{"slug": "mailbox-org", "name": "mailbox.org", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "German privacy-focused paid email provider with calendar, contacts and cloud storage.", "recommenders": 7, "commenters": 11, "warners": 3, "score": 3.685, "rising": 0.36, "first": "2026-01-24", "latest": "2026-10-11", "why": "Liked as a low-cost, privacy-focused Gmail replacement that handles custom domains and multiple sender addresses well.", "why_is_quote": false, "has_verdict": true, "sentiment": {"recommend": 7, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 3}, "spark": [0, 0, 2, 0, 2, 0, 0, 1, 0, 1, 1, 0], "listed": true, "loved": ["Gmail alternative", "Custom domains"], "caveat": "Users left", "short_quote": "I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address.", "icon": true, "domain": null, "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://mailbox.org", "pricing": "paid", "aliases": ["mailbox.org", "Mailbox.org"], "verdict": [{"text": "Liked as a low-cost, privacy-focused Gmail replacement", "cites": [{"id": 774015760, "item_id": 48375985, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375985", "by": "scrollop", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to mailbox.org years ago. 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I use mailbox.org with custom domai for two years now and it works as intended from mail side.", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domain", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gmail to end support for \"Send as\" for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com"}, {"id": 759811152, "item_id": 47488197, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488197", "by": "dinowars", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address.", "excerpt": "> First, I tried mailbox.org, which I can generally recommend without reservation. Unfortunately, you can\u2019t send emails from any address on your own domain without a workaround I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address. To send from a different address the process didn't really seem different than other providers. 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But they have one major issue, which is that anyone can impersonate your domain: https://userforum-en.mailbox.org/topic/anti-spoofing-for-custom-domains-spf-dkim-dmarc", "context": "", "use_case": "custom domain email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Migrating to the EU"}]}], "praise": [{"label": "Gmail alternative", "summary": "Users who left Gmail for privacy reasons report it works well as a replacement.", "quotes": [{"id": 774015760, "item_id": 48375985, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375985", "by": "scrollop", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to mailbox.org years ago. Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive", "excerpt": "I find it odd how so many tech involved people here use gmail - are privacy concerns not a concern for them? I moved to mailbox.org years ago. 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Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive and don't have google snooping my emails and sending me targeted ads.", "context": "", "use_case": "private email", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}, {"id": 759811152, "item_id": 47488197, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488197", "by": "dinowars", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address.", "excerpt": "> First, I tried mailbox.org, which I can generally recommend without reservation. Unfortunately, you can\u2019t send emails from any address on your own domain without a workaround I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address. To send from a different address the process didn't really seem different than other providers. From Thunderbird ", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domains", "switched_from": "", "story": "Migrating to the EU"}]}, {"label": "Bundled tools", "summary": "Includes contacts, calendars, web tools and drive alongside email.", "quotes": [{"id": 789278802, "item_id": 49329925, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329925", "by": "vertnerd", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we moved our email, contacts and calendars to mailbox.org", "excerpt": "We (wife and I) de-googled ourselves about a year and a half ago, moving half a TB of photos to Ente and canceling our paid Google subscription (while still keeping our gmail addresses). We set up our (Android) phones to back up photos to Ente and everything was lovely. Then I started noticing my wife's Google Photos storage use growing again. Somehow her phone had been switched to backing up on Google again. 