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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org


This was a tough decision, having used Gmail since 2007/2008. However, I had to draw the line and stop giving Google my data for free.

Sounds good… but the catch is that to use their end-to-end encryption you’re forced to use their apps (or, on macOS, run a background “bridge”). That’s a no go for me, because I love Apple’s Mail app on macOS and iOS, it just works perfectly for my needs, and I don’t want to give that up. To make things easier, on my old Gmail account (which I removed from Apple Mail on all devices) I set up a forward to my new mailbox.org address.

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