Lavabit nets you a solid, secure and privacy-conscious email account which you can access in your email program using POP or IMAP and in your browser using a rudimentary web interface.

Pros

• Lavabit offers a reliable, secure and privacy-conscious email service
• You can access your mail via the web and using POP or IMAP in any email program
• Lavabit includes solid spam and virus filtering

Cons

• Lavabit’s web-based interface lacks convenience and features
• For free “Personal” accounts, Lavabit inserts ads in incoming messages
• Free Lavabit accounts do not include the precise, personalized junk mail filter

Description

• Lavabit offers free and paid email accounts with web, POP and IMAP access.
• Online storage ranges from 1 GB (for free accounts) to 8 GB.
• Lavabit employs various anti-spam measures including personalized Bayesian filtering (the latter for paying users).
• All connections (HTTP, POP, IMAP or SMTP) to Lavabit can be secured with SSL/TLS encryption.
• Mail stored in paid Lavabit accounts is automatically encrypted and only available in clear with the account password.
• You can have Lavabit forward incoming mail to a different email address.
• Lavabit inserts advertising signatures into incoming (not outgoing) messages for 1 GB free accounts.

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