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Unaffiliated, I found migadu (https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html) to be extremely easy to set up and having a nice ui to

by rakoo 7y ago

Unaffiliated, I found migadu (https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html https://www.migadu.com/en/index.html) to be extremely easy to set up and having a nice ui to work with. Gives you only the basics but that's all you need. As they say, storage space is not an issue in the 21st century, so the only differentiator between plans is the only thing that matters: the number of outgoing emails. You can have as many domains, as many aliases and as many addresses as you want, that's not a technical problem so there's no reason it should be a financial distinction.

jacobroyquebec 7y ago
I second this, i've been using it for a few years and it's very easy to setup. Reliable and cheap.
fermienrico 7y ago
I've tried Migadu and I much prefer FastMail: https://www.fastmail.com https://www.fastmail.com They have full DNS capabilities and very nice UI (minimal JS, loads super fast).
- adtac 7y ago
  While I'm happy with fastmail, they aren't minimal JS by any means. The website is snappy though.
ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago
> Copyright © 2016 AdVite GmbH This sounds like an advertising company. A person's inbox is the holy grail of info about them. I don't think I want to use this company for my email. Change my mind?
- gpanders 7y ago
  The company is based in Switzerland and is French speaking. Any chance "AdVite" means something different in French? Apart from that, their website states pretty clearly their privacy policy [1] and other terms [2]. It doesn't look like there is anything shady going on here. I don't personally use Migadu but I've had it bookmarked as the "service I would probably use if/when the day comes". [1]: https://www.migadu.com/en/privacy.html https://www.migadu.com/en/privacy.html [2]: https://www.migadu.com/en/terms.html https://www.migadu.com/en/terms.html
  - ekovarski 7y ago
    Perhaps they pivoted from inception. There are references in their company registration to advertising and marketing though the entire company plan is /very/ broad and encompassed pretty much any IT/online service.
  - heinrichf 7y ago
    > The company is based in Switzerland and is French speaking. Any chance "AdVite" means something different in French? No, it doesn't mean something different in French.
    - benhurmarcel 7y ago
      It doesn't mean anything in French actually. Nothing related to ads either.
wheresvic3 7y ago
I used migadu for a couple of years and they were great initially but over the past 4-5 months, I've experienced really degraded service when accessing email and setting tags, deleting etc. Over the last month, I started getting login timeouts and that was the last straw. Recently I noticed that they put up an announcement saying that they are running at very high loads due to the COVID-19 situation. I'm not quite sure how people working from home affects normal email (I guess people are emailing a bit more?) but anyways once the announcement went away, I still kept experiencing issues so I migrated my primary email over to fastmail.
- feistypharit 7y ago
  They did a full UI update and have a bunch of new features. Some are still buggy but support is responsive. Some of the new cool things they have are identities: different logins to send and receive all to the same mailbox, but externally looks different.
- sbuccini 7y ago
  Same experience here.
- ekovarski 7y ago
  They were shuffling services around and I think they had a notice in Feb on their portal to the effect but, yeah, they definitely need to start using a status page and twitter for updates; most customers just want a heads up and be informed of what is happening. Service is reliable, considering the cost, but communication isn't their forte esp for an email company. :)
sbuccini 7y ago
I would caution everyone considering Migadu. My biggest issue revolves around support — they don’t have a public status page so when the service goes down it’s impossible to know if the issue is on my end or on theirs. They're averaged one big outage (~24 hours) a year over the past 3 years, not counting smaller outages, so this isn’t a generic thought experiment. They don’t respond to most of my emails to support, either. Do not recommend.
- bichonnages 7y ago
  In my case, they have always replied to my emails. I think it would be much better if they were actively using their twitter account in order to keep us informed.
  - sbuccini 7y ago
    Agreed, or proactively email users when they are experiencing severe degradation
bichonnages 7y ago
I've been using Migadu for a year now. Multiple aliases, works well. Only problem so far: a service interruption of a few hours "due to the COVID-19 situation" apparently. I haven't lost any e-mails but, to be honest, since I'm paying, I don't know if I'll accept a second interruption for a service I'm paying for.

by rakoo 7y ago

jacobroyquebec 7y ago

I second this, i've been using it for a few years and it's very easy to setup. Reliable and cheap.

fermienrico 7y ago

I've tried Migadu and I much prefer FastMail: https://www.fastmail.com https://www.fastmail.com They have full DNS capabilities and very nice UI (minimal JS, loads super fast).

adtac 7y ago
While I'm happy with fastmail, they aren't minimal JS by any means. The website is snappy though.

ThePowerOfFuet 7y ago

gpanders 7y ago
The company is based in Switzerland and is French speaking. Any chance "AdVite" means something different in French? Apart from that, their website states pretty clearly their privacy policy [1] and other terms [2]. It doesn't look like there is anything shady going on here. I don't personally use Migadu but I've had it bookmarked as the "service I would probably use if/when the day comes". [1]: https://www.migadu.com/en/privacy.html https://www.migadu.com/en/privacy.html [2]: https://www.migadu.com/en/terms.html https://www.migadu.com/en/terms.html
- ekovarski 7y ago
  Perhaps they pivoted from inception. There are references in their company registration to advertising and marketing though the entire company plan is /very/ broad and encompassed pretty much any IT/online service.
- heinrichf 7y ago
  > The company is based in Switzerland and is French speaking. Any chance "AdVite" means something different in French? No, it doesn't mean something different in French.
  - benhurmarcel 7y ago
    It doesn't mean anything in French actually. Nothing related to ads either.

wheresvic3 7y ago

I used migadu for a couple of years and they were great initially but over the past 4-5 months, I've experienced really degraded service when accessing email and setting tags, deleting etc. Over the last month, I started getting login timeouts and that was the last straw. Recently I noticed that they put up an announcement saying that they are running at very high loads due to the COVID-19 situation. I'm not quite sure how people working from home affects normal email (I guess people are emailing a bit more?) but anyways once the announcement went away, I still kept experiencing issues so I migrated my primary email over to fastmail.

feistypharit 7y ago
They did a full UI update and have a bunch of new features. Some are still buggy but support is responsive. Some of the new cool things they have are identities: different logins to send and receive all to the same mailbox, but externally looks different.
sbuccini 7y ago
Same experience here.
ekovarski 7y ago
They were shuffling services around and I think they had a notice in Feb on their portal to the effect but, yeah, they definitely need to start using a status page and twitter for updates; most customers just want a heads up and be informed of what is happening. Service is reliable, considering the cost, but communication isn't their forte esp for an email company. :)

sbuccini 7y ago

I would caution everyone considering Migadu. My biggest issue revolves around support — they don’t have a public status page so when the service goes down it’s impossible to know if the issue is on my end or on theirs. They're averaged one big outage (~24 hours) a year over the past 3 years, not counting smaller outages, so this isn’t a generic thought experiment. They don’t respond to most of my emails to support, either. Do not recommend.

bichonnages 7y ago
In my case, they have always replied to my emails. I think it would be much better if they were actively using their twitter account in order to keep us informed.
- sbuccini 7y ago
  Agreed, or proactively email users when they are experiencing severe degradation

bichonnages 7y ago

I've been using Migadu for a year now. Multiple aliases, works well. Only problem so far: a service interruption of a few hours "due to the COVID-19 situation" apparently. I haven't lost any e-mails but, to be honest, since I'm paying, I don't know if I'll accept a second interruption for a service I'm paying for.