Which Email Service Should I Use?

Which Email Service Should I Use?

There are numerous providers out there offering feature-rich email services. You'll have to choose one based on your specific needs and wants.

The table below highlights a few of the more popular choices, giving you the ability to compare features at a glance.

  Email Provider
Browser Access
IMAP
Extra Security
Spammy*
  Gmail.com
Yes
Yes
No
Yes
  Outlook.comYes
Yes
No
No
  ProtonMail.com
Yes
No
Yes
No
  Yahoo.com
Yes
Yes, supposedly.
(We couldn't get it to work.)
No
Very
* "Spammy" means that you'll get targeted for junk mail.

If ProtonMail offered IMAP it would be our #1 recommendation, but that would compromise the extra security it provides. In ProtonMail, all messages are encrypted and unreadable except by the account owner; they must enter their key to unlock and access messages. Also, ProtonMail requires either a browser, or an iOS or Android app, to work.

However, we expect that the vast majority of our customers will want to continue using their preferred email program (e.g., Microsoft Outlook, Apple Mail, Mozilla Thunderbird) with their email. This makes availability of IMAP an important requirement.

As a result, we recommend one of the top two email providers shown in our list: either Gmail, or Outlook.com. 




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