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Almost all browsers will import everything from other browsers. Believe it or not, it's the easiest thing to leave. Gmail is the hardest, and will take a lot of

Almost all browsers will import everything from other browsers. Believe it or not, it's the easiest thing to leave. Gmail is the hardest, and will take a lot of time and effort, but it's well worth it: Alternatives are outright vastly superior.

taurusnoises 5y ago
Can you recommend some alternatives to Gmail you have experience with?
- doomrobo 5y ago
  I've been using Fastmail for years with a custom domain. I only have positive things to say
  - rastographics 5y ago
    This has been my exact experience too. Never looked back from fastmail
- avlis 5y ago
- ocdtrekkie 5y ago
  Fastmail is incredibly good. Their name is not a joke: It's the fastest webmail client I've ever used, and their support is really good too.
- robinhood 5y ago
  Fastmail for 12 years and counting. I keep a Gmail account for all my spam and newsletters, and I hate every single time I have to use it. Fastmail is so much better. It's fast, pure IMAP (technically they use JMAP but whatever), I set up all my custom domain names with it, unlimited aliases–and now it also supports creating aliases straight from 1Password.
- vineyardmike 5y ago
  I've been using iCloud. It requires you to trust apple, but if you're de-googling, you may be adding iPhones to your life, so it may be worth it. The special sauce that makes it better is iCloud custom domain emails. Now I can have mynmame@lastname.tld email. If you ever want to jump ship again to new provider - you don't have to worry about changing your email, you can just migrate the DNS records. If it wasn't for custom domains, I wouldn't recommend another tech giant, but I feel like this is a special combination of control && integrated ease of use.
barbacoa 5y ago
Getting off Gmail was not nearly as painful as I feared when it came time for me to cross that bridge. You can forward emails to a new provider so you can slowly transition.

taurusnoises 5y ago

Can you recommend some alternatives to Gmail you have experience with?

doomrobo 5y ago
I've been using Fastmail for years with a custom domain. I only have positive things to say
- rastographics 5y ago
  This has been my exact experience too. Never looked back from fastmail
avlis 5y ago
ocdtrekkie 5y ago
Fastmail is incredibly good. Their name is not a joke: It's the fastest webmail client I've ever used, and their support is really good too.
robinhood 5y ago
Fastmail for 12 years and counting. I keep a Gmail account for all my spam and newsletters, and I hate every single time I have to use it. Fastmail is so much better. It's fast, pure IMAP (technically they use JMAP but whatever), I set up all my custom domain names with it, unlimited aliases–and now it also supports creating aliases straight from 1Password.
vineyardmike 5y ago
I've been using iCloud. It requires you to trust apple, but if you're de-googling, you may be adding iPhones to your life, so it may be worth it. The special sauce that makes it better is iCloud custom domain emails. Now I can have mynmame@lastname.tld email. If you ever want to jump ship again to new provider - you don't have to worry about changing your email, you can just migrate the DNS records. If it wasn't for custom domains, I wouldn't recommend another tech giant, but I feel like this is a special combination of control && integrated ease of use.

barbacoa 5y ago

Getting off Gmail was not nearly as painful as I feared when it came time for me to cross that bridge. You can forward emails to a new provider so you can slowly transition.