Disroot Email vs Shutbox
Disroot Email
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| Figure | Disroot Email | Shutbox |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | $1.99/mo |
| Free plan | Yes | Yes |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | Yes | — |
| Web | Yes | Yes |
| Windows | Yes | — |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | — |
| iOS | Yes | — |
| Android | Yes | Yes |
| API | — | Yes |
| Plans published | 6 | 3 |
| Spec score · Private Email Services | 9.4 (#2) | 7.8 (#19) |
| Support | Disroot links to setup instructions for configuring email clients and says users can consult them for extra help. | Dedicated support is included with the Business plan; the security policy says Shutbox is run by one person and does not currently pay vulnerability bounties. |
Plans
Disroot Email
- FreePrice not published
- Free emailFree
- Free mailboxFree
- Extra mailbox storage€0.15 a month
- Custom domain linkingPrice not published
- Extra storagePrice not published
In their own words
Disroot Email
Disroot Email provides free email accounts through webmail and desktop or mobile email clients. Its Roundcube webmail includes threaded messages, filters, folders, attachment previews, and MIME and HTML support. Mail clients can connect using IMAP over SSL, SMTP with STARTTLS, SMTPS with TLS, or POP over SSL; suggested options include Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, ClawsMail, Mailpile, K-9 Mail, FairEmail, and iOS Mail. Connections to the mail server use SSL, while outgoing messages use TLS if the recipient’s server supports it. Messages remain unencrypted on Disroot’s servers unless users encrypt them themselves. Disroot says its data is stored on its own servers in a Netherlands data center. Email logs may include usernames, IP addresses, and sender and recipient addresses; they are retained for 48 hours and not backed up. The free email plan includes a 1 GB mailbox and 64 MB attachments. Plus addressing routes sub-addresses to the original mailbox. Users can link a custom domain for sending and receiving mail through a lifetime feature tied to a donation amount they choose. The service supports Android, iOS, Linux, macOS, web, Windows, and extensions.