# mailbox.org email 45 Hacker News commenters recommended mailbox.org email and 17 criticized it, November 2025 to November 2026. It was recommended in 12 of 13 months; owners who said how long report a median of 3 years (6 owners). It meets the Hacker Approved badge rule. **Verdict:** Recommended for private European email with custom domains, IMAP access and cheap paid plans; people say it works reliably. Common caveat: clunky webmail and slow support replies. ## Why people recommend it - Reliable with few issues (11 comments): "I use mailbox.org with custom domai for two years now and it works as intended from mail side." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49567543)) "I have been using mailbox.org for a few years and I am very happy with it." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041268)) "reasonable pricing and I haven't had any issues at all with the service" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488153)) - Custom domains with any-address sending (9 comments): "Have been using mailbox.org with a custom domain (including catch-all wildcard) for the last 5 years or so, so it's definitely possible and as far I remember quite straightforward." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489536)) "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." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488197)) "one account for 2.50EUR/month with multiple custom domains and I can send emails from any address" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47492379)) - Cheap plans with bundled extras (7 comments): "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." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488197)) "They not only host email for you but also online conferencing, simple office suite and storage drive." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49361071)) "more confident about privacy of a company in Germany than Australia and they were a bit cheaper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298522)) - Privacy, EU-based, no ad snooping (5 comments): "I did it in order to move to Mailbox.org (great service), exactly because I don't want to give money to a company run by a Trump supporter." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48381110)) "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." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48375985)) "more confident about privacy of a company in Germany than Australia and they were a bit cheaper" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50298522)) ## What people warn about - Clunky webmail UI and navigation (4 comments): "SIGNIFICANTLY worse performance and usability wise compared to the Fastmail webmail" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49338251)) "The UX is clunky. They feel a 30 day web app session expiry is perfectly fine." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489987)) "which i personally find hard to navigate and disorganized" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50041655)) - Domain spoofing and DMARC handling (3 comments): "they have one major issue, which is that anyone can impersonate your domain" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47489119)) "Mailbox.org is completely ignoring DMARC since months... And their handling of the issue IMHO is incompetent at best." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47500355)) "Then they let anyone with a mailbox account set the from to your domain." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47494203)) - Aliases limited or not receiving mail (3 comments): "Even some that you'd expect to not do so, such as mailbox.org and fastmail.com, allow addresses to be recycled." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46347852)) "the number of such sender aliases is limited, at most 50 or 250, depending on the plan" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47488382)) "Currently not being able to receive email on any of my aliases." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47516299)) - Slow or unhelpful support (2 comments): "for over a year, the "secure email provider" did not reply more than that the consultants are too overloaded to reply" ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=49092211)) "The service doesn't have zero support, it has negative support." ([source](https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=48126460)) ## Alternatives hackers recommend - [Gmail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/gmail.md): 295 recommend - [Zoho Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/zoho-mail.md): 29 recommend - [iCloud Mail](https://hackerapproved.com/p/icloud-mail.md): 24 recommend - [HEY email by Basecamp](https://hackerapproved.com/p/hey-email.md): 23 recommend - [Posteo email](https://hackerapproved.com/p/posteo.md): 21 recommend ## Where to get it - [Visit the official site](https://mailbox.org/de/) ## Cite as Hacker Approved, "mailbox.org email", https://hackerapproved.com/p/mailbox-org/ (counts from 1,795,640 Hacker News comments, November 2025 to November 2026).