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Tuta is a end-to-end-encryption mail and calendar provider. They recently wrote a good blog-post about changing to european services.

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[โ€“] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 10 points 10 months ago (7 children)

Sigh, I have just one problem with Tuta - why such a stupid, stupid name?! I can already imagine myself on the phone saying "yes, T. U. T. A. Tuta dot com"

[โ€“] pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 20 points 10 months ago (2 children)

I sadly agree. It is an odd choice for a name. Tutanota wasn't much better either, their former name. Apparently "tuta" means secure in Latin. However as I am using my own custom domain it doesn't bother me very much personally as it's not a part of my digital identity ๐Ÿ˜…

[โ€“] EfreetSK@lemmy.world 11 points 10 months ago

Oh! I didn't know it has a latin origin. Then I guess it makes sense but still ...

[โ€“] HereIAm@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I got a question about custom domains for email. I know getting trust if you host your own email server is a difficult thing to do. When you use a custom domain on for example tuta, are you piggy backing off of their trust as a email server, or do you run into the same issue?

[โ€“] timbuck2themoon@sh.itjust.works 2 points 10 months ago (1 children)

You use their servers and IPS. You're just pointing your DNS to their stuff.

Much easier and more trustworthy than running your own, like you said.

[โ€“] HereIAm@lemmy.world 2 points 10 months ago

Right, that makes it a bit easier to go that route. Now I just need to secure a decent domain name that's easy to spell out over the phone ^^

[โ€“] HowRu68@lemmy.world 7 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

It really is. Could've been worse, like having some "I love Tuta" stickers. smh

TIL: they used to be called Tutanota. The word โ€œTutaโ€ comes from Latin, which roughly translates into โ€œSafeโ€. This acts as a nice successor to what โ€œTutanotaโ€ meant in Latin, which was โ€œSecure Noteโ€.

[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

How about some pcloud in these trying times?

[โ€“] Lfrith@lemmy.ca 4 points 10 months ago (1 children)

I don't know if keemailme is better but that's another option from them.

[โ€“] pjusk@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

Yeah good point. If tuta is a big throw off they do offer:

coolName@keemail[.]me

[โ€“] clmbmb@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Don't get me started! In Romanian 'tuta' is a designation for a very stupid woman! ๐Ÿคทโ€โ™‚๏ธ

[โ€“] 0x0@programming.dev 1 points 10 months ago

They have other domains available.