Gmail it is undoubtedly one of the Google services that have historically achieved the greatest success on a global scale. Suffice it to say that in 2023 Gmail boasts over 1.8 billion active users: this means that over 22% of the entire world population uses Google email. The Swiss Infomaniak has decided to present aopen source mail application which presents itself as an alternative to Gmail.
The source of Infomaniak Mail is publicly available: this means that developers can check the code of the application, check the permissions access requests from the app and control how they are used to access user data.
The idea behind the development of Infomaniak Mail is to put complete control of their data back into the hands of users with an application that is secure, privacy-friendly and sustainable.
The features of the open source email application Infomaniak Mail
Available on the Apple App Store, Google Play Store and F-Droid, Infomaniak Mail delivers 20 GB of space to archive your emails and 15 GB to share and synchronize documents and photos in Infomaniak’s sovereign cloud.
The term sovereign cloud refers to the method of provision of the service, which scrupulously complies with European regulations regarding the storage and management of personal data, avoiding transfers of data to subjects outside the borders of the European Union.
New users of Infomaniak Mail can create a free account obtaining a mailing address @etik.com, @ik.me o @ikmail.comwhile professional customers can configure the system to immediately manage their email addresses with the name a company domain.
By accessing the advanced actions of the main menu, you can automatically recover emails from an old address Gmail, Outlookas well as any other mail provider.
Il client email developed by Infomaniak integrates a series of interesting and advanced features:
- Sending and receiving emails with Infomaniak addresses
- Transferring, moving and advanced message management
- Archiving emails in custom folders
- Quick search with filters (favorites, recipients, attachments,…)
- Instant notifications of new messages
- Customization of the user experience (colors, scanning options,…)
- Advanced protection against viruses, phishing and spam
- Secured access with device lock method
- Synchronization of contacts and appointments across all devices via the online interface
Regarding protection from security risks and fraud, Infomaniak Mail integrates the following features:
- Automatic reporting and protection against phishing
- Automatic protection from viruses and unwanted messages (spam)
- Reporting messages from new senders or contacts not added to the address book
- Automatic blocking of potentially dangerous remote content
- App lock using Face ID or other lock methods configured on your device
Because Infomaniak Mail presents itself as an ethical and sustainable alternative
Infomaniak notes that today there remain few mail solutions developed and managed by European providers who refrain from relocating everything outside the Union’s borders.
The new email client is the result of the work carried out by Infomaniak in over 20 years of activity, with almost 2 million professional email addresses managed in Europe. That users access their emails from the online interface mail.infomaniak.com or from the new Mail app, access to Infomaniak servers takes place directly in encrypted form, preventing the recovery of emails by third-party companies.
Furthermore, user data is archived in Switzerland in compliance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other local regulations. To ensure a security level maximum, the data is continuously replicated on three supports distributed in the Infomaniak data centers located in Switzerland, powered exclusively by certified renewable energy, cooled without air conditioning using filtered air and repeatedly awarded for their energy efficiency.
Infomaniak’s business model is based on the sale of paid solutions. The company is keen to point out that “the product” is never the user: his data is neither used nor resold to third parties. THE personal data requested at the time of registration, moreover, they are collected exclusively for authentication and security reasons.
The free accounts Infomaniak allows you to manage up to 100 messages per day and specify up to 10 recipients for each single email.