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I was recently considering switching to Fastmail from Gmail (Privacy, Lack of Support etc.,) but not entirely sure about Fastmail. I've never heard of Lavabit b
by rwbt 14y ago
I was recently considering switching to Fastmail from Gmail (Privacy, Lack of Support etc.,) but not entirely sure about Fastmail. I've never heard of Lavabit before. I wonder how they stack up against Fastmail in-terms of Privacy, Support, Security and Reliability.
I think Two-factor authentication in Gmail provides a great additional layer of security. Unfortunately, I don't think many other email providers support it.
- ineedtosleep 14y agoAbout the 2-factor bit: Fastmail supports Yubikey for 2 factor auth and is available on free accounts.
- Flimm 14y agoFastmail does offer two-factor authentication with SMS: https://www.fastmail.fm/help/features_alternative_logins.html https://www.fastmail.fm/help/features_alternative_logins.htm... You can also set up passwords that are only authorised for read-only access, one hour passwords, one-time passwords and Yubikey logins.
- jfb 14y agoI am very happy with fastmail. I host my personal email there, and over the last three years, have had significantly fewer connectivity problems than with Google Apps hosted work email. Which is not to say that GApps is unreliable (it clearly isn't) -- just that fastmail works fine.