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I recently made a decision to stop running my own mail server, figured it was long, long overdue to pay someone to handle my email for me. Stories like this ar

I recently made a decision to stop running my own mail server, figured it was long, long overdue to pay someone to handle my email for me. Stories like this are why I didn't pick gmail for this service, which would have otherwise been my first choice.

el_benhameen 10y ago
May I ask who you chose?
- mos_basik 10y ago
  I am also interested. A while back I set up email using my personal domain using Google Apps after discarding the idea of managing the while thing on a vps and after checking out a few providers like Protonmail. It basically came down to price and convenience; Google was on par with others for price and I really like the Inbox interface.
- morganvachon 10y ago
  Not the OP, but I've been looking at Fastmail for a while to replace Gmail for a robust dedicated email service. I haven't felt the push to pull the trigger yet, until reading this article.
  - brongondwana 10y ago
    We (FastMail) are really nice people :)
    - peddicord 10y ago
      Does FastMail have any equivalent to Inbox (reminders/snoozing emails)? I started to migrate last month, got lazy when I realized how much I used those, and then I think my trial account lapsed. This article might scare me enough into trying again anyway, but if I can find any replacement for reminders (Fastmail or otherwise) that's as nice to use I'll jump over so fast.
      - brongondwana 10y ago
        We don't have snooze yet, but it's getting really close. We have a plan for it which I started on nearly a year ago (Christmas day 2015!) and then it got mothballed behind other things - but we have a grand plan for how it would work, so it's a matter of some more internal plumbing.
        lorenzhs 10y ago
        That is fantastic to hear! I currently use the iOS Reminders app to remind me to check out that email again, and it would be really nice not to have that layer of indirection. While we're on the topic of wishlist items: I'd love to have sync in the app. It sucks not being able to access any emails when I don't have internet (on the subway or a car/train in some remote area, even in some shielded buildings, etc). It would be fantastic if I could tell it to store the last two weeks' emails (possibly even per-folder, "store all in folder X, last week in Y, last month in Z"). That's the feature I miss most from your app. Other than that, keep rocking :) FastMail is awesome!
      - lurker_level_53 10y ago
        https://notion.ai/features https://notion.ai/features - Offers snooze until later https://postbox-inc.com/features https://postbox-inc.com/features - Offers reminders (near bottom of page) Both are email clients that should work. I don't use Fastmail, so I cannot comment for sure on that.
    - whyagaindavid 10y ago
      This is quite biased that you hijack a thread.
      - morganvachon 10y ago
        How so? It gives us an opportunity to ask questions to make sure the service is right for us. I think it's pretty cool that I could talk directly to a Fastmail employee if I wanted to, without having to call support or open a chat session. Besides, I'm the one he directly replied to, and I'm not complaining. Why do you care?
  - indiv0 10y ago
    FWIW, I migrated all of my email from gmail to fastmail with a script I found online about 2 years ago and setup email forwarding from my gmail account to my fastmail account. I also linked my domain name to my fastmail email (before I just used an @gmail.com email). I've really enjoyed fastmail so far. Their UI is intuitive (after the first few days), and the service is very fast and stable.
- chrisper 10y ago
  I am considering signing up for O365. Not sure if this has the same fallacies as Gmail though.
alistproducer2 10y ago
Can I ask what your email stack was? I'm working on a project that's a cross between TOR and bit torrent to provide free (encrypted) email to the masses that doesn't monetize data. I've been on a crash course of all things email lately.
- papaf 10y ago
  Not the original poster but in case it is interesting to you: 1. Arch Linux. 2. OpenSmtpd. 3. SpamPD 4. DkimProxy 5. Dovecot This replaced a Postfix stack that I was using. I miss the use of Postgrey, the greylisting daemon, and I seem to get more spam because of this.
- bronson 10y ago
  Switched from maintaining my own server to mail-in-a-box a year ago. Being able to collaborate with others saves a lot of admin time.
- throwaway76543 10y ago
  Ancient, set up maybe 15 years ago. Postfix, spamassassin (which wasn't effective, spam being the bulk of the problem pun intended), RBLs, and a nice almost two decade old .procmailrc for categorization. I'm still in the process of trialling new providers. I'll be using fetchmail along with my existing procmailrc. The part I'm outsourcing is the spam filtering and availability on the MX.

