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Every time a thread about running your own email server comes up I think "Oh yeah, I was going to set up FastMail for my domain" The current pricing[0] seems t

Every time a thread about running your own email server comes up I think "Oh yeah, I was going to set up FastMail for my domain" The current pricing[0] seems to let you have 100 domains plus 600 aliases[1] for $5/mo. I've got this thought that I will create aliases for every different thing I sign up for and use them to track who's selling my email address to who. I think that a domain plus aliases will do the trick and I think that what I want to do will fit in their limits. [0] https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/ https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/ [1] https://www.fastmail.com/help/account/limits.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/account/limits.html

floren 9y ago
So I can't quite parse it out from the page, maybe one of the Fastmail users can tell me. I can set up 100 domains and 600 aliases, but if I want my wife to have access to hername@mydomain.com, does she need her own $5/mo account?
- xienze 9y ago
  Nope. You can go nuts with domains, they just route to distinct folders. That said, it’s one logical account, so your wife would have access to all folders/domains.
- corobo 9y ago
  > I can set up 100 domains and 600 aliases, but if I want my wife to have access to hername@mydomain.com, does she need her own $5/mo account? You can add her as a user to your account (so she can use your domain) and it costs an additional $5/mo for the separate user yes
  - floren 9y ago
    Makes sense, thanks!
corobo 9y ago
You can also set up catch-all addresses rather than manually setting up an alias per thing you sign up for https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html
- Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
  Oh, nice - that's even better!
eikenberry 9y ago
My guess is that by "more than one email address" they meant more than one person/address. That's why I haven't switched, adding in accounts for my wife and kids makes it to much. It's to bad they discontinued the family account.

floren 9y ago

So I can't quite parse it out from the page, maybe one of the Fastmail users can tell me. I can set up 100 domains and 600 aliases, but if I want my wife to have access to hername@mydomain.com, does she need her own $5/mo account?

xienze 9y ago
Nope. You can go nuts with domains, they just route to distinct folders. That said, it’s one logical account, so your wife would have access to all folders/domains.
corobo 9y ago
> I can set up 100 domains and 600 aliases, but if I want my wife to have access to hername@mydomain.com, does she need her own $5/mo account? You can add her as a user to your account (so she can use your domain) and it costs an additional $5/mo for the separate user yes
- floren 9y ago
  Makes sense, thanks!

corobo 9y ago

You can also set up catch-all addresses rather than manually setting up an alias per thing you sign up for https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html https://www.fastmail.com/help/receive/alias-catchall.html

Mister_Snuggles 9y ago
Oh, nice - that's even better!

eikenberry 9y ago

My guess is that by "more than one email address" they meant more than one person/address. That's why I haven't switched, adding in accounts for my wife and kids makes it to much. It's to bad they discontinued the family account.