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Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive and don't have google snooping my emails and sending me targeted ads.", "context": "", "use_case": "private email", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}]}], "caveats": [{"label": "Users left", "summary": "Some users were disappointed and moved to Proton or Infomaniak.", "quotes": [{"id": 800659120, "item_id": 50041195, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041195", "by": "CodeCompost", "date": "2026-10-11", "stance": "warn", "quote": "I used mailbox.org briefly but was very heavily disappointed in it.", "excerpt": "I used mailbox.org briefly but was very heavily disappointed in it. Canceled my account and moved to Proton.", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 771287137, "item_id": 48205446, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205446", "by": "dmacvicar", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "warn", "quote": "after some years on mailbox.org, which I did not enjoy", "excerpt": "After I moved away from Google services as much as I could (https://www.mac-vicar.eu//posts/2020-10-20-migrating-away-google-services/), and after some years on mailbox.org, which I did not enjoy, I ended moving to Infomaniak. The experience has been nothing but awesome. I love the Android clients (mail, calendar sync) and I am also using their AI services for light tasks. Management UI is a bit confusing but not the", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"}]}, {"label": "Outages", "summary": "One user reports too many recent outages, some not shown on the status page.", "quotes": [{"id": 789499344, "item_id": 49343709, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343709", "by": "GaryBluto", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "they've been having far too many outages recently", "excerpt": "Considering moving to Fastmail myself. I usually use mailbox.org but they've been having far too many outages recently (some declared on their status page, some not). Problem is I use numerous E-Mail aliases for different services and it seems intimidating to transfer them all. Can anyone speak to whether Fastmail is more or less likely to be accepted on \"strict\" sites that require larger providers?", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail"}]}, {"label": "Webmail usability", "summary": "One user finds the OX-based webmail significantly worse than Fastmail's in performance and usability.", "quotes": [{"id": 789412016, "item_id": 49338251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338251", "by": "kay_o", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use mailboxorg its acceptable.", "excerpt": "I use mailboxorg its acceptable. The webmail has io.ox in the URL so I assume it is hosted ox (www.ox.io of softwares) which is SIGNIFICANTLY worse performance and usability wise compared to the Fastmail webmail -- I don`t use SMTP/IMAP so I do not know what that is like. Routinely on restricted networks that only allow HTTP/HTTPS so it is a webmail only experience opinionated in mine.", "context": "often on restricted networks, webmail only", "use_case": "webmail", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail"}]}, {"label": "Domain spoofing", "summary": "One user warns that others can impersonate your custom domain.", "quotes": [{"id": 759825904, "item_id": 47489119, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489119", "by": "akvadrako", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox for the past few years and I think it's the best option out there.", "excerpt": "I use mailbox for the past few years and I think it's the best option out there. 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Canceled my account and moved to Proton.", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "European Alternatives"}, {"id": 793080688, "item_id": 49567543, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567543", "by": "alturp", "date": "2026-09-04", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox.org with custom domai for two years now and it works as intended from mail side.", "excerpt": "I can think of mailbox.org and posteo.de . I use mailbox.org with custom domai for two years now and it works as intended from mail side.", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domain", "switched_from": "", "story": "Gmail to end support for \"Send as\" for third-party addresses, such as @yahoo.com"}, {"id": 789499344, "item_id": 49343709, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49343709", "by": "GaryBluto", "date": "2026-08-18", "stance": "warn", "quote": "they've been having far too many outages recently", "excerpt": "Considering moving to Fastmail myself. I usually use mailbox.org but they've been having far too many outages recently (some declared on their status page, some not). Problem is I use numerous E-Mail aliases for different services and it seems intimidating to transfer them all. Can anyone speak to whether Fastmail is more or less likely to be accepted on \"strict\" sites that require larger providers?", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail"}, {"id": 789412016, "item_id": 49338251, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338251", "by": "kay_o", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "I use mailboxorg its acceptable.", "excerpt": "I use mailboxorg its acceptable. The webmail has io.ox in the URL so I assume it is hosted ox (www.ox.io of softwares) which is SIGNIFICANTLY worse performance and usability wise compared to the Fastmail webmail -- I don`t use SMTP/IMAP so I do not know what that is like. Routinely on restricted networks that only allow HTTP/HTTPS so it is a