Before you compare EU email providers, get your own domain. It is the single change that lets you switch providers later without redoing the painful migration.
It actually very easy - majority of email providers have a email transfer service; and if thats not your cup of tea then you can manually export and import them.
@CAVOK
I’ve had several of my own @_URLs since I first connected to the Internet & currently run them through Thunderbird. And there is an extension on TB for exporting emails (in readable .eml format) called “ImportExportTools NG” that I run every month so I can clean up my (busy) mailbox regularly but still archive/have access to years of mail.
(I also send TB the odd donation once in a while for the service.)
For URL hosting I suggest OVH, Infomaniak (France & Switz) but Proton email too.
Main issue for me is my current mails. How easy/hard is it to move everything i already have over to the new provider.
You setup both addresses in thunderbird, then simply drag and drop all the emails from one side to the other
It actually very easy - majority of email providers have a email transfer service; and if thats not your cup of tea then you can manually export and import them.
Even if not - imapsync works universally, more ir less.
And if it doesn’t work it’s a huge red flag IMHO
@CAVOK
I’ve had several of my own @_URLs since I first connected to the Internet & currently run them through Thunderbird. And there is an extension on TB for exporting emails (in readable .eml format) called “ImportExportTools NG” that I run every month so I can clean up my (busy) mailbox regularly but still archive/have access to years of mail.
(I also send TB the odd donation once in a while for the service.)
For URL hosting I suggest OVH, Infomaniak (France & Switz) but Proton email too.