So I'm currently looking to set up a new Email account for just my IT professional stuff; resume's, github links etc. My first choice was Protonmail but some research has made me question its' anonymity. I know nothing will be perfect so I guess I'm looking for the least worst solution? I just need it to be free, and for it to have as little link to the rest of my online life as possible. I have a relatively small footprint as I use almost no social media. Thanks in advance.
Do you have your own domain?
If so you could use Zoho under that domain.
I pay a couple of euros per moth to a hosting company. They offer a zarafa solution and their servers are located in the same country as I am. This way (dutch company, dutch servers and dutch user) I know only dutch law applies which is quite alright. I also needed the calendar and contacts zarafa offers, so if u only need mail it could be a bit overkill. Just remember: If a product is free, then you are the product
I recently switched to posteo. It's a german comany with an exceptionally high focus on privacy. Sadly it costs 1€ per moth, but in pretty much every other way it's perfect.