webmail only experience opinionated in mine.", "context": "often on restricted networks, webmail only", "use_case": "webmail", "switched_from": "", "story": "An Update on Leaving Gmail for Fastmail"}, {"id": 789278802, "item_id": 49329925, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49329925", "by": "vertnerd", "date": "2026-08-17", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "we moved our email, contacts and calendars to mailbox.org", "excerpt": "We (wife and I) de-googled ourselves about a year and a half ago, moving half a TB of photos to Ente and canceling our paid Google subscription (while still keeping our gmail addresses). We set up our (Android) phones to back up photos to Ente and everything was lovely. Then I started noticing my wife's Google Photos storage use growing again. Somehow her phone had been switched to backing up on Google again. I turne", "context": "de-googled with wife", "use_case": "email, contacts, calendar", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "How do I permanently disable Google Photos pop-up prompt to backup my photos?"}, {"id": 774015760, "item_id": 48375985, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375985", "by": "scrollop", "date": "2026-06-02", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I moved to mailbox.org years ago. Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive", "excerpt": "I find it odd how so many tech involved people here use gmail - are privacy concerns not a concern for them? I moved to mailbox.org years ago. Pay a few pounds a year for private email with webtools and drive and don't have google snooping my emails and sending me targeted ads.", "context": "", "use_case": "private email", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Gmail thinks I'm stupid, so I left"}, {"id": 771287137, "item_id": 48205446, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48205446", "by": "dmacvicar", "date": "2026-05-20", "stance": "warn", "quote": "after some years on mailbox.org, which I did not enjoy", "excerpt": "After I moved away from Google services as much as I could (https://www.mac-vicar.eu//posts/2020-10-20-migrating-away-google-services/), and after some years on mailbox.org, which I did not enjoy, I ended moving to Infomaniak. The experience has been nothing but awesome. I love the Android clients (mail, calendar sync) and I am also using their AI services for light tasks. Management UI is a bit confusing but not the", "context": "", "use_case": "email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Infomaniak transitions to a foundation model to protect user data privacy"}, {"id": 759825904, "item_id": 47489119, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489119", "by": "akvadrako", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox for the past few years and I think it's the best option out there.", "excerpt": "I use mailbox for the past few years and I think it's the best option out there. But they have one major issue, which is that anyone can impersonate your domain: https://userforum-en.mailbox.org/topic/anti-spoofing-for-custom-domains-spf-dkim-dmarc", "context": "", "use_case": "custom domain email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Migrating to the EU"}, {"id": 759811152, "item_id": 47488197, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488197", "by": "dinowars", "date": "2026-03-23", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address.", "excerpt": "> First, I tried mailbox.org, which I can generally recommend without reservation. Unfortunately, you can\u2019t send emails from any address on your own domain without a workaround I use mailbox for a long time, one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address. To send from a different address the process didn't really seem different than other providers. From Thunderbird ", "context": "", "use_case": "email with custom domains", "switched_from": "", "story": "Migrating to the EU"}, {"id": 748499568, "item_id": 46781223, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46781223", "by": "malteg", "date": "2026-01-27", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Mailbox.org ?\n(Haven\u2019t tried it yet but saw some good reviews", "excerpt": "Mailbox.org ? (Haven\u2019t tried it yet but saw some good reviews", "context": "", "use_case": "custom domain email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Ask HN: Best email service for custom domain?"}, {"id": 747974784, "item_id": 46748424, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46748424", "by": "NoboruWataya", "date": "2026-01-24", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Mailbox.org is what I use and it's pretty good.", "excerpt": "My tips from moving away from Gmail: - Mailbox.org is what I use and it's pretty good. I often see Fastmail recommended too. - Use a standalone email client that allows you to connect to multiple email servers. This makes it easy to continue to monitor your old email account while you use the new one. I use Thunderbird on desktop and FairEmail on Android (though Thunderbird also has an app for Android). - Transfer al", "context": "moved away from Gmail", "use_case": "email hosting", "switched_from": "Gmail", "story": "Bye Bye Gmail"}]}