synicalx

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[–] synicalx@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I'm not the person you were asking, but I recently tried tried Tuta with my own domain and decided to look elsewhere due to a few things;

  • No way to import mail, despite it being announced as "worked on" back in 2022. This is a fairly huge blocker IMO.
  • Email rules don't seem to apply until you view (and I assume decrypt) your mailbox. This led to some annoying behaviour like push notifications for emails that should have had rules applied to them.
  • Spam filtering is all over the place - it's overzealous and filters legitimate emails, and at the same time it lets in plenty of actual spam.
  • The mobile apps are odd - you get realtime push notifications, but when you open the app and view your mailbox, it takes 20-30 seconds for it to show the email it just notified you about (even if you tap the notification).
  • Their history of outages and instability are a big cause for concern IMO. Email is a crucial service, so uptime, deliverability, and data integrity are paramount.

For routine/non-sensitive email, they feel like too much hassle for the average punter in my opinion. And if I put on my industry hat; their frequent downtime is a huge red flag, and a sign that they either don't know what they're doing or don't have enough cash to operate properly.

Having said that, I still think they're the best current option if privacy/encryption is your only concern - to the best of my knowledge no one else takes that quite as seriously as they do.

[–] synicalx@lemm.ee 3 points 1 week ago

Hmmm I’ll have to check what Moses said about that