Thank you for raising this point.

Are there even other privacy-respecting email providers that are fit for the job? I’m genuinely curious.

EDIT: I absolute hate doing this, but I want to understand: Why is this getting downvoted?

Mint has far too many issues to be a serious suggestion.

Would you mind elaborating on that?

Edit: Note that I’ve been a Linux^[1] user for a couple of years now, so no need to dumb down the answer for me. Just a heads-up*.