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Thinking about doing the same to diversify where my private info gets sucked up. Who do you use for email?

by fma 7y ago

lotsofpulp 7y ago
I’m not the person you responded to, but I use fastmail and migadu.
- stilley2 7y ago
  +1 for fastmail
  - x0x0 7y ago
    also +1 for fastmail. (I say this as a longtime user, and this is not meant to be damning with faint praise). Their email is best of class outside of gmail. It even beats in certain ways: It syncs faster. It's not made by a surveillance company. As a paying user, I've gotten very competent tech support. They have very good privacy controls re: image loading. They seem to permanently grandfather rates, which is nice. Downsides: their label system is, to someone who really likes gmail, not as good. Calendar syncing on Android with their preferred sync app breaks every couple of months until you hit resync. Fastmail is in Australia, and I'm not sure the impact of Australia's police assistance laws. Same: They support u2f. Their product has improved a lot in the 5 years I've been using it, and is very worth the money. I think it's critically important that there exist high quality alternatives to google services, so that's a nice secondary reason to pay them.
    - aerique 7y ago
      In the case of Fastmail I don't know what you mean with "their preferred sync app" but I've used CalDAV-Sync in the past and now DAVx5 (because it's easier to use (used to be DAVdroid)) and I've never had these problems you mention.
      - x0x0 7y ago
        caldav flakes for me regularly. Frequently on Nexus and HTC versions of Android; less frequently (but still every other month) on my Pixel.
gpanders 7y ago
If you have a domain name registered, sometimes your registrar will offer built in email. For example, I have a domain registered with Gandi and they provide a free email service.
ckrailo 7y ago
The folks that created Rails are looking to compete on email soon... https://hey.com/ https://hey.com/ There's also more encrypted providers like https://protonmail.com/ https://protonmail.com/.
randallsquared 7y ago
I'm not the person you replied to, but I use AWS Workmail. Ironically. :)
rezgi 7y ago
https://startmail.com https://startmail.com is pretty decent, affordable, and based in the Netherlands (so, better privacy than US/5 eyes countries) Too bad they don't offer calendar services with their email though. It's really a choice I can't fathom.

Thinking about doing the same to diversify where my private info gets sucked up. Who do you use for email?

by fma 7y ago

Thinking about doing the same to diversify where my private info gets sucked up. Who do you use for email?

lotsofpulp 7y ago

I’m not the person you responded to, but I use fastmail and migadu.

stilley2 7y ago
+1 for fastmail
- x0x0 7y ago
  also +1 for fastmail. (I say this as a longtime user, and this is not meant to be damning with faint praise). Their email is best of class outside of gmail. It even beats in certain ways: It syncs faster. It's not made by a surveillance company. As a paying user, I've gotten very competent tech support. They have very good privacy controls re: image loading. They seem to permanently grandfather rates, which is nice. Downsides: their label system is, to someone who really likes gmail, not as good. Calendar syncing on Android with their preferred sync app breaks every couple of months until you hit resync. Fastmail is in Australia, and I'm not sure the impact of Australia's police assistance laws. Same: They support u2f. Their product has improved a lot in the 5 years I've been using it, and is very worth the money. I think it's critically important that there exist high quality alternatives to google services, so that's a nice secondary reason to pay them.
  - aerique 7y ago
    In the case of Fastmail I don't know what you mean with "their preferred sync app" but I've used CalDAV-Sync in the past and now DAVx5 (because it's easier to use (used to be DAVdroid)) and I've never had these problems you mention.
    - x0x0 7y ago
      caldav flakes for me regularly. Frequently on Nexus and HTC versions of Android; less frequently (but still every other month) on my Pixel.

gpanders 7y ago

If you have a domain name registered, sometimes your registrar will offer built in email. For example, I have a domain registered with Gandi and they provide a free email service.

ckrailo 7y ago

The folks that created Rails are looking to compete on email soon... https://hey.com/ https://hey.com/ There's also more encrypted providers like https://protonmail.com/ https://protonmail.com/.

randallsquared 7y ago

I'm not the person you replied to, but I use AWS Workmail. Ironically. :)

rezgi 7y ago

https://startmail.com https://startmail.com is pretty decent, affordable, and based in the Netherlands (so, better privacy than US/5 eyes countries) Too bad they don't offer calendar services with their email though. It's really a choice I can't fathom.