I’m trying to de-Google, and that means finally getting off of Gmail. I need a new email address for shopping/corporate spam. Where should I park all the emails I get about coupons, shipping updates, new product features, policy changes, etc.?
Considerations:
-I don’t want to just give all my shopping data to another big AI company. (So, not Outlook/Microslop.) I don’t want a provider that will sell my data to third parties, either. These emails don’t need top-level privacy protection, but random third parties don’t need to know whether I buy cheap or expensive shoes.
-I’d like to use email aliases for different companies so I can figure out who’s the leak if I start getting emails from an unexpected source. (Although maybe that can be a separate service from the email provider?)
-I don’t care what country the email provider is based in. I don’t care if the CIA can theoretically find out what shoes I buy, I just don’t want businesses giving me higher “personalized” prices because of those shoes.
-I’d prefer to stick with a free email provider if possible, but maybe that’s not compatible with the first point, IDK.
Suggestions, please!
I use my personal domain name with Zoho mail. It’s like $15 a year for their 10GB plan so not free but very cheap. I have it set up so literally anything@mydomain.com goes into my inbox, and I can set up folders with rules if I want. It works very well for me, and from the limited research I did their privacy stance is good, but that wasn’t a super big deal for me or else I might have looked at Tuta more as the next best thing. I think I shied away from them because Zoho supports 3rd party email apps and I think with Tuta you have to use their app.