The German email service 5x2.de was shut down on July 31st.

xylon · 11 Jul 2025, 10:30 PM

I received the relevant email，that's not cool.

Bamb0 · 12 Jul 2025, 05:15 AM

No not at all

TenFour · 12 Jul 2025, 06:07 AM

"Was shut down." I hope users were given some warning.

mailforusa · 17 Jul 2025, 04:23 PM

I heard about this email for the first time.

Bamb0 · 18 Jul 2025, 10:45 AM

Its sad hearing about them all shutting.....

I hope they dont all go down!!

xylon · 3 Aug 2025, 02:39 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Bamb0

Its sad hearing about them all shutting.....

I hope they dont all go down!!

It's really strange that this email service is still usable now!

jdtaylor · 8 Aug 2025, 11:01 PM

I can?t see a service name.

MrRobot · 1 Mar 2026, 11:00 PM

Hi, just wanted to share, I just logged in to the 5x2 service and it's still there. Strangely enough, the announcement about closure in 2025 still appears, but only once and only to Email clients. not to the web interface.

And also, in title they say it'd be 30th of June, but in text they say it'd be 31st July. And now we have March 2026. Service still there. You can even register new account etc.

Screenshot Thunderbird

xylon · 2 Mar 2026, 05:10 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by MrRobot

Hi, just wanted to share, I just logged in to the 5x2 service and it's still there. Strangely enough, the announcement about closure in 2025 still appears, but only once and only to Email clients. not to the web interface.

And also, in title they say it'd be 30th of June, but in text they say it'd be 31st July. And now we have March 2026. Service still there. You can even register new account etc.

Screenshot Thunderbird

Yes, mine is in use too.

philtec · 2 Mar 2026, 06:26 AM

Unfortunately, no new registrations are possible at the moment.

Tsunami · 2 Mar 2026, 07:36 AM

Never heard of this service. I spent almost a year living and working in Germany, never heard of it (although granted, maybe the service was launched after I had already left Germany again).

When I lived in Germany, I noticed the local email warked was already a bit "full".
There is GMX.net which is extremely popular in Germany, there is Web.de which is also very widely used in Germany, to lesser extent there is t-online.de ... In more recent years Mail.de also entered the local email market. And on top of that some people just use the email service provided by their ISP.

In other words, the email market in Germany is quite competitive as it it. I guess it's hard to be competitive in a market with so many established players already. GMX.net and Web.de for example have been around for nearly or over 20 years.

I deliberately don't mention Tuta, Posteo and Mailbox.org, even though they're German too, but they offer a different type of clients compared to the majority of Germans using email.

11 Jul 2025, 10:30 PM	#1
xylon Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2023 Posts: 159	The German email service 5x2.de was shut down on July 31st. I received the relevant email，that's not cool.

1 Mar 2026, 11:00 PM	#8
MrRobot Junior Member Join Date: Mar 2026 Posts: 1	Service still up in 2026 Hi, just wanted to share, I just logged in to the 5x2 service and it's still there. Strangely enough, the announcement about closure in 2025 still appears, but only once and only to Email clients. not to the web interface. And also, in title they say it'd be 30th of June, but in text they say it'd be 31st July. And now we have March 2026. Service still there. You can even register new account etc. Screenshot Thunderbird

2 Mar 2026, 06:26 AM	#10
philtec Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: YouEssAey Posts: 147	Unfortunately, no new registrations are possible at the moment. Unfortunately, no new registrations are possible at the moment.

12 Jul 2025, 05:15 AM	#2
Bamb0 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,370	No not at all

12 Jul 2025, 06:07 AM	#3
TenFour The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2017 Location: USA Posts: 2,297	"Was shut down." I hope users were given some warning.

17 Jul 2025, 04:23 PM	#4
mailforusa Junior Member Join Date: Aug 2024 Posts: 25	I heard about this email for the first time.

18 Jul 2025, 10:45 AM	#5
Bamb0 The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2005 Location: USA Posts: 2,370	Its sad hearing about them all shutting..... I hope they dont all go down!!

8 Aug 2025, 11:01 PM	#7
jdtaylor Master of the @ Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,715	I can?t see a service name.

2 Mar 2026, 07:36 AM	#11
Tsunami The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: in between the bright lights and the far unlit unknown Posts: 2,618	Never heard of this service. I spent almost a year living and working in Germany, never heard of it (although granted, maybe the service was launched after I had already left Germany again). When I lived in Germany, I noticed the local email warked was already a bit "full". There is GMX.net which is extremely popular in Germany, there is Web.de which is also very widely used in Germany, to lesser extent there is t-online.de ... In more recent years Mail.de also entered the local email market. And on top of that some people just use the email service provided by their ISP. In other words, the email market in Germany is quite competitive as it it. I guess it's hard to be competitive in a market with so many established players already. GMX.net and Web.de for example have been around for nearly or over 20 years. I deliberately don't mention Tuta, Posteo and Mailbox.org, even though they're German too, but they offer a different type of clients compared to the majority of Germans using email.