Gregory's Server@darnell @paulkruczynski I've had a Gmail account since the days when it was invitation-only, more than 20 years. In all that time it's never lost an email or failed to turn one up when I searched for it. I eventually moved my own-domain email to Gmail as well, since I know they're going to do a better job of backup than I ever will. I also have Outlook.com accounts as backup and they've been entirely satisfactory also.
@larand @darnell Yeah, there are a lot of reasons gmail is so popular. Although @protonmail can't compete on the pricing for terrabytes of data, you can get their service bundled with their VPN. It's a good alternative for those concerned about google scanning/reading your emails.
https://proton.me/mail/pricing