Mailo vs Thelemail

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.

Thelemail provides private email hosting for individuals, families, and small teams, including people with custom domains. Mail between Thelemail accounts is encrypted on the sender’s device and decrypted on the recipient’s device; stored mailbox content is ciphertext protected by a random key the server does not hold. For outbound mail, it uses WKD/OpenPGP when the recipient publishes a compatible key, or standard SMTP with TLS where supported. Custom-domain setup verifies ownership and prepares SPF, DKIM, and DMARC before incoming mail is moved. Core mail processing and encrypted mailbox storage are hosted in the EU. The service includes TOTP and WebAuthn two-factor authentication. Its production browser and macOS clients, key transparency log, and local export tool are published under AGPL-3.0; the export tool decrypts mail locally into MBOX files. Apps are listed for Android and iOS. Free plans are available; paid plans start at €2 / month, billed annually. Standard IMAP/SMTP access and a local bridge are not currently available, and Thelemail has not completed an independent security audit or formal compliance certification.