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Ask HN: My non techie partner wants to move away from Gmail any suggestions?
Recently my partner had a horrible experience when they stopped receiving emails because ‘Gmail was out of storage’. Very frustrating experience especially since they were on an overseas trip and didn’t know why? In panic they started deleting all the emails but didn’t realize that their Android phone was automatically syncing photos to drive. My mother incidentally encountered same issue on her new Pixel 8 pro, so this was a wake up call.
This feels like a nightmare scenario when all our documents and conversations can be blocked. What’s a good alternative to Gmail, paid or free, that is secure and not shady ?
- uberman 2y agoWhy not just pay for gmail since you already have it set up?
- CyberMacGyver 2y agoSingle point of failure. If they can accidentally delete $125B pension fund account[0] [0]https://qz.com/google-cloud-pension-fund-unisuper-1851472990 https://qz.com/google-cloud-pension-fund-unisuper-1851472990
- uberman 2y agoDont all first class email providers offer essentially the same level of reliability?
- saintamh 2y agoHappy Fastmail customer for 10+ years here
- toomuchtodo 2y ago+1 FastMail
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- solardev 2y agoIt warns you for months ahead of time. Why not just pay for it?
- austin-cheney 2y agoMy email is hosted by my domain and web server provider. I have unlimited number of email addresses each with unlimited storage on my own domain.
- amazingamazing 2y agoThere’s no alternative that would’ve prevented what happened here.
- vonunov 2y agohttps://purelymail.com/pricing https://purelymail.com/pricing https://purelymail.com/docs/features https://purelymail.com/docs/features
- Yawrehto 2y agoProtonMail? I hear Zoho Mail is ridiculously good for being free (it's aimed at businesses), but it requires a phone number, which I don't have.