{
  "slug": "yandex-mail",
  "category": "email-providers",
  "name": "Yandex Mail",
  "description": "Free, ad-supported email service from Yandex in Russia, part of Yandex 360 with calendar and cloud storage. Custom domains are available through Yandex 360 for Business.",
  "website": "https://360.yandex.com/mail/",
  "license": null,
  "platforms": [],
  "jurisdiction": {
    "code": "RU",
    "name": "Russia",
    "eyes": null,
    "eu": false,
    "gdpr": false,
    "cloud_act": null
  },
  "pick": false,
  "pick_reason": null,
  "disclosure": null,
  "grade": "F",
  "score": 26,
  "coverage": 100,
  "summary": "Yandex Mail scores 26 out of 100 (grade F) on the email providers criteria. It meets 4 of 19 criteria: transparency report, open protocols, IMAP support and POP3 support. It partly meets TLS configuration, custom domains and SMTP submission. It does not meet open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, tells users about requests, security headers, end-to-end encryption, encrypted mailbox storage, sign up without personal data, 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 and Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade D.",
  "url": "https://privacyratings.com/email-providers/yandex-mail/",
  "markdown": "https://privacyratings.com/email-providers/yandex-mail/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://yandex.com/legal/confidential/en/",
      "note": "The privacy policy covers analytics and third-party tracking and advertising cookies used across Yandex services."
    },
    "no_ads": {
      "title": "No ads or data sales",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://yandex.com/legal/confidential/en/",
      "note": "The free service shows ads, and the privacy policy describes personalizing ads based on user data."
    },
    "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": "yes",
      "evidence": "https://yandex.com/company/privacy/transparencyreport",
      "note": "Publishes twice-yearly counts of government data requests, including for Mail, and how many were refused."
    },
    "user_notice": {
      "title": "Tells users about requests",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://yandex.com/company/privacy/transparencyreport",
      "note": "Yandex states it does not notify users about data requests, citing legal prohibitions in Russia and other countries."
    },
    "tls": {
      "title": "TLS configuration",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=mail.yandex.com&hideResults=on",
      "note": "Grade B"
    },
    "security_headers": {
      "title": "Security headers",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/observatory/analyze?host=mail.yandex.com",
      "note": "Grade D (30/100+)"
    },
    "web_standards": {
      "title": "Modern web standards",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "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://yandex.com/support/yandex-360/customers/mail/en/mail-clients/others",
      "note": "IMAP and SMTP work with other apps once enabled in settings, using an app password. POP3 is also offered but not maintained."
    },
    "custom_domains": {
      "title": "Custom domains",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": "https://yandex.com/support/yandex-360/business/admin/en/domains/",
      "note": "Custom domains require a Yandex 360 for Business organization."
    },
    "anonymous_signup": {
      "title": "Sign up without personal data",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": "https://yandex.com/support/id/en/authorization/registration",
      "note": "Registration requires a phone number or another email address."
    },
    "mail_standards": {
      "title": "Email security standards",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "pending",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Not tested yet."
    },
    "imap_standards": {
      "title": "IMAP support",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "imap.yandex.com:993 (implicit TLS). IMAP4rev1 advertised with IDLE."
    },
    "pop3_standards": {
      "title": "POP3 support",
      "weight": 1,
      "answer": "yes",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "pop.yandex.com:995 (implicit TLS). CAPA: STLS, TOP, USER, LOGIN-DELAY, PIPELINING, EXPIRE, UIDL, RESP-CODE, AUTH-RESP-CODE, IMPLEMENTATION."
    },
    "smtp_standards": {
      "title": "SMTP submission",
      "weight": 2,
      "answer": "partial",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "smtp.yandex.com:465 (implicit TLS). Missing: SMTPUTF8."
    },
    "transport_security": {
      "title": "Mail transport security",
      "weight": 3,
      "answer": "no",
      "evidence": null,
      "note": "Passes: SPF. Missing: DMARC none, MTA-STS missing, TLS-RPT, 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": "D",
    "internetnl_web": null,
    "internetnl_mail": null,
    "trackers": [
      {
        "name": "Yandex Metrica",
        "host": "mc.yandex.ru",
        "effect": "no"
      }
    ],
    "tested_at": "2026-10-01T11:00:28.090Z"
  },
  "last_modified": "2026-10-01T11:14:42Z"
}