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I'm in the process of switching from Gmail to FastMail. They were the only ones who met one of my requirements: Receive all email for all my domains and deliver
by HumanOstrich 1y ago
I'm in the process of switching from Gmail to FastMail. They were the only ones who met one of my requirements: Receive all email for all my domains and deliver it to one inbox with labels.
I really like that they offer a Gmail migration, including an initial import and _ongoing Inbox sync_. It only syncs the Inbox though, not spam (which is sometimes legit, especially with Gmail) or mail that gets immediately archived by a rule.
I created an alternate domain so I could try them out and perform the switch after a significant evaluation period. Since they have advanced options for figuring out which address to reply to an email with and how, it works seamlessly with gmail and with the catch-all for domains.
I could go on and on. The only thing I miss from Gmail is custom notification sounds. I don't like my email notifications having the default OS sound. Oh and you can't migrate stars/icons for emails. I wish I could do that and convert them to labels, but not a big deal.
- nine_k 1y ago> can't migrate stars/icons for emails. (1) Create s label for starred emails, eg "Star-struck". A Unicode star would do if you like it literal. (2) In gmail, search for "is:starred", mark all on the page, then "mark all matching emails". (3) Drop the "Star-struck" tag on them. Now you can migrate it as a normal tag.
- HumanOstrich 1y agoThanks, but I am using multiple variants of the star icons to indicate various states. I know I can manually label and migrate things, it's just not practical for me.
- nine_k 1y agoDoes "has:red-star" work for you? Works for me, even in the Android version that can't display starts of different colors.