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I would love to leave gmail but two things hold me back: 1. Archive export. This is the main thing, I've got a 15 year record of emails and now and then being

I would love to leave gmail but two things hold me back: 1. Archive export. This is the main thing, I've got a 15 year record of emails and now and then being able to search back to something that happened 5-10 years ago is a life-saver. Is there even a way to export your gmail archive? 2. What to replace it with? I've heard FastMail is a good alternative, and some people really like ProtonMail, but I've had a hard time evaluating services because it's not a trivial thing to set up and use an alternative email account, and I'm not sure what other than real daily use would be a valid test run.

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thekyle 7y ago
> Is there even a way to export your gmail archive? 1. Use Google Takeout to download your emails as MBOX 2. Download your emails over SMTP or POP using an email client and import them into another email account. I believe Thunderbird can do this. 3. If you're switching to FastMail they have a import tool based on SMTP.
cbhl 7y ago
1. For export, takeout.google.com lets you export your emails in mbox format. https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 Third-party email services may also have flows for importing email from GMail, for example Microsoft Office 365: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/import-gmail-to-outlook-20fdb8f2-fed8-4b14-baf0-bf04b9c44bf7 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/import-gmail-to-out...
reaperducer 7y ago
I switched to Fastmail in January and it's been a good experience. It even has a link in the setup that imports your existing messages from GMail. I still have a couple of GMail accounts, and am surprised to report that in the last month, GMail has been getting more spam than Fastmail. Fastmail also has far fewer false positives. I recommend trying it. You can always switch bad.
c0vfefe 7y ago
I'm surprised that you're the only one talking about ProtonMail, given its inclusion on https://privacyheroes.io/ https://privacyheroes.io/.

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thekyle 7y ago

> Is there even a way to export your gmail archive? 1. Use Google Takeout to download your emails as MBOX 2. Download your emails over SMTP or POP using an email client and import them into another email account. I believe Thunderbird can do this. 3. If you're switching to FastMail they have a import tool based on SMTP.

cbhl 7y ago

1. For export, takeout.google.com lets you export your emails in mbox format. https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 https://support.google.com/accounts/answer/3024190 Third-party email services may also have flows for importing email from GMail, for example Microsoft Office 365: https://support.office.com/en-us/article/import-gmail-to-outlook-20fdb8f2-fed8-4b14-baf0-bf04b9c44bf7 https://support.office.com/en-us/article/import-gmail-to-out...

reaperducer 7y ago

I switched to Fastmail in January and it's been a good experience. It even has a link in the setup that imports your existing messages from GMail. I still have a couple of GMail accounts, and am surprised to report that in the last month, GMail has been getting more spam than Fastmail. Fastmail also has far fewer false positives. I recommend trying it. You can always switch bad.

c0vfefe 7y ago

I'm surprised that you're the only one talking about ProtonMail, given its inclusion on https://privacyheroes.io/ https://privacyheroes.io/.