Proton mail recoups the free cost because their free account requires you to access it via web-interface only. No POP3/IMAP. By doing that they can give you popup advertisements.
Ted -----Original Message----- From: PLUG <[email protected]> On Behalf Of Richard Owlett Sent: Monday, May 8, 2023 4:56 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [PLUG] Looking for a paid POP/IMAP email provider Rich Shepard wrote: > On Sat, 6 May 2023, Richard Owlett wrote: > >> 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. > > Richard, > > How about gmail? Or proton mail <https://proton.me/mail>? > > Rich > > There is *NO* such thing as a free lunch ;! As Ted Mittelstaedt wrote of gmail, "But it's known that they scan email to scrape marketing data from it." I don't know how proton.me recoup the cost of providing "free" or if such techniques are applied to their paid services.
