Proton Mail is one of the best alternatives to Gmail, Outlook, and Apple Mail, with end-to-end encryption, tracker blocking, and phishing protection among its features. A free account gets you 1GB of storage and up to 150 messages per day, while paid plans start at $3.99 per month.
STOP giving out your real email address (do this instead)
The newest feature added to Proton Mail is the option to hide your email address: that's where you set up an email alias that you have to provide whenever you buy something or sign up for a social media service, while keeping your actual email address private. It's something that's already available on other email clients (such as Apple's), and you can set it up in just a few minutes.
Here’s how email aliases work and why you should use them: You start by generating an alias in your email app, and then you use the alias (in place of your actual email address) whenever you fill out a web form, sign up for a new digital service, or tell someone how to contact you. Any messages sent to that alias will go into your regular inbox.
Apps, sites, and web forms are constantly asking us for email addresses. An alias system provides a bit of extra protection and privacy, as well as some extra control over your inbox: you can create an email alias for a specific purpose, like organizing a soccer team, and then filter all messages that come through that alias.
