.netEnglish
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    1 month ago

    Tuta and Posteo are both pretty excellent (posteo is cheaper, but has a few less options that might be a deal breaker if you need them, like custom domain support).

    Disroot is a good free option, and they offer custom domains after a one time donation.

    Mailbox is okay, though they are known to have a very odd 2fa, and will recycle your address if you ever stop paying, allowing others to claim it and potentially impersonate you.

    Posteo is unique in that they’ll never delete your account for inactivity, or even if you stop paying, where they’ll let you access and read emails, but not let you send them until you pay again.

    Edit: apparently Tuta is going downhill according to others here, which is unfortunate :(

    • nixx@feddit.nl
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      1 month ago

      Mailbox.org beta offers regular 2FA setup via authenticator. I’ve been using it for months and I’m yet to run into any issues.

      In general, I’ve been with MBO for almost a year and I’m happy with the service. You basically get a complete replacement for the google suite which you can use via your app(s) of choice.