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Which service do you use for CalDAV / CardDAV? I've been trying to migrate from a gmail account to my own personal domain, but my current provider doesn't suppo

Which service do you use for CalDAV / CardDAV? I've been trying to migrate from a gmail account to my own personal domain, but my current provider doesn't support those so I want to move on to someone else. The thing that annoys me most is that (as far as I can tell) only the big name providers have integrated mail/caldav/carddav, if you use a bring-your-own-domain solution they need to be added as 3 separate accounts (at least on iOS/macOS).

arvindamirtaa 5y ago
+1 I've been looking for a sane calendar service that's not Google calendar and there's just nothing that's open-standards compatible.
- danieldk 5y ago
  Fastmail supports CalDAV (as does iCloud).
- Ndymium 5y ago
  I use mailbox.org that has CardDAV and CalDAV in addition to email. I use DAVx⁵ for syncing to my Android phone. Mailbox.org's web UI is clunky but I rarely use it for anything other than extending the subscription. The calendar/contact sync and email have worked well.
  - ForHackernews 5y ago
    +1 for DAVx⁵. It was free on F-Droid, but I've paid for it anyway because I want to support the developer (and also I think it's a nice touch making it free on F-Droid but charging on commercial app stores).
- brongondwana 5y ago
  Fastmail's calendar is built on the Cyrus IMAP server's CalDAV support, which does all the open-standards. It also has the upcoming JMAP Calendaring support and JSCalendar (soon to be an RFC) format. There's a couple of other good CalDAV servers out there too, though of course as Fastmail CEO I can't really advertise anybody else :p
  - arvindamirtaa 5y ago
    If that ain't the way to sell something, I don't know what is! Will check it out right away :)
    - brongondwana 5y ago
      It's definitely a sell, no freebies (well, apart from the 30 day trial)
kiwijamo 5y ago
Fastmail is fantastic if you have an iOS device. They provide a file which you simply download/open on your iOS device and it automatically configures your phone to access FastMail mail, calendar, contacts, etc. I believe they use the same mechanism that corporates use to configure employees phones. Could not be more easier and you get to use all of Apple's native apps. iOS + Fastmail is the best combo I've found so far for easy Mail/Contacts/Calendar independent of the big giants.
rswail 5y ago
Yet another +1 for Fastmail. Long time customer when I got sick of running my own IMAP/SMTP about 5+ years ago. It has IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV. It has a snappy and responsive web interface and their iOS app is equally as good. They have configuration of profiles for MacOS and iOS down (I can't talk to other environments). I have a bunch of domains doing email through there, but I run my own DNS. I had a need to configure things that Fastmail's DNS doesn't deal with (IPv6 etc) but for general use, it's great. Properly configured SPF, DKIM, DMARC, good spam filtering, easy contact managenment etc.
pmlnr 5y ago
self-hosted options: nextcloud, radicale, baikal, cyrus.
mkr-hn 5y ago
Another +1 for Fastmail and a referral link for 10% off your first year (or up to 12 months) if you decide to try it: https://ref.fm/u25202288 https://ref.fm/u25202288

arvindamirtaa 5y ago

+1 I've been looking for a sane calendar service that's not Google calendar and there's just nothing that's open-standards compatible.

danieldk 5y ago
Fastmail supports CalDAV (as does iCloud).
Ndymium 5y ago
I use mailbox.org that has CardDAV and CalDAV in addition to email. I use DAVx⁵ for syncing to my Android phone. Mailbox.org's web UI is clunky but I rarely use it for anything other than extending the subscription. The calendar/contact sync and email have worked well.
- ForHackernews 5y ago
  +1 for DAVx⁵. It was free on F-Droid, but I've paid for it anyway because I want to support the developer (and also I think it's a nice touch making it free on F-Droid but charging on commercial app stores).
brongondwana 5y ago
Fastmail's calendar is built on the Cyrus IMAP server's CalDAV support, which does all the open-standards. It also has the upcoming JMAP Calendaring support and JSCalendar (soon to be an RFC) format. There's a couple of other good CalDAV servers out there too, though of course as Fastmail CEO I can't really advertise anybody else :p
- arvindamirtaa 5y ago
  If that ain't the way to sell something, I don't know what is! Will check it out right away :)
  - brongondwana 5y ago
    It's definitely a sell, no freebies (well, apart from the 30 day trial)

kiwijamo 5y ago

Fastmail is fantastic if you have an iOS device. They provide a file which you simply download/open on your iOS device and it automatically configures your phone to access FastMail mail, calendar, contacts, etc. I believe they use the same mechanism that corporates use to configure employees phones. Could not be more easier and you get to use all of Apple's native apps. iOS + Fastmail is the best combo I've found so far for easy Mail/Contacts/Calendar independent of the big giants.

rswail 5y ago

Yet another +1 for Fastmail. Long time customer when I got sick of running my own IMAP/SMTP about 5+ years ago. It has IMAP, CalDAV, CardDAV. It has a snappy and responsive web interface and their iOS app is equally as good. They have configuration of profiles for MacOS and iOS down (I can't talk to other environments). I have a bunch of domains doing email through there, but I run my own DNS. I had a need to configure things that Fastmail's DNS doesn't deal with (IPv6 etc) but for general use, it's great. Properly configured SPF, DKIM, DMARC, good spam filtering, easy contact managenment etc.

pmlnr 5y ago

self-hosted options: nextcloud, radicale, baikal, cyrus.

mkr-hn 5y ago

Another +1 for Fastmail and a referral link for 10% off your first year (or up to 12 months) if you decide to try it: https://ref.fm/u25202288 https://ref.fm/u25202288