Re: [Trisquel-users] What service do you recommend to replace OpenMailBox

[strypey]

Service sustainability is a major sticking point. I don't want to use GMail,  
despite it being a convenient and reliable service from a naive user POV, for  
the same reason I don't want to use FarceBook or Skype (contributing to their  
network effect). But I also don't want to be constantly having to up sticks  
and move from one fringe service to another, with all the loss of data/  
contacts, and other disruptions this involves.

I set up an OpenMailBox account to separate out my personal (friends and  
family) email from correspondence related to activist work (for which I use  
RiseUp). I'm not opposed to paying a fair price for a hosted service - being  
the customer may be the only viable alternative to being the product - but I  
think there are some things it is unethical to charge for, and the ability to  
export user data  is one of them (eg POP3/ IMAP access to email). Even if OMB  
hadn't made this unethical pricing decision, the fact their user forum went  
offline for months with no communication from OMB about why, or about their  
plans to switch to new software and pricing model, and the way their new  
software broke many of the ways I was using their service, leave me far from  
convinced they are a reliable long term host. So, I'm now on the hunt for a  
replacement too. I thank those who have posted recommendations and reviews  
here, and will do the same for the services I'm aware of.