[jimejim]

So, what IS a good alternative to Gmail? Are any of the self-hosted alternatives actually better?

[RussianCow]

I use Zoho and like it quite a bit. It's free for up to a certain number of emails per domain (5 I think?). Surprisingly, its spam filter hasn't been noticeably worse than Gmail's for me.

[pmlnr]

Any self hosted alternative is better, eg. I get 'grep', Sieve, no false positive spams and missed actually important mail.

[seaurchin]

fastmail is decent. I really like how it's a paid service.

[dddw]

proton, tutamail, runbox