Looking for a cheap and reputable inbox from a company with a decent privacy policy. Don’t mind paying, but it’s gotta be less than 30 USD a year; I do not need anything but the ability to send and receive emails for accounts and correspondence.

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    22 hours ago

    Did you find that kind of provider that will supply eternal prefixes? The provider would have to be some kind of non-profit, that can not be sold. And maybe in a jurisdiction that covers this use case. Best would be a prohibition on email or domain reassignment, because that would be respected for hundreds of years to come, even if the law was changed again after the prefix assignment. What a thought, thank you for making me think about all that.

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      7 hours ago

      I’m not sure what you mean by prefixes. I’m just talking about regular email addresses at the provider’s domain(s), like YourEmailName@TheirDomain.com. If you were asking about whether I have found providers that satisfy this requirement (either “lifetime” free email or no recycling of addresses), aside from the big ones that we’re trying to avoid, like Google and Microsoft, the only ones I’ve found so far are Proton (free tier), Runbox (no recycling), and Infomaniak (free). I didn’t check Tuta since I’m not interested in fully encrypted email providers.

      I don’t think that we would ever get a provider that would satisfy those stringent requirements you listed, but I figure that anything is better than nothing. No problem, you’re welcome, but sorry to bring your attention to that thought.