Forward Email vs Posteo

Forward Email and Posteo both land on Worth it.

Forward Email

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy if you're an individual or small site wanting you@yourdomain.com forwarding or an affordable, open-source private mailbox.

Worth it

Confidence: Medium

Buy it if you're an individual who wants private, ad-free, green email on standard IMAP for €1/month.

Forward Email versus Posteo
Compare	Forward Email	Posteo
Verdict	Worth it	Worth it
Best for	Privacy-focused individuals	Privacy-minded individuals
Who it's not for	Teams needing shared inboxes or admin consoles	Teams or businesses . single-user mailboxes, no admin or shared-workspace tools
Privacy	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.^²	No known public vulnerabilities found in the sources reviewed.¹⁶
Support quality	No support evidence in sources	Free email support claimed; no user data
Public sentiment	Privacy-minded users on Reddit and Privacy Guides largely recommend it, with occasional cautionary notes.^⁷	Privacy-focused forum users generally recommend Posteo as a cheap, private standard-IMAP email provider, with the missing official app the main complaint.
Biggest gotcha	Guess: free plan is forwarding-only; storage, IMAP and sending need paid plans	No official apps: expect manual IMAP setup in Thunderbird or similar.