Email account that works for this mailing list

[Jeffrey Walton]

On Thu, Oct 16, 2025 at 6:24 PM Ralf Mardorf via ubuntu-users
<ubuntu-users at lists.ubuntu.com> wrote:
>
> does anyone know of an email service provider that
>
> - is free of charge
> - does not require a smartphone (I only have a landline connection)
> - does not move too many emails from this list into the spam filter on
>   the server side
> - offers POP accounts

Free of charge is a vector for spammers.  Many providers use the cell
phone requirement to help manage the spammers.  You can probably
sidestep the cell phone requirement with the paid service.  Paid
services keep the beggars off, like the spammers.

Email classification is a NP-complete problem.  It is a problem
without a solution.  The best you can do is find something that is
inaccurate but acceptable -- type I vs type II classification errors.

If you have tried the Big Tech bro's like Gmail and Yahoo, then you
might take a look at FastMail.  FastMail is active on the various IETF
email-related lists.  They are also more concerned with user privacy
and security than many of their peers.

> With my current Yahoo account, I have to constantly log in to Yahoo to
> retrieve emails from the spam filter on the server. However, I have just
> been unable to log in and am receiving the following message:
>
> [...]
> "Yahoo
> Something went wrong
>
> We couldn't sign you in. Try again from another device."

You might be able to use a YubiKey or other device-based
authenticator.  Using a device-based authenticator may satisfy the
hardware requirement that is used to manage or contain spammers.  Look
for providers which support YubiKeys; or support FIDO, FIDO2 or
WebAuthn protocols.

Jeff