Asklemmy

Fastmail and proton mail are usually recommended when this question comes up among technical groups.

Protonmail and Tutanota are my favorites

I've been using mailbox.org for years and they're great. I also like that they are following both German and EU rules/principles

I've been using Gmail forever. I used to use Outlook but there is just so much spam that comes through.

The one that comes free with my domain registrar.

I also like Riseup but it needs an invite. I also like mail alias services like SimpleLogin and AnonAddy. People should use those more often.

I don't like how Gmail's tagging system works (All Mail and no "archive"). As for Proton and Tuta, I don't like how I can't use other mail clients other than their own web interface. If you only access mail via a web browser, then it's fine I guess.

proton and tutanota come to mind first, proton seems to be going for an integrated ecosystem of apps (vpn, cloud storage, password manager etc.) so it might be a good choice if you want to move away from google's ecosystem. it is all personal preference though, some people don't like the idea of putting too much trust on one entity and i can't blame them

migadu

I got tired of all the problems with providers and learned how to run my own mail server twenty years ago. Certainly not an option for most people but I would never go back to relying on someone else for something I can do at home.

I use Posteo myself. Similar to Mailbox, $1 a month and I haven't had any issues.

If you want to attach your own domain, I've been using Zoho and having no significant issue (although I haven't really tried anything else). Otherwise, Apple's seems to be the best value, surprisingly?

Onmail is pretty awesome. You get 10gb free and it has a function where you have to approve first contacts. Very easy way to block spammers.

I use it to get mail from two other accounts.

I have used proton before and it’s fine but the one annoyance is that it treats mail in trash as archived mail, which means that you get a lot of: there is deleted mail in this thread.

I'm using Hey, and while there are some issues with the company (namely, the CEO enacting some shitty employee policies during the pandemic), their email service is great.

Particularly, I love their email allowlist. Whenever you get an email from a new sender for the first time, you have the option to allow or deny their emails from then on. I used to always have thousands of unread emails when I was on Gmail (most things just routing to an unused "Newsletter" folder), but now, pretty much every email I get is one that I actually want to read.

It's a paid service, and tbh debatable whether or not it's worth the price, but the screening feature singlehandedly makes it worthwhile for me.

Black bear

Edit: I was making a reference to the US version of the office. The way the question was phrased, I could not resist. Sorry everyone who thought I was serious!