Never heard of it , if its based in murica ,i dont trust them .
Iam happy with posteo and mailbox
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I don't think the location where a service is hosted really matters. What matters is the service itself. (Or maybe it does, just look at the case of Lavabit).
(Also, seems like your instance is hosted in the US).
Anyway, I agree that Onion Mail is not popular and that we can't easily trust it.
I would be cautious with both. The main concerns:
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Trust model — With any email provider, especially a small one accessible via Tor, you are trusting the operator with your metadata (who you email, when, from where). A .onion address does not magically make this trustworthy.
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Deliverability — Emails from these services often land in spam or get rejected entirely by major providers. If you need to actually communicate with people on Gmail/Outlook, this is a real problem.
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Longevity — Small Tor-based email services come and go. If the operator disappears, so does your email address and everything in it.
Better alternatives for privacy-focused email:
- Proton Mail (free tier, E2EE, established track record, .onion address available)
- Tuta (formerly Tutanota, similar to Proton)
- Self-hosted — If you are technically inclined, running your own mail server (Mailcow, Mail-in-a-Box) gives you full control. It is more work but you own everything.
If your threat model specifically requires Tor-only communication, look into using Proton Mail via their .onion address, or use XMPP/Matrix over Tor instead of email entirely.
Do you feel like their comments are AI-generated? Just my feeling...