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Just another happy FastMail user here. I don't need tags/labels, so you have everything I need. I have an Enhanced account that is linked to my domain, and an
by kijin 13y ago
Just another happy FastMail user here. I don't need tags/labels, so you have everything I need.
I have an Enhanced account that is linked to my domain, and an Ad Free account where important mail gets forwarded to. The latter is accessible from my phone, but the former isn't, so if anyone steals my phone they can only see the last few messages I exchanged, and I can just disable an alternative login (similar to revoking an API key) to lock my phone out permanently. I also set up my default personality in the Ad Free account to send all mail through my Enhanced account, so every mail I send from my phone is automatically saved in my Enhanced account and even has the correct DKIM signature.
One question, though, and I'm sure a lot of people are curious about it. You are an Australian subsidiary of a Norwegian company, but your servers are in the US. What happens when an American three-letter agency wants to see the contents of your servers?
- volatile 13y agoJeremy Howard, the founder of FastMail, responded to a similar question on Slashdot in October 2009. http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1391605&cid=29632353 http://tech.slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=1391605&cid=2963235... We've had a number of US-based law enforcement bodies over the year try to get hold of our data without going via the appropriate Australian bodies, and it doesn't work out for them. In the end, they have always ended up submitting a request for cooperation via the Australian Federal