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Ask HN: Is there an email service that allows plaintext and respects my privacy?

4 points by niceperson ↗ HN
Plaintext as in non-HTML.

I've been searching to no avail. Tutanota and protonmail do not support it, and I don't want to use Gmail.

I'd prefer it be free.

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ParameterOne
outlook.live.com has a plain text setting / bottom arrow on new/compose page
Alir3z4
Privacy there are some, plaintext-only. I don't know. You may just host a email-server yourself if you want to get what you're looking for.
pyvek
I'm curious why you don't want to use HTML.
greglindahl
Tracking is one reason.

Every time I get an email saying "We noticed that you haven't been opening our emails", it makes me smile.

brongondwana
FastMail also has an option to filter out tracking links from HTML emails (from everybody, or just from unknown senders), while still giving the ability to see pretty HTML formatting if you want it.
sidep
I wrote one. It's a side project, and dear to me, and private but you can use it if you'd like. Email in my profile.
guillaume8375
I would recommand Fastmail (fastmail.com). Not free, but they respect your privacy and there are options to compose and read email in plaintext.