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Looking for Thoughts on Email
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this post was submitted on 03 Jun 2026
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It's almost like we should not expect privacy. Tuta looks interesting, but again it's the lock in and they use their own proprietary encryption
I originally started with Tuta and I found it too frustrating to use. The UI is lacking, notifications wouldn't come in for extended periods (as it doesn't use play services), and frequently, when opening the application, it would tell me I'm offline and disconnected and take a considerable time before eventually refreshing itself and showing me the contents of my inbox.
I went on the hunt trialling alternatives, including Purely mail, Infomaniak and Mailbox.org, but ultimately landed on Fastmail despite it being a more costly option.
Fastmail is just slick in its offering. I'm a heavy label user and the UI and UX just works for me. The ease of creating masked emails has me using that feature more than I ever thought I would.
It can still work on an IMAP connection but gives you the usual label to folder oddities, but I'm fine with their app offerings on Android/iOS/Linux/Windows.
The downsides are its cost and being hosted in a five-eyes country.