Some Email Providers Comparison based on providers' TOS / Privacy Policies – as of Jan. 2013**
|| . || Free / Paid Inbox storage ||Attachment size (msg size) ||Offer Pop/IMAP Use w/clients ||Log IP address at login / send IP addr w/msgs||Time email is retained||Keep email server LOGS -of sent / rec email records || Scan mail for Ads /Ads in outgoing||
||Fastmail||100MB_$5, 20 MB 1000MB_$20 (free service at MyOpera)||20 MB ||Free: NO Paid: Yes ||Yes / Yes||NO TIME LIMIT in backups or logs||Yes – in backups & logs||No ads||
||HideMyAss* Can rec'v mail only||.||.||.||.||.||.||.||
||Hushmail* can only rec'v mail ||25 MB / 1GB+ ||.||Yes ||Yes / No ||No limit||.||No||
||Lavabit||Free:128MB No ads, or (1GB w/Ads); Paid: 1GB-$8 ||(32/64/64MB)||Yes ||Only in server logs; typically delete in 7 days / YES ||Out: until deliv. In: until deleted by user||Out: typically for 7 days. IN: no record after del mail||No / No||
||Riseup* must apply for acct||20 MB_can be increased; all accts donation||? 2 MB?||Yes||No / No||Rarely retained||.||No / No||
Part 2
||.||Reset PW if lost?||Encryption||Encrypted mail storage ||Pay Accts $ ||Tech Support Free / Paid Accts ||Advertising||Allow signup using Tor? ||Allow Aliases?||
||Fastmail||Yes||yes||No||$5,20 / yr||Free: Self Automated on low $ accts; webform; forum||Free: "Sent from Fastmail.fm" tagline||Yes||Yes||
||HideMyAss||.||.||.||.||.||.||.||.||
||Hushmail||NO-all data lost ||End to end; can send encrypted msg to non Hush users||.||35 / yr start||.||.||.||.||
||Lavabit||Free: No Pay: Yes||Yes||On pay accts||$8 / yr $16 / yr||ALL - web contact form||On "Personal Free" acct. No targeted ads.||No||??||
||Riseup||Yes; No-if del all private data; Yes-if have alt.email||.||Yes, incl. contacts||Only donation based||.||No||??||??||