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I've done the research (and already some action) even though I have only 2 non-related users on 2 different GSuites who use solely GMail. For myself I use Fast
by xlii 5y ago
I've done the research (and already some action) even though I have only 2 non-related users on 2 different GSuites who use solely GMail.
For myself I use FastMail and there is nothing I can complain about, however I wasn't really fond of migrating towards it, since that'd require 2 separate organizations, which would pretty much beat the point (pricing would be similar, but it takes some time).
Few random thoughts about whole thing:
- Fastmail is OK, there's nothing good or bad about it, however if someone is GMail user (with their fancy UI and filtering) they will be disappointed. One can add Sanebox but that's additional cost.
- I'd stay away from Protonmail for two reasons - first is they don't really have IMAP (as it's encrypted etc.), so it's either hack your own bridge or use their applications. Second reason is that I've worked with few organization which perceived protonmail-based e-mails as spam and phishing (it's super easy to create anonymous e-mail account there so...)
- iCloud+ provides custom domain support, it's kind of interesting how it works, and might save you few bucks, but the migration process is not exactly Apple-like
- Migrating away is going to take a lot of effort. When I made decision I noticed that my DNS TTL were set to 604800. I set that domain LONG time ago, so I suppose those were recommended values back then.
- Either forget about archives or be prepared for a long time to sync it. Google allows export (and that's pretty much the only way as there is 2500MB daily download quota for IMAP) but getting it uploaded is something else.
- iCloud is funny because you can't really admin it - you add and setup domain and when you share it within family it's theirs to setup, one cannot make overreaching management
For my 2 users I'm going for iCloud, cause they are already in the ecosystem quite deep, as paying customers and also it integrates nicely with other services.
- CraigRood 5y agoI've got a question if you don't mind. I'm set on moving to iCloud too for my domain as the only thing I really care about in the G Suite is just personal email via custom domain. Should I change the Apple ID of my account off my custom domain ? I can see a scenario where I can't access my iCloud because I need access to iCloud to verify the email.... I could move the domain records, but this won't be a 5 minute job.
- xlii 5y agoI can't unfortunately help you with that because the accounts I'm moving both have "custom domain e-mail" set as account. However for verification it usually uses either other iDevice (so popups happen on phone etc.) and there's also option to have printed emergency access card and one can also set emergency contact details to off-icloud e-mails and phone numbers. I'd say that getting access to account in iCloud was much easier than getting back to locked GMail account.
- CraigRood 5y agoThanks for the tip on the emergency access card, I wasn't aware this was a thing! Sounds like I should be fine :)
- skydhash 5y agoYou don't. You just add the domain and set up the settings. Very fast. My iCloud account uses the icloud.com domain, and I haven't changed that. I did not need to migrate data, so I don't know anything about that.