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Same here. Only thing I'm still strongly dependent on is gmail. I don't really think that's going away anytime soon, but out of principle I'd like to move away

Same here. Only thing I'm still strongly dependent on is gmail. I don't really think that's going away anytime soon, but out of principle I'd like to move away from it. Takes a lot of energy unfortunately and you probably need to keep a redirect in place for a long time just in case...

bredren 9y ago
Is there a self-hosted web mail service w ux like gmail, that you can migrate to smoothly and pay a license for? I would consider this move. I just assume no one has ux even close. It would take me at least a year to fully transition from one gmail address.
- qznc 9y ago
  No afaik. I accepted the loss of usability and moved away anyways.
- solarkraft 9y ago
  Not self-hosted, but I am very happy with Zoho [0]. They target companies and their free plan includes lots of features like support for your own domain. The web UI is comparable to GMail (indeed in parts I prefer it) and they offer a very good Android app as well. [0]: https://www.zoho.com/mail/ https://www.zoho.com/mail/
  - ValentineC 9y ago
    Zoho recently removed IMAP and email forwarding from their free tier (though existing users were grandfathered in), so stay away if you value email portability.
- sattoshi 9y ago
  Rainloop is very usable. It just pulls everything in via IMAP. I have scripts in place to handle any filtering and organising I need to do.
jfaucett 9y ago
Yes. I've migrated to other services for just about everything they offer except gmail. I'm still looking but have not found a comparable service in terms of quality and pricing. If anyone has suggestions I would be really interested in hearing them.
- noesarlito 9y ago
  FastMail. It’s great. Comparable interface to Gmail - I like it better, even - great customer service, true and reliable IMAP, easy to use your own domain and easy to migrate from Gmail. Also has Calendar and Contact support.

bredren 9y ago

Is there a self-hosted web mail service w ux like gmail, that you can migrate to smoothly and pay a license for? I would consider this move. I just assume no one has ux even close. It would take me at least a year to fully transition from one gmail address.

qznc 9y ago
No afaik. I accepted the loss of usability and moved away anyways.
solarkraft 9y ago
Not self-hosted, but I am very happy with Zoho [0]. They target companies and their free plan includes lots of features like support for your own domain. The web UI is comparable to GMail (indeed in parts I prefer it) and they offer a very good Android app as well. [0]: https://www.zoho.com/mail/ https://www.zoho.com/mail/
- ValentineC 9y ago
  Zoho recently removed IMAP and email forwarding from their free tier (though existing users were grandfathered in), so stay away if you value email portability.
sattoshi 9y ago
Rainloop is very usable. It just pulls everything in via IMAP. I have scripts in place to handle any filtering and organising I need to do.

jfaucett 9y ago

Yes. I've migrated to other services for just about everything they offer except gmail. I'm still looking but have not found a comparable service in terms of quality and pricing. If anyone has suggestions I would be really interested in hearing them.

noesarlito 9y ago
FastMail. It’s great. Comparable interface to Gmail - I like it better, even - great customer service, true and reliable IMAP, easy to use your own domain and easy to migrate from Gmail. Also has Calendar and Contact support.