Best email provider?

[Baitty]

I used to use gmail but am now looking for alternatives which are safer and better to use?

[shorena]

I used to use gmail but am now looking for alternatives which are safer and better to use?

https://prism-break.org/en/all/

this might also be helpfull if you want to free yourself from other things.

Edit: Id also keep the gmail account for non private/important stuff.

[Mike Christ]

They all have about the same amount of privacy (that is, none) if you don't take any extra precautions; there's https://protonmail.ch/ based out of Switzerland but I believe there's a line to get an account, plus it's only useful if you use it with other protonmail addresses since, say, if you send an email from there to a gmail account, Google still keeps an unsecured copy the NSA can get to.

There are some solutions to privacy over email, e.g. encryption (which the NSA is working hard to crack mind you), but it's very impractical for the average user; unless you're Snowden or Assange, it's probably not worth the effort.  You'd have to figure a secure way to trade keys with your recipient so you can encrypt each others emails, which of course gets complicated with people who don't see the point of doing so, or just don't have that kind of technical understanding.

Aside from that, gmail seems like the best choice for non-sensitive email: http://alternativeto.net/software/gmail/

[madken7777]

Privacy is only needed for crook and people who deem important enough. Most users don't fit into this category.

[Baitty]

I thought as much gmail is probably the best option and is probably the most stable without much downtime. I've tried outlook but didn't get on with that.

[Traffic4u]

you can try this one.
http://www.mail.com
you can choose domain that you want like : @lawyer, @post, @asia, @architech etc.

[shorena]

Privacy is only needed for crook and people who deem important enough. Most users don't fit into this category.

You are an idiot.

No one shall be subjected to arbitrary interference with his privacy, family, home or correspondence, nor to attacks upon his honour and reputation. Everyone has the right to the protection of the law against such interference or attacks.

Article 12. UNIVERSAL DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS

http://www.un.org/en/documents/udhr/index.shtml#a12

I thought as much gmail is probably the best option and is probably the most stable without much downtime. I've tried outlook but didn't get on with that.

So when you where said "safer" what exactly did you have in mind? Better protection from hacks or better protection of your privacy?

[Wealthy]

gmail or yahoo mail.

[Shattered]

No votes for AOL mail, connecting thru dial up, on a cordless phone?

Shocking 

[umairsaleem010]

there are many of them yahoo, gmail , gmx , just reserach on google they will provide you a list of email providers

[Daniel91]

I still think that Gmail is the best email provider.
I also using yahoo and hotmail, but not much as before.

[Jesu]

None are safe really unless you encrypt all your messages. Maybe some tor email services may be safer.

Privacy is only needed for crook and people who deem important enough. Most users don't fit into this category.

You are an idiot.

Agreed. If you don't care about privacy do you mind if people watch whilst you have a shower? Or maybe youre a voyeur and are into that sort of stuff  .

[eden1]

for out in the public stuff {work stuff} i use outlook, for others i use mail.com and for games and things that are going to spam me, i use hide my ass anonymous

[trader001]

Gmail is best so far. Never have a missing email or being down for long.

[iluvbitcoins]

Gmail is best so far. Never have a missing email or being down for long.

perhaps

if you like them scanning trough your mails

hushmail is great

[zee11226]

Buy a domain, buy a offshore vps or offshore hosting or use a spare pc in your home and become the email provider yourself.

[5dollarbill]

IMO gmail is the best. Google has proven to be very reliable, very innovative and has a corporate motto of "do no evil"

[zhinkk]

For now, gmail is sufficient. Google could turn out to be extremely evil and snoopative (is that a word?) but for now they will do. Gmail is a great service.

[ForgottenPassword]

Buy a domain, buy a offshore vps or offshore hosting or use a spare pc in your home and become the email provider yourself.

If you buy a VPS, you need to trust the company hosting it.

I would NEVER trust anyone other than me to handle my privacy and neither should you, you should always use PGP to encrypt private emails and do the encryption on your PC (not using your providers server-side tools).

The email provider I use is https://unseen.is
They are based out of and hosted in Iceland and are OK although they lack the functionality of using "+" aliases in email addresses. I PGP encrypt anything sensitive so I do not need to trust them - the main driving factor behind choosing them was the cool domain...  

[ForgottenPassword]

IMO gmail is the best. Google has proven to be very reliable, very innovative and has a corporate motto of "do no evil"

They openly admit that automated systems read your emails looking for keywords so they can target ads to you. Additionally there is the whole NSA having access to their stored data fiasco.

There are also some scary stories:

http://gawker.com/5637234/gcreep-google-engineer-stalked-teens-spied-on-chats

http://www.wired.com/2010/01/operation-aurora/

And also check out these pages:

https://www.google.com/transparencyreport/userdatarequests/

https://google.com/history