4SecureMail vs Mailo

4SecureMail provides secure email accounts and managed email hosting for businesses and consumers. Accounts support POP, IMAP, and SMTP with SSL/TLS and work with standard clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird. SecureVault encrypts sensitive outgoing email for outside recipients, who read and reply through a secure web link. Spam protection includes SpamAssassin and a challenge/response whitelist; a server-based ICSA-certified virus scanner is also included. The FAQ says SSL/TLS sessions begin before login credentials are exchanged, and that TLS 1.2 and Perfect Forward Secrecy are supported. The company describes support for HIPAA, GLB, and SOX, can provide or review a Business Associate Agreement, and offers off-site legal archiving at additional cost. IMAP IDLE notifications and simultaneous connections from multiple devices are supported. Outgoing attachments can total up to 5 GB across all recipients. Plans range from one mailbox with 500 MB of storage and no custom domain to options with multiple mailboxes, more storage, and custom domains. The service has no free plan but offers a free trial; listed pricing starts at $8.24/mo. It is available worldwide to holders of major credit cards and supports U.S. currency.

Mailo is an email service available on the web and through Android and iOS apps, with calendar, address book, cloud and sharing services. Its free plan includes 1 GB of email storage, 500 MB for documents and photos, five aliases, advertising banners, and IMAP4 and EAS access. Premium is listed at €1.50 per month and expands the mailbox to 20 GB, with 5 GB for a virtual disk and photo albums and up to 100 aliases. Premium also removes webmail advertising, supports attachments up to 50 MB and provides POP3 or IMAP4 access. It includes a lifetime email address, and the offer can be activated for one to five years. Mailo says it stores data in France, does not use or sell it, and does not read messages; listed features also include end-to-end encryption and custom domains. Migration tools can retrieve messages, contacts and events from an old provider and set up forwarding. Mailo says it offers responsive, personalized support in English.