Bretons will now be able to create an email address ending in.
bzh.
To launch its messaging service, the association www.bzh turned to Mailo.
The service, which will cost two euros per month, is intended to be respectful of privacy and without advertising.
Attacking the GAFAM. In a global messaging market dominated by Gmail, Outlook and others, Brittany is determined to make its voice heard. In 2014, the region had already woven its web by obtaining from Icann, the global regulator of the Web, the possibility of creating domain names in. bzh. Since then, more than 11,000 sites have chosen to show their attachment to Brittany and nearly 100,000 e-mail addresses smelling of salted butter caramel have emerged, mainly in companies, communities or institutions.
To reach a wider public, the association www.bzh has just launched its messaging service called postel.bzh (epost meaning mail in Breton).
"People are attached to their culture and their identity and it is important that the global Internet, which is dominated by the United States, expresses this diversity", underlines its president David Lesvenan.
The service will cost two euros per month
To launch its service, the association turned to the French company Mailo, formerly NetCourrier, which already manages some five million email addresses.
"Unlike market leaders, we do not analyze the personal data of our users to market them and they are stored on secure servers in France," says Sébastien Roussel, product manager at Mailo.
A respect for private life which is however not free since it will cost two euros per month to create a personalized e-mail address.
bzh.
The choice between five domain names for your email
For this price, the Internet user will have access to a complete and ad-free messaging service with an agenda, storage space for photos and documents and organizational tools.
He will have the choice between five domain names to create his email address: @ postel.bzh, @ email.bzh, @ hello.bzh, @ bigouden.bzh and@bigoudene.bzh.
"We will see if we add others according to the requests", specifies David Lesvenan.
Breton-speaking Internet users will also be able to switch their interface entirely to Breton.
With this new service which is aimed at "all Bretons and all lovers of Brittany", the association www.bzh hopes to quickly reach "the 2,000 or 3,000 email addresses".
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