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Any Tor-friendly e-mail providers?
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Unbreakable Disease
2021-07-25 20:32:00 UTC
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I'm one of those people that use Tor for anonymity reasons. The problem
is that you cannot register your accounts pretty much anywhere if you
don't provide your e-mail address.

Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
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Roger Blake
2021-07-26 00:58:56 UTC
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Post by Unbreakable Disease
Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
There's always protonmail.com.

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Unbreakable Disease
2021-07-26 07:43:00 UTC
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Post by Roger Blake
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Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
There's always protonmail.com.
The problem is protonmail.com requires your phone number.
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nospam
2021-07-26 13:58:26 UTC
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Post by Unbreakable Disease
The problem is protonmail.com requires your phone number.
no they don't.
Roger Blake
2021-07-27 00:26:06 UTC
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The problem is protonmail.com requires your phone number.
Not unless something has changed recently. I did not have to provide one.

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nospam
2021-07-27 00:56:23 UTC
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Post by Roger Blake
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The problem is protonmail.com requires your phone number.
Not unless something has changed recently. I did not have to provide one.
they do when they suspect some level of fraud.

for most people, its not required.

on the other hand, if someone is doing something suspicious, such
trying to create several accounts while connecting via a vpn, there's a
very good chance it will ask for additional verification.

many sites do something similar. some sites block vpns entirely.
Computer Nerd Kev
2021-07-26 08:13:38 UTC
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Post by Unbreakable Disease
I'm one of those people that use Tor for anonymity reasons. The problem
is that you cannot register your accounts pretty much anywhere if you
don't provide your e-mail address.
Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
No idea about TOR-friendly*, but Yandex didn't require a phone
number when I made an account with them - I used a fake name. They
suggest adding one on the account page though, so I don't know if
they might force you provide one for new accounts these days.

* You could try connecting to their IMAP server at imap.yandex.com
just to see whether it lets you in far enough that you _could_
log in if you had an account:
telnet imap.yandex.com 143
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Bernd Froehlich
2021-07-26 09:54:05 UTC
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On 25. Jul 2021 at 22:32:00 CEST, "Unbreakable Disease"
Post by Unbreakable Disease
I'm one of those people that use Tor for anonymity reasons. The problem
is that you cannot register your accounts pretty much anywhere if you
don't provide your e-mail address.
Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
<https://posteo.de/en>
Anssi Saari
2021-07-26 16:13:27 UTC
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Post by Unbreakable Disease
I'm one of those people that use Tor for anonymity reasons. The
problem is that you cannot register your accounts pretty much anywhere
if you don't provide your e-mail address.
What about riseup.net? I haven't used them but they say they have
onion services. Oh, looks like it's invite only now due to abuse.
Francis S
2021-07-30 03:47:39 UTC
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On Sun, 25 Jul 2021 20:32:00 +0000, Unbreakable Disease
Post by Unbreakable Disease
I'm one of those people that use Tor for anonymity reasons. The problem
is that you cannot register your accounts pretty much anywhere if you
don't provide your e-mail address.
Secmail.pro used to be great but it has been down for a while and all
the services (gmail, yahoo) require a phone number to register. Are
there any Tor-friendly e-mail providers that don't require a phone
number to register account with?
Tutanota is another option similar to ProtonMail. Pretty sure no phone
number is required during registration.

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