Which email providers do NOT delete your account due to inactivity?

[orenew]

I want to sign up for a service that requires email verification. I want to create an email account for this purpose, click on the link that they send, and never log into that email again. But I don't want the email address deactivated because occasionally they might send random promotional emails and I don't want the emails to bounce back. I want the emails to come in, but I will never read them. I don't want to use a disposable email because I don't want any random person to be able to see my emails.
I know gmail doesn't delete accounts but I don't want to go with gmail because I don't want google reading my messages
I know mail.com deletes emails after 6 months of inactivity, so that's a no go.
Yahoo mail deletes emails but I am not sure after how long of inactivity. I lost one of my personal accounts this way.
AOL mail I am not sure
Hotmail I don't want because I don't want microsoft reading my messages
is there anything I am missing?

 

[Jjben6666]

proton mail

 

[orenew]

proton mail

I forgot to mention, I don't like protonmail and tutanota because they sound scammy. I understand the need for privacy but unfortunately the general public believes anybody who uses protonmail must be doing something shady.

 

[ManageManga]

I forgot to mention, I don't like protonmail and tutanota because they sound scammy. I understand the need for privacy but unfortunately the general public believes anybody who uses protonmail must be doing something shady.

Absolutely not true, I have been with them for years now and their service is great. The general public also uses protonmail and loves it. I think you have just seen too many dark web videos on youtube to think this.

Tip: You can use protonmail with your own domain, that wont make general public think you are using protonmail.

 

[nohupt]

Absolutely not true, I have been with them for years now and their service is great. The general public also uses protonmail and loves it. I think you have just seen too many dark web videos on youtube to think this.

Tip: You can use protonmail with your own domain, that wont make general public think you are using protonmail.

to be fair, there's been a few times where a website wouldn't accept my tutanota address or proton address, so there's definintely enough people who think these are shady services

 

[ManageManga]

to be fair, there's been a few times where a website wouldn't accept my tutanota address or proton address, so there's definintely enough people who think these are shady services

Never seen such a site myself

 

[awesomewebsites]

Gmail.

 

[Steptoe]

gmx.net email accounts don't seem to expire and are pretty plentiful.

 

[awesomewebsites]

gmx.net email accounts don't seem to expire and are pretty plentiful.

Plentiful means easily available in market? What rate they go for?

 

[Steptoe]

Plentiful means easily available in market? What rate they go for?

Yeah a lot of providers have them, prices are usually $0.05 - $0.25

 

[awesomewebsites]

Yeah a lot of providers have them, prices are usually $0.05 - $0.25

For $0.25 you can get gmail which has more trust.

 

[Jave]

Which providers actually delete accounts due to inactivity? Never had problems with gmx and gmail even tho didn't use accounts for ages

 

[Steptoe]

For $0.25 you can get gmail which has more trust.

OP specifically mentioned no Gmail. Though I think he is going a bit tinfoil hat.

 

[Shadow Banned]

OP specifically mentioned no Gmail. Though I think he is going a bit tinfoil hat.

Gmails delete for inactivity nowadays. I've even had a handful delete because they apparently encountered some sort of verification error months after creation and since I never logged into them to fix it (because they never emailed my alt email) they deleted. Lost a couple good accounts that way, including today :/

 

[xReminisce]

proton mail

Not entirely true
Proton Mail would delete your account for inactivity unless you are or have been an existing paid member.
https://proton.me/support/inactive-accounts

 

[Grove]

gmx.net email accounts don't seem to expire and are pretty plentiful.

Online it says GMX expires after 6 months

 

[Grove]

Gmail.

they delete inactive accounts after 2 years

 

[Steptoe]

Online it says GMX expires after 6 months

Possibly they expire after 6 months of non-usage, but I certainly have working accounts that are over a year old.

 

[Crypto_Man]

Most free email providers do have inactivity policies and delete accounts after specific amount of time, however, the following ones have less restrict rules due to inactivity:

ProtonMail
Tutanota
Zoho Mail