Switching to Proton.me eMail Advice

After 19 years of hosting email for my domains on Google Workspace (I was an early internal tester when it was still Google Apps) I finally moved my domains to proton.me last month when they had a Cyber Monday sale. There were a lot of reasons that boiled down to: I no longer trust Google to not use my data to train Gemini. I pay less for 500GB worth of storage for proton services than I did for 30GB on Google. And proton includes a VPN as part of my package’s services. Proton is a non-profit, so I don’t have to worry about them deciding to sell my data to prop up the stock price in a down quarter. If you have a proton email account but you haven’t already started importing email into proton, don’t kick that off until you read this - it’s what I wish I had known when I was setting up my account. If you don’t have one but are considering one, here’s a referral link that will get you two weeks for free and $20 off of your first bill. Disclaimer - I get $20 in credit too. ...

December 26, 2025 · 4 min · 802 words · Me