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Is Tuta a good alternative to gmail? (slrpnk.net)

submitted 18 hours ago by countrypunk@slrpnk.net to c/privacy@lemmy.ml

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I've been looking to switch from gmail to a different email provider that's more private. I've been hearing about Tuta, are there any drawbacks to it? Are there better options?

For a while I was planning on making the switch to protonmail but that's off the table now due to the recent events surrounding them.

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[–] brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 11 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

I've used Tuta for years, paid account with multiple custom domains.

I prefer them for their principles, but their clients are extremely frustrating. Emails load very slowly and their email search is basically unusable.

I've resorted to downloading old emails and using other clients to import and search through them. I really wish they would improve their email search.

[–] thatradomguy@lemmy.world 4 points 16 hours ago

Appreciate the honest insight. Thanks for sharing. :)

[–] scheep@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

yep, the app is SLOW

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 14 hours ago (2 children)

Thunderbird/Betterbird?

[–] ProdigalFrog@slrpnk.net 1 points 2 hours ago

Tuta does not allow you to use third party email clients like Thunderbird.

[–] brownmustardminion@lemmy.ml 1 points 10 minutes ago (1 children)

I should re-iterate I download the emails to use in an offline client. Their service doesn't support third party clients to receive and send email.

When I do taxes, I need to search thousands of emails for receipts and the tuta apps make this impossible. This is my workaround.

[–] Flagstaff@programming.dev 1 points 8 minutes ago

Right, so I'm wondering what client that is.