Creating a new secure email address

Western Pomise

Like a lot of people I have had 5 or 6 different email addresses over the years,some work related and some personal.....even had to create one or two to complete work related training courses eg a gmail account a few years ago.Currently have a gmail account for work and a yahoo account for more personal stuff.
Also like other people I have long since forgotten the passwords to one or two!

I would like to set up a new personal email account that would not require any interaction with my current personal yahoo account to set it up.Is it possible to set up a new account these days without having to give a backup email address or phone number etc while creating it.
Would people recommend one platform over another...eg Yahoo,gmail,outlook etc and if so why?

Thanks for any replies in next day or two as need to get one set up asap.

bodonnell

Have a look at protonmail, recovery email address is optional iirc.

Western Pomise

bodonnell wrote: »

Have a look at protonmail, recovery email address is optional iirc.

Thanks.....appreciate your reply.

Western Pomise

bodonnell wrote: »

Have a look at protonmail, recovery email address is optional iirc.

Thanks......Looked up protonmail....seems to be very secure,I'm not the greatest with technology .....protonmail 'doesn't offer 'Pop3 services' for forwarding mail from another address'.In plain laymans terms does that mean that you cannot forward an email you got from someone using likes of yahoo for email to a third party via protonmail?....if that was the case that would not be great at all but I may well have misunderstood this?

The free version offers 500MB of mailbox storage....would be mainly ordinary emails I would be receiving and sending with maybe an odd one with attachments.
Would only be sending/receiving a few emails per day.Would 500 MB of storage be sufficient for that level of email traffic?
Need to set up this address today.

Really appreciate any replies asap to my few queries about the Pop 3 services query and if memory capacity of free version would be ok for my needs from more accomplished posters on this forum.

Western Pomise

Really appreciate if anyone could answer my couple of queries as have to get account set up.

eusap

you can create as many gmail accounts as you like, not required to enter recovery addresses

Western Pomise

eusap wrote: »

you can create as many gmail accounts as you like, not required to enter recovery addresses

Thanks ....what would be your understanding of protonmail not offering 'Pop 3 service' for forwarding messages from another address?

Doodah7

iCloud email accounts allow the use of three proxies which keep the original account safe and secure.

bonzodog2

I use protonmail. No POP3 just means you have to log in from a browser, not use a standalone mail client like Thunderbird. You can forward stuff no problem. They do a paid service also, if you need more than 500MB, but it should be plenty for you.

Ten Pin

protonmail 'doesn't offer 'Pop3 services' for forwarding mail from another address'.In plain laymans terms does that mean that you cannot forward an email you got from someone using likes of yahoo for email to a third party via protonmail?....if that was the case that would not be great at all but I may well have misunderstood this?

POP3 is an email server protocol. POP3 and IMAP allows emails to be accessed via a third party app, it's a nice-to-have feature but not needed to use it as a functional email account. You can do all you need to do from a web browser.

Forwarding to or from proton works the same as any other webmail service.

The free version offers 500MB of mailbox storage....would be mainly ordinary emails I would be receiving and sending with maybe an odd one with attachments.
Would only be sending/receiving a few emails per day.Would 500 MB of storage be sufficient for that level of email traffic?

Text only email would be small...maybe 0.1MB. Attachments of text documents might be 1-2MB. If you reach the 500MB limit, then you'll have to save the emails you need to keep by saving the webpage and download attachments to local hard drive. Then delete emails to make space for newer emails.

in2dark

Im using runbox for my business emails. Very happy with it.

I see all my emails on thunderbird or android phone

markmoto

Western Pomise wrote: »

Thanks for any replies in next day or two as need to get one set up asap.

mail.com your best bet over 100 different domain extension to choose from

POP, IMAP, WEB
Check it out
https://signup.mail.com/#.1258-header-signup2-1

BailMeOut

Take a look at Zoho

RangeR

I too use Protonmail Visionary. Fantastic service and I'd never go back to a free email provider. If you want a very cheap email address, you could just rent out a shared web hosting package from any of the Irish providers. You can even choose your own domain name. All for no more than about €50 per year.

The one I use [before I had Proton] was €50 [ex vat I think] a year which included 10GB storage, unlimited email address [one for each of the family] over up to 10 different domains of your choosing. It also included a free domain name registration. For a fiver a month, it was a no brainer. Build your own website too, if you want.

Gmak2442

You can search on duckduckgo and you can find another mail client such as Gmail and Yahoo. Search for alternative to gmail.

I also suggest fastmail.com not as powerful as Gmail but acceptable.