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by thaniri 2103 days ago
I'm actually a customer of Tutanota, and their product has been pretty good in the last ~2 years I've used it.

Short of hosting your own email, I can't think of other email providers as secure as tutanota. They tick off a lot of boxes: open source, hosted in Germany, encrypted mailboxes, DKIM/DMARC support...

The only feature that might give people pause is that their search functionality isn't great. I have pretty low volume of emails to my personal inbox so it doesn't matter, but it might be frustrating to use as a work inbox.

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Also a customer since a few years. Working with domains is a breeze. I also think the calendar and contact list are perfect features to place behind encryption.

This recent downtime issue is basically the only reliability problem I can even recall having experienced with Tutanota, so they seem to be getting more and more attention.

Seldom need search, but it is very basic and slow. I tend to work around that by using folders for e.g. senders, topics. Most (all?) collab functions are available within a single account between subusers (like an organization). Collaboration between independent Tutanota customers would be a nice addition.

Just playing with the thought of improving or implementing these _few_ features I've mentioned quickly turns into a pit of snakes. A cryptographic and engineering challenge.

So instead, I trust Tutanota to work on what's important, thoughtfully paced. Not too fast like my chaotic mind.

That's why I'm their customer.

How does it compare to ProtonMail?
I like Tutanota much more (except for the last week) for a few reasons. The ones that come to mind include email search, more affordable pricing, and more flexible domain allowances. Also, they tend to roll out new features on a faster timeline, such as the recent addition of a new domain verification method that few providers currently support (that I forgot the name of?) and an in-app calendar.
I use and like both. I don't do anything fancy with my email, though, so YMMV. For my use case they are equal.