Well it's worth mentioning that the Windows way of doing this is to run Mailwasher Free, then use your free ISP email account. Mailwasher downloads the mail from the ISP via POP3 then scans it and removes all the spam then delivers it to your Outlook or Thunderbird or whatever email program you use.
Proton mail looks good but their downside is their free offering is webbased only. Why not just put up your own email server? Since you are willing to pay for it just do what I do and pay for a static IP and you are off to the races. Then you can do exactly what you want. You can also run a VPN server to be able to remote into your computer when you are travelling, etc. Alternatively, I have a friend that runs their own mailserver on a dynamic IP (residential account) They run a router,firewall that I setup for them that goes to a dynamic DNS service which assigns a DNS name to the dynamic IP on the outside of their router Since their cable provider blocks incoming port 25 I relay incoming email from one of my mailservers to theirs on port 2525. Then their router port forwards 2525 to port 25 on their server. They run some spamfiltering but it's a lot harder to filter when you don't see the source IP of the incoming connection. Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Owlett Sent: Saturday, May 6, 2023 6:07 AM To: Portland Linux/Unix Group <[email protected]> Subject: [PLUG] Looking for a paid POP/IMAP email provider Though I live in SW Missouri, I've followed this list for years. My current provider is terminating email service soon. I run SeaMonkey on Debian. Wishing to avoid ads, I specified "paid" in the subject line. I've found services that seem generally suitable, *BUT* -- one requires existence of a mobile phone account I don't have a smartphone due to vision problems -- another { catering to small businesses} needs a custom domain I don't under the ramifications of creating a domain In one sense, privacy/security is not a major issue as >90% of my usage is "public" mailing lists such as this or tech oriented Usenet groups. Suggestions/guidance please. TIA
