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Unsure if this is true or not as I haven’t received anything as of yet. Finally, actual motivation to get off google. Probably will go to Outlook premium for m

Unsure if this is true or not as I haven’t received anything as of yet. Finally, actual motivation to get off google. Probably will go to Outlook premium for my own domain’s email.

bouke 5y ago
Indeed, I have been putting off migrating, but this surely is a great motivator to finally get off gsuite.
- cypherpunks01 5y ago
  Agreed.. do you know where you will end up migrating to? I looked into FastMail a long time ago, at that time it was the best replacement for just the Gmail component with custom domain, not sure if it still is.
  - bouke 5y ago
    I looked into FastMail as well about 1-2 years ago. I’d like IMAP PUSH support for iOS, to replace the polling needed for gmail. Good support for iOS search is also needed, I haven’t investigated how FastMail works in that regard yet.
  - blibble 5y ago
    I moved from gsuite to fastmail about 6 months ago I'm pretty wary of any "automatic import from $previous_service" tools (having been bitten in the past) so I ran the fastmail importer against my user's accounts, then later reconciled this against the gmail/fastmail APIs with my own code ... it was completely byte-for-byte perfect (other than "muted" conversations, which weren't imported at all, that I dealt with separately) I was very impressed indeed
    - area51org 5y ago
      Thx for this. It's reassuring to hear.
- SwiftyBug 5y ago
  Same here. What side-effects such migration would have? Would I lose all the files in my Google Drive? Sure my email@customdomain.com email will still exist as a Google, YouTube account, right? It just won't use Gmail as my email provider?
codyogden 5y ago
> Unsure if this is true or not as I haven’t received anything as of yet. The article links to an official Google support FAQ regarding Legacy G Suite accounts shutting down on July 1, 2022. [1] 1. https://support.google.com/a/answer/60217#faq https://support.google.com/a/answer/60217#faq
iszomer 5y ago
Yes, it's true. I think Google rebranded it as part of Google Workspace. I received their email detailing their policy change back in Dec 2020; been an extremely frugal user of it back when it was simply called Google Apps Engine for basic domain email hosting.
Someone1234 5y ago
> Probably will go to Outlook premium for my own domain’s email. Microsoft discontinued that and increased the price under O365.
- sgloutnikov 5y ago
  Really? I just looked at Microsoft 365 pricing, and it comes with Outlook Premium. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalized-email-address-in-microsoft-365-75416a58-b225-4c02-8c07-8979403b427b https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalize...
  - Someone1234 5y ago
    > As of February 28, 2021, the specific "Outlook.com Premium" and "Ad-Free Outlook.com" subscriptions no longer include the ability to use a custom domain with Outlook.com. > To continue using a personalized email address and custom domains with Outlook.com, you will need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. Learn more about Premium features in Outlook.com for Microsoft 365 subscribers. From: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/premium-features-in-outlook-com-have-changed-f4a6107f-6e07-4020-afbb-639fbcf0466f https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/premium-features-... Which causes a price increase.
    - comprambler 5y ago
      ah boourns
sgloutnikov 5y ago
Yeah thinking the same. Microsoft 365 most likely the best switch for me. With 2 users and my custom domain, for cheaper might as well get 1TB cloud storage and Office as well. iCloud+ may also be an option.
- criddell 5y ago
  I just hate that you have to move your domain to GoDaddy.
  - snuxoll 5y ago
    I don't understand why they do this. Microsoft used to have a service called Windows Live Domains that used your normal TXT-record validation and killed it off in 2014; the shift to requiring GoDaddy be your registrar for outlook.com premium just baffles me.

Unsure if this is true or not as I haven’t received anything as of yet. Finally, actual motivation to get off google. Probably will go to Outlook premium for my own domain’s email.

bouke 5y ago

Indeed, I have been putting off migrating, but this surely is a great motivator to finally get off gsuite.

cypherpunks01 5y ago
Agreed.. do you know where you will end up migrating to? I looked into FastMail a long time ago, at that time it was the best replacement for just the Gmail component with custom domain, not sure if it still is.
- bouke 5y ago
  I looked into FastMail as well about 1-2 years ago. I’d like IMAP PUSH support for iOS, to replace the polling needed for gmail. Good support for iOS search is also needed, I haven’t investigated how FastMail works in that regard yet.
- blibble 5y ago
  I moved from gsuite to fastmail about 6 months ago I'm pretty wary of any "automatic import from $previous_service" tools (having been bitten in the past) so I ran the fastmail importer against my user's accounts, then later reconciled this against the gmail/fastmail APIs with my own code ... it was completely byte-for-byte perfect (other than "muted" conversations, which weren't imported at all, that I dealt with separately) I was very impressed indeed
  - area51org 5y ago
    Thx for this. It's reassuring to hear.
SwiftyBug 5y ago
Same here. What side-effects such migration would have? Would I lose all the files in my Google Drive? Sure my email@customdomain.com email will still exist as a Google, YouTube account, right? It just won't use Gmail as my email provider?

codyogden 5y ago

> Unsure if this is true or not as I haven’t received anything as of yet. The article links to an official Google support FAQ regarding Legacy G Suite accounts shutting down on July 1, 2022. [1] 1. https://support.google.com/a/answer/60217#faq https://support.google.com/a/answer/60217#faq

iszomer 5y ago

Yes, it's true. I think Google rebranded it as part of Google Workspace. I received their email detailing their policy change back in Dec 2020; been an extremely frugal user of it back when it was simply called Google Apps Engine for basic domain email hosting.

Someone1234 5y ago

> Probably will go to Outlook premium for my own domain’s email. Microsoft discontinued that and increased the price under O365.

sgloutnikov 5y ago
Really? I just looked at Microsoft 365 pricing, and it comes with Outlook Premium. https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalized-email-address-in-microsoft-365-75416a58-b225-4c02-8c07-8979403b427b https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/get-a-personalize...
- Someone1234 5y ago
  > As of February 28, 2021, the specific "Outlook.com Premium" and "Ad-Free Outlook.com" subscriptions no longer include the ability to use a custom domain with Outlook.com. > To continue using a personalized email address and custom domains with Outlook.com, you will need to subscribe to Microsoft 365. Learn more about Premium features in Outlook.com for Microsoft 365 subscribers. From: https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/premium-features-in-outlook-com-have-changed-f4a6107f-6e07-4020-afbb-639fbcf0466f https://support.microsoft.com/en-us/office/premium-features-... Which causes a price increase.
  - comprambler 5y ago
    ah boourns

sgloutnikov 5y ago

Yeah thinking the same. Microsoft 365 most likely the best switch for me. With 2 users and my custom domain, for cheaper might as well get 1TB cloud storage and Office as well. iCloud+ may also be an option.

criddell 5y ago
I just hate that you have to move your domain to GoDaddy.
- snuxoll 5y ago
  I don't understand why they do this. Microsoft used to have a service called Windows Live Domains that used your normal TXT-record validation and killed it off in 2014; the shift to requiring GoDaddy be your registrar for outlook.com premium just baffles me.