Find Your Private Email Setup

A short wizard that turns your real constraints into a concrete plan: which provider, which alias strategy, the migration steps, and the caveats — with a transparent table of every candidate it considered.

The output is a provider and an alias strategy together — that pairing is the part most guides skip. Data is drawn from our provider and alias service comparisons (reviewed 2026-05).

1. Keep your current address?

Yes — I don't want to change the address people already have for me No — I'm willing to move to a new, more private mailbox

2. Do you use IMAP / Thunderbird / Apple Mail?

Yes, and it must work with no bridge / no paid add-on I'd like it, but a bridge / paid path is acceptable No — a web/app-only client is fine

3. Do you want a custom domain ([email protected])?

Yes — I want a portable address I can keep if I switch providers No — a provider address is fine

4. Roughly how many aliases / signups do you need?

Lots — a different address for almost every service Some — a handful of throwaway addresses Very few — occasional only

5. Budget

Free only Low — up to ≈ €3/month is fine Whatever it takes for the right setup

6. Main worry

Ad-profiling — my provider mining my mail Data brokers — my address ending up on marketing/broker lists Account compromise — phishing / breach of my inbox Metadata — who I talk to and when, incl. sensitive subjects

7. Platforms

Apple (iPhone/Mac) Android Windows Linux