{
  "slug": "mail-ru",
  "category": "email-providers",
  "name": "Mail.ru",
  "description": "Free, ad-supported email service from VK in Russia, with calendar and cloud storage. A paid Mail Space subscription removes ads, and custom domains are available through VK WorkSpace.",
  "website": "https://mail.ru",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [
    "web",
    "android"
  ],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "RU",
    "name": "Russia",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 19,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Mail.ru scores 19 out of 100 (grade F) on the email providers criteria. It meets 2 of 21 criteria: open protocols and POP3 support. It partly meets TLS configuration, security headers, modern web standards, custom domains, IMAP support and SMTP submission. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, transparency report, tells users about requests, end-to-end encryption, encrypted mailbox storage, sign up without personal data, email security standards, mail transport security, Sender Rewriting Scheme and ARC sealing. It is based in Russia: Not in the Five, Nine or Fourteen Eyes. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade B, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade B, Internet.nl website score 70% and Internet.nl email score 66%.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-providers/mail-ru/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-providers/mail-ru/index.md",
  "answers": {
    "open_source": {
      "title": "Open source",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Closed source."
    },
    "no_trackers": {
      "title": "No trackers or telemetry",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://help.mail.ru/legal/terms/common/privacy/",
      "note": "The website loads Google Tag Manager, Yandex Metrica and the Top.Mail.Ru counter. The privacy policy names Google Analytics and Yandex Metrica and describes advertising cookies."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://help.mail.ru/legal/terms/mail/privacy/",
      "note": "The free service shows personalized ads, and the privacy policy allows sharing user data with advertising system operators."
    },
    "independent_audit": {
      "title": "Independent audit",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No independent audit is published."
    },
    "transparency_report": {
      "title": "Transparency report",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No transparency report or government request policy is published."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published policy on notifying users about data requests."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mail.ru&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade B"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=mail.ru",
      "note": "Grade B (75/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://batch.internet.nl/site/mail.ru/22660126/",
      "note": "Score 70%"
    },
    "e2ee": {
      "title": "End-to-end encryption",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not supported."
    },
    "encrypted_storage": {
      "title": "Encrypted mailbox storage",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Encryption at rest for stored mail is not documented."
    },
    "open_protocols": {
      "title": "Open protocols",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://help.mail.ru/mail/login/mailer/",
      "note": "IMAP, POP3 and SMTP work with other apps using an app password. Creating one requires a phone number linked to the account."
    },
    "custom_domains": {
      "title": "Custom domains",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://workspace.vk.ru/domain-site-email/",
      "note": "Custom domains require a paid VK WorkSpace business plan."
    },
    "anonymous_signup": {
      "title": "Sign up without personal data",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://help.mail.ru/mail/faq/signup/",
      "note": "All new accounts are created with a VK ID and a phone number confirmed by SMS."
    },
    "mail_standards": {
      "title": "Email security standards",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://batch.internet.nl/mail/mail.ru/22855370/",
      "note": "Score 66%"
    },
    "imap_standards": {
      "title": "IMAP support",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "imap.mail.ru:993 (implicit TLS). IMAP4rev1 advertised, no IDLE before login."
    },
    "pop3_standards": {
      "title": "POP3 support",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "pop.mail.ru:995 (implicit TLS). CAPA: TOP, USER, LOGIN-DELAY, EXPIRE, UIDL, IMPLEMENTATION, SASL."
    },
    "smtp_standards": {
      "title": "SMTP submission",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "smtp.mail.ru:465 (implicit TLS). Missing: PIPELINING."
    },
    "transport_security": {
      "title": "Mail transport security",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Passes: SPF, DMARC reject, TLS-RPT. Missing: MTA-STS testing, DNSSEC, DANE none."
    },
    "srs": {
      "title": "Sender Rewriting Scheme",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published documentation on SRS for forwarded mail."
    },
    "arc": {
      "title": "ARC sealing",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "No published documentation on ARC signing or validation."
    }
  },
  "tests": {
    "ssllabs": "B",
    "observatory": "B",
    "internetnl_web": 70,
    "internetnl_mail": 66,
    "trackers": [],
    "tested_at": "2026-11-14T11:33:41.894Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-11-14T11:57:57Z"
}