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If you care about privacy _and_ freedom, check out Kolab Now. https://kolabnow.com/ https://kolabnow.com/

by coka 9y ago

Yizahi 9y ago
Can someone share their experience with Kolab Now? I'm almost convinced but still have some doubts. What about them versus Fastmail? Fastmail is USA based entity so has their own cons. What about customer service if something go wrong? Can we report bugs somewhere etc. I'm not planning to hide from Mossad or NSA, but have some above average quality and privacy service, not funded by bulk selling my data.
- leejoramo 9y ago
  Fastmail is an Australia based company. The do operate servers around the globe and have a significant presence in the USA. https://www.fastmail.com/about/company.html https://www.fastmail.com/about/company.html I am not implying this is any better or worse for your privacy. I personally use and trust Fastmail with the security and privacy of my email. However everyone concerned about such matters should do their own research and decided based on their own needs.
- aorth 9y ago
  I've been using Kolab for personal mail for a few years. No complaints, but no raving reviews either. There is downtime for a few hours once or twice a year, but I haven't missed any emails or anything that I know about. It's amazing how little storage, features, uptime, spam filtering, integration, etc you get for your money when you move away from Gmail! But servers and engineers aren't free, and I'm happy to pay for things I depend on (more people should realize this!).
mrweasel 9y ago
That's what I use. Works great and I've only ever had a few hours of service interruption. One alternative I would suggest to people trying to decide between self hosted or hosted email is to consider a hybrid. Host your own inbound SMTP, but use a service for outbound, e.g. Mailgun. The hardest part of running a mail server today, is getting your email accepted by the receiving SMTP server.

If you care about privacy _and_ freedom, check out Kolab Now. https://kolabnow.com/ https://kolabnow.com/

by coka 9y ago

If you care about privacy _and_ freedom, check out Kolab Now. https://kolabnow.com/ https://kolabnow.com/

Can someone share their experience with Kolab Now? I'm almost convinced but still have some doubts. What about them versus Fastmail? Fastmail is USA based entity so has their own cons. What about customer service if something go wrong? Can we report bugs somewhere etc. I'm not planning to hide from Mossad or NSA, but have some above average quality and privacy service, not funded by bulk selling my data.

leejoramo 9y ago
Fastmail is an Australia based company. The do operate servers around the globe and have a significant presence in the USA. https://www.fastmail.com/about/company.html https://www.fastmail.com/about/company.html I am not implying this is any better or worse for your privacy. I personally use and trust Fastmail with the security and privacy of my email. However everyone concerned about such matters should do their own research and decided based on their own needs.
aorth 9y ago
I've been using Kolab for personal mail for a few years. No complaints, but no raving reviews either. There is downtime for a few hours once or twice a year, but I haven't missed any emails or anything that I know about. It's amazing how little storage, features, uptime, spam filtering, integration, etc you get for your money when you move away from Gmail! But servers and engineers aren't free, and I'm happy to pay for things I depend on (more people should realize this!).

mrweasel 9y ago

That's what I use. Works great and I've only ever had a few hours of service interruption. One alternative I would suggest to people trying to decide between self hosted or hosted email is to consider a hybrid. Host your own inbound SMTP, but use a service for outbound, e.g. Mailgun. The hardest part of running a mail server today, is getting your email accepted by the receiving SMTP server.