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A lot of us have also been caught out by Google announcing they are forcing free G-Suite Legacy users to upgrade. Here is where I am heading (having given the

by p0d 5y ago

A lot of us have also been caught out by Google announcing they are forcing free G-Suite Legacy users to upgrade. Here is where I am heading (having given the matter much thought and some testing, trial and error) Free Gmail/Cal account as I enjoy the software My own custom domains with any registrar Paid Fastmail account storing all my emails to all my domains/aliases at Fastmail All Fastmail messages forwarded to Gmail Mail from Gmail sent through Fastmail's smtp servers This gives me the mail/cal app I like and the freedom to move. I don't have a problem with paid. Google are forcing Workspace on me when all I want is email with custom domains.

inanutshellus 5y ago
Also caught in the Legacy drama. :-( still haven't decided what to do about it. blurg.
- criddell 5y ago
  Me too. Currently leaning towards iCloud. It’s very inexpensive for email with a custom domain and I trust Apple a bit more than other tech companies.
- xunn0026 5y ago
  Migrating to Zoho is super easy. Did it for 2 domains.
  - p0d 5y ago
    I looked at office365 as well and discovered the bizarre fact you can only redirect custom domains from one registrar. GoDaddy I think it was?
    - xunn0026 5y ago
      Zoho just wanted some TXT and MX DNS entries. Any registrar should provide you that.
- iamjkt 5y ago
  I moved to Zoho for business and have 2 accounts there for £10 each/year. The configuration of the service is much easier than Google makes it. Filtering took some getting used to, but I have it working much better than I ever could on Google, so happy bunny there. And the Android client is OK too. The only meh part (for me) is the web interface for email/calendar isn't as streamlined as Google, but being out of that eco-system more than makes up for it.
magusd 5y ago
Damn, I've been through this too and I have even forgotten about it. 5 users, no cost, gone. I've even used zoho for a while after that, but that's gone too. My current solution is to use custom domain with icloud and forwarding emails around.
akkartik 5y ago
What do you enjoy about Gmail/cal? I don't see the point of that level of indirection in your setup. Fastmail seems indistinguishable from Gmail UI except I don't have crap on the left nav. And gcal is unreliable garbage, in my experience. These days I pick a provider for each service that lives and dies by the quality of that service. Fastmail has 'mail' right on the tin.

by p0d 5y ago

inanutshellus 5y ago

Also caught in the Legacy drama. :-( still haven't decided what to do about it. blurg.

criddell 5y ago
Me too. Currently leaning towards iCloud. It’s very inexpensive for email with a custom domain and I trust Apple a bit more than other tech companies.
xunn0026 5y ago
Migrating to Zoho is super easy. Did it for 2 domains.
- p0d 5y ago
  I looked at office365 as well and discovered the bizarre fact you can only redirect custom domains from one registrar. GoDaddy I think it was?
  - xunn0026 5y ago
    Zoho just wanted some TXT and MX DNS entries. Any registrar should provide you that.
iamjkt 5y ago
I moved to Zoho for business and have 2 accounts there for £10 each/year. The configuration of the service is much easier than Google makes it. Filtering took some getting used to, but I have it working much better than I ever could on Google, so happy bunny there. And the Android client is OK too. The only meh part (for me) is the web interface for email/calendar isn't as streamlined as Google, but being out of that eco-system more than makes up for it.

magusd 5y ago

Damn, I've been through this too and I have even forgotten about it. 5 users, no cost, gone. I've even used zoho for a while after that, but that's gone too. My current solution is to use custom domain with icloud and forwarding emails around.

akkartik 5y ago

What do you enjoy about Gmail/cal? I don't see the point of that level of indirection in your setup. Fastmail seems indistinguishable from Gmail UI except I don't have crap on the left nav. And gcal is unreliable garbage, in my experience. These days I pick a provider for each service that lives and dies by the quality of that service. Fastmail has 'mail' right on the tin.