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minus-squarejpablo68@infosec.publinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoI’m in a quest to find a good email provider that doesn’t ask for a cellphone or another email address while creating an account, cock.li used to do this but now it’s “getting back on its feet”
minus-squareMatombo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agocreate 2 proton mail account und use each other as a backup e-mail
minus-square🇦🇺𝕄𝕦𝕟𝕥𝕖𝕕𝕔𝕣𝕠𝕔𝕕𝕚𝕝𝕖@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoDon’t u need an existing email to bootstrap that process.
minus-squareMatombo@feddit.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agonope, you can skip for the first account and then validate after the fact
minus-squarewulf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoPersonally I use mailbox.org, it’s not free, but you are not the product
minus-squareTotalCourage007@lemm.eelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoThere used to be a way to make Google accounts with no number but that’s probably been patched. I generally refuse to add numbers if I can help it. Proton, Mailbox & fastmail are all good options. Best way to avoid it is self-hosting but that is beyond most people (as in time-consuming).
minus-squarezagaberoo@sopuli.xyzlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·15 days agoIs that even feasible without getting marked as spam by all the major players?
I’m in a quest to find a good email provider that doesn’t ask for a cellphone or another email address while creating an account, cock.li used to do this but now it’s “getting back on its feet”
create 2 proton mail account und use each other as a backup e-mail
Don’t u need an existing email to bootstrap that process.
nope, you can skip for the first account and then validate after the fact
Personally I use mailbox.org, it’s not free, but you are not the product
Proton does this.
There used to be a way to make Google accounts with no number but that’s probably been patched. I generally refuse to add numbers if I can help it.
Proton, Mailbox & fastmail are all good options. Best way to avoid it is self-hosting but that is beyond most people (as in time-consuming).
Selfhosted email I guess.
Is that even feasible without getting marked as spam by all the major players?