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[pilvi]

 I know my Russian mail server is probably just trying to make my mailbox more secure. But when after my move to Finland it started demanding that I enter a four-letter proof that I'm not a robot every time I accessed it, that was annoying enough. A few days ago the proof expanded to seven letters! That made me reconsider using the website, so I studied the available options for a less official mail which I could use to receive most of my social media letters.

I chose luukku.com, registered there and started tying my accounts to it - only to discover it doesn't read cyrillic letters! In other words, now the mail I get from livejournal or other Russian websites is going to look like links drowned in a sea of question marks.

Tying my Russian accounts to another Russian box now, but that was a major disappointment. I'd been hoping to shift to more international server options. Hadn't even considered a possibility of such a problem...

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[soundofsunlight]

I'm not sure what you're looking for exactly, but I like https://protonmail.com/

[pilvi]

Thank you! I've read about this one, but it sounded complicated.
I chose GMX... though for some reason Facebook isn't sending me a confirmation email.

[soundofsunlight]

That is odd...but facebook makes no sense. On the page where you change your email, is there a button to "resend confirmation email" or anything like that?

I also thought that protonmail sounds complicated, but it turned out to be no more complicated than the yahoo or gmail I had before. The only thing you have to keep in mind is that they don't store your password anywhere, so if you ever forget, they can't recover it for you. Otherwise, it's not much different from any other email. Well, they do have extra features, but those are optional, so you can leave them turned off and never have to deal with them.