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But fastmail has the benefit of scale, that you will never have. And the cost of your time, if you don't inherently enjoy it, is too much. I dumped everything
by JAlexoid 5y ago
But fastmail has the benefit of scale, that you will never have. And the cost of your time, if you don't inherently enjoy it, is too much.
I dumped everything to move to Google and I am happy with the results. With the deprecation of the free Google Worspaces - I'm open to switching to Fastmail.... But nothing will make me move to self hosted.
I'm just a software engineer and I don't want to waste my time.
- Melatonic 5y agoIf it is just for yourself or family or a few friends then scale really isnt an issue. But yeah I agree - running a mail server can be a pain. It can also be easy. But that is the trade off with any SaaS - do you want to outsource and pay someone else to do it or do it yourself?
- jackson1442 5y agoI definitely am making my money's worth with my Fastmail subscription. Just over $100 for 3 years? I could work 3 hours and recoup that. Not a chance I could get away with < 3 hours of mail server setup and maintenance over the course of 3 years.
- JAlexoid 5y agoThat is so true.
- shukantpal 5y agoThe mail server can run for 25 years. And it doesn't require any maintenance. And you don't have to trust anyone else to keep your data safe.
- jackson1442 5y agoare you suggesting that it is advisable to run an operating system and mail server from 1997 in 2022