What's the story with Mailbox.org 2FA?
from hansolo@lemm.ee to degoogle@lemmy.ml on 14 Feb 2025 11:01
https://lemm.ee/post/55510161

I’m looking to finally get my spouse and I both onto a non-G email service with a custom domain. Having storage and calendars to replace Drive is the deal-maker with the spouse.

I’ve been using Proton as my alt email for years, but all the new crypto bells and whistles just seems sus from a business management perspective. I get it, they’re Swiss, but still.

But looking at Mailbox.org, their 2FA situation seems bonkers. That’s the dealbreaker for me.

All I really need is IMAP, webmail, and actual security without feeling like I’m going to be doing this all again in 5 years to get out from under another crypto bro.

#degoogle

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BenchpressMuyDebil@szmer.info on 16 Mar 2025 15:03 next collapse

Just turn on the mailbox beta in the account settings and you can get regular TOTP when logging into the webui

myrmidex@slrpnk.net on 14 Feb 2025 13:49 next collapse

I went through the same transition a few weeks ago. Fuck that Proton CEO.

I ended up with Migadu for email and selfhosting Baikal for contacts and calendars. No complaints so far.

Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 28 Mar 2025 19:53 next collapse

Does baikal work for reminders and support caldav/carddav? Currently I’m using a VPS running nextcloud for contacts, calendar, and tasks/reminders but I have an old Dell server collecting dust that I was going to start selfhosting on.

I was going to just selfhost Nextcloud, but I don’t use Nextcloud for cloud storage, just contacts, calendar, and reminders. Soooo baikal might be a better option for me

myrmidex@slrpnk.net on 29 Mar 2025 03:26 collapse

Yes it does both calDAV and cardDAV!

I was on the same path as you, I didn’t like the nextcloud bloat. Came across baikal and it just worked perfectly from the start. I use it both on desktop and android, no issues with sync. As for the reminders, I guess they are baked into the events, because the events work nicely on my phone. Definitely worth a try I’d say!

Khlo@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 31 Mar 2025 17:33 collapse

Thank you for replying a month later! I’ll have to give baikal a go, it sounds very interesting

Pirata@lemm.ee on 29 Mar 2025 18:40 collapse

Doesn’t Migadu work for calendars? Its a bit finicky, but I used these instructions and it worked for me.

Not sure about contacts though.

myrmidex@slrpnk.net on 30 Mar 2025 00:53 collapse

I never tried, or even thought it an option. I’m trying to self host as much as possible, except for email.

thejevans@lemmy.ml on 14 Feb 2025 13:10 collapse

I recently switched from Proton to Fastmail…then I found out it seems like they have done union busting in the past. I already paid for it, and they are certainly the lesser evil, but I think I’m gonna get a lifetime mxmail mxroute account during black friday this year.

Pirata@lemm.ee on 29 Mar 2025 18:28 collapse

Wow. They offer that? Do you know how it works?