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by majewsky 2909 days ago
I use the mailbox offering of Posteo (https://posteo.de) and am very happy with it. They're a small business located in Germany that does not do any bullshit (no ads, no tracking, etc.), and ticks a lot of the checkboxes for ethical business (as much encryption as possible, careful examination of court orders instead of automated law enforcement access, exclusive usage of renewable energy, etc.). I usually go in via IMAP, but their webmail looks pretty okay as far as I remember. The basic offering is 1 € per month for a mailbox, a CalDAV calendar and a CardDAV addressbook; but I think you can sign up for a free trial if you just want to have a look.

(Not affiliated with Posteo, just a happy customer.)
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dimitar 2909 days ago
They look great! However I don't seem to find an option to use a custom domain.
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nachtigall 2909 days ago
+1 for Posteo, but they do not offer custom domains. See 3rd question at https://posteo.de/en/site/faq

If you want this, then I'd check out https://mailbox.org

See https://mailbox.org/en/how-to-use-mailbox-org-with-individua...

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akudha 2909 days ago
Just one Euro per month per inbox? That is awesome, I wonder what their margin is
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majewsky 2909 days ago
According to their own accounts, they have not taken any venture capital or loans. And they say they're donating to NGOs on a regular basis. I could also imagine that users' deposits are invested. (They use a pre-paid model, and e.g. I always send 25 or 50 euros at a time when recharging my Posteo account. An average of maybe 5 euros times 50,000 users is a quarter million in free cash.)

Source: https://posteo.de/en/site/sustainability

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