# Forward Email vs Aster Mail: privacy compared

## Which is more private, Forward Email or Aster Mail?

Forward Email scores higher on the public criteria: 98 out of 100, against 62 for Aster Mail. Forward Email does better on open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, open protocols, sign up without personal data, IMAP support, POP3 support, mail transport security and Sender Rewriting Scheme. Aster Mail does better on transparency report. Disclosure. Privacy Ratings is maintained by the team behind Forward Email. This entry is scored by the same criteria as every other email provider, and changes to it are reviewed under the published conflict-of-interest rules.

| Criterion | Forward Email | Aster Mail |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Grade | A (98/100) | C (62/100) |
| Jurisdiction | United States (Five Eyes) | United States (Five Eyes) |
| Open source | Yes | Partial |
| No trackers or telemetry | Yes | Partial |
| No ads or data sales | Yes | Partial |
| Independent audit | Yes | No |
| Transparency report | Partial | Yes |
| Tells users about requests | Yes | Yes |
| TLS configuration | Yes | Yes |
| Security headers | Yes | Yes |
| Modern web standards | Yes | Yes |
| End-to-end encryption | Yes | Yes |
| Encrypted mailbox storage | Yes | Yes |
| Open protocols | Yes | Partial |
| Custom domains | Yes | Yes |
| Sign up without personal data | Yes | Partial |
| Email security standards | Yes | Yes |
| IMAP support | Yes | No |
| POP3 support | Yes | No |
| SMTP submission | Yes | Not tested yet |
| Mail transport security | Yes | Partial |
| Sender Rewriting Scheme | Yes | No |
| ARC sealing | Yes | Unknown |

**Forward Email.** Forward Email scores 98 out of 100 (grade A) on the email providers criteria. It meets 20 of 21 criteria: open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, independent audit, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers, modern web standards, end-to-end encryption, encrypted mailbox storage, open protocols, custom domains, sign up without personal data, email security standards, IMAP support, POP3 support, SMTP submission, mail transport security, Sender Rewriting Scheme and ARC sealing. It partly meets transparency report. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+, Internet.nl website score 100% and Internet.nl email score 100%.

**Aster Mail.** Aster Mail scores 62 out of 100 (grade C) on the email providers criteria. It meets 9 of 20 criteria: transparency report, tells users about requests, TLS configuration, security headers, modern web standards, end-to-end encryption, encrypted mailbox storage, custom domains and email security standards. It partly meets open source, no trackers or telemetry, no ads or data sales, open protocols, sign up without personal data and mail transport security. It does not meet independent audit, IMAP support, POP3 support and Sender Rewriting Scheme. Still needing evidence: ARC sealing. It is based in the United States: Five Eyes member; subject to the US CLOUD Act. Automated tests: SSL Labs grade A+, Mozilla HTTP Observatory grade A+, Internet.nl website score 95% and Internet.nl email score 90%.

Source: https://privacyratings.com/compare/email-providers/forward-email-vs-aster-mail/