el_benhameen 10y ago

May I ask who you chose?

mos_basik 10y ago
I am also interested. A while back I set up email using my personal domain using Google Apps after discarding the idea of managing the while thing on a vps and after checking out a few providers like Protonmail. It basically came down to price and convenience; Google was on par with others for price and I really like the Inbox interface.
morganvachon 10y ago
Not the OP, but I've been looking at Fastmail for a while to replace Gmail for a robust dedicated email service. I haven't felt the push to pull the trigger yet, until reading this article.
- brongondwana 10y ago
  We (FastMail) are really nice people :)
  - peddicord 10y ago
    Does FastMail have any equivalent to Inbox (reminders/snoozing emails)? I started to migrate last month, got lazy when I realized how much I used those, and then I think my trial account lapsed. This article might scare me enough into trying again anyway, but if I can find any replacement for reminders (Fastmail or otherwise) that's as nice to use I'll jump over so fast.
    - brongondwana 10y ago
      We don't have snooze yet, but it's getting really close. We have a plan for it which I started on nearly a year ago (Christmas day 2015!) and then it got mothballed behind other things - but we have a grand plan for how it would work, so it's a matter of some more internal plumbing.
      - lorenzhs 10y ago
        That is fantastic to hear! I currently use the iOS Reminders app to remind me to check out that email again, and it would be really nice not to have that layer of indirection. While we're on the topic of wishlist items: I'd love to have sync in the app. It sucks not being able to access any emails when I don't have internet (on the subway or a car/train in some remote area, even in some shielded buildings, etc). It would be fantastic if I could tell it to store the last two weeks' emails (possibly even per-folder, "store all in folder X, last week in Y, last month in Z"). That's the feature I miss most from your app. Other than that, keep rocking :) FastMail is awesome!
    - lurker_level_53 10y ago
      https://notion.ai/features https://notion.ai/features - Offers snooze until later https://postbox-inc.com/features https://postbox-inc.com/features - Offers reminders (near bottom of page) Both are email clients that should work. I don't use Fastmail, so I cannot comment for sure on that.
  - whyagaindavid 10y ago
    This is quite biased that you hijack a thread.
    - morganvachon 10y ago
      How so? It gives us an opportunity to ask questions to make sure the service is right for us. I think it's pretty cool that I could talk directly to a Fastmail employee if I wanted to, without having to call support or open a chat session. Besides, I'm the one he directly replied to, and I'm not complaining. Why do you care?
- indiv0 10y ago
  FWIW, I migrated all of my email from gmail to fastmail with a script I found online about 2 years ago and setup email forwarding from my gmail account to my fastmail account. I also linked my domain name to my fastmail email (before I just used an @gmail.com email). I've really enjoyed fastmail so far. Their UI is intuitive (after the first few days), and the service is very fast and stable.
chrisper 10y ago
I am considering signing up for O365. Not sure if this has the same fallacies as Gmail though.

alistproducer2 10y ago

Can I ask what your email stack was? I'm working on a project that's a cross between TOR and bit torrent to provide free (encrypted) email to the masses that doesn't monetize data. I've been on a crash course of all things email lately.

papaf 10y ago
Not the original poster but in case it is interesting to you: 1. Arch Linux. 2. OpenSmtpd. 3. SpamPD 4. DkimProxy 5. Dovecot This replaced a Postfix stack that I was using. I miss the use of Postgrey, the greylisting daemon, and I seem to get more spam because of this.
bronson 10y ago
Switched from maintaining my own server to mail-in-a-box a year ago. Being able to collaborate with others saves a lot of admin time.
throwaway76543 10y ago
Ancient, set up maybe 15 years ago. Postfix, spamassassin (which wasn't effective, spam being the bulk of the problem pun intended), RBLs, and a nice almost two decade old .procmailrc for categorization. I'm still in the process of trialling new providers. I'll be using fetchmail along with my existing procmailrc. The part I'm outsourcing is the spam filtering and availability on the MX.