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Other cloud providers may not read your mail to serve you ads, but they still put your data on an easy path to a government data funnel. If you want to avoid that, but the creepiness isn't enough to scare you off email all together your options are to self host, or (better service, less privacy) rent a server. I'm currently renting a dedicated server from OVH^. The servers are in France, with prices starting at $3 a month. You can put use the same server for a blog, VPN internet proxy, owncloud data dump, whatever you like. Setting up mail is more time consuming than you'd think, unless you use a pack like Zimbra or iRedMail. I'm using Zimbra for some specific features, but iRedMail plays nicer with other software. They are pretty much the same thing, a package that sets up a mail server, some spam filtering, an admin interface, and roundcube for webmail. ^note that OVH will be sold out on that deal for around a month, but you can get a VPS in the mean time (recommend Digital Ocean). Take regular backups if you are buying cheap, expect a hardware fail once in 3 years so be prepared to get a replacement up very fast. The idea here is to be just obscure enough that your data is not retrievable without unlikely manual intervention. |