# Best standard email (IMAP/SMTP) provider that is not terrible for privacy?

**URL:** https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/best-standard-email-imap-smtp-provider-that-is-not-terrible-for-privacy/22434
**Category:** General
**Created:** 2024-11-15T00:16:32Z
**Posts:** 29
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## Post 22 by @anon11657877 — 2025-08-08T20:52:07Z

> [@nahme](#):
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> They just don’t support custom domains, but aside from that I can’t really find any issues with their offering.

No proper DMARC which means anyone can spoof your email address and send spam or illegal content and it’d be marked as legitimate. They also tried to hide this.

> [@Posteo (email provider)](https://discuss.privacyguides.net/t/posteo-email-provider/13346/4):
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> Another thing to add, I’m pretty annoyed that their encryption [marketing page](https://posteo.de/en/site/encryption) cuts off this screenshot of Hardenize right above where they stop passing their tests while claiming they achieve “top marks” in the results. More related info to Posteo:

They do a lot of things better than other providers like the encryption you mentioned plus IMAP support and not requiring more PII than necessary, but without a proper DMARC, nothing else matters. Just stick with Disroot or one of the PG recommended providers.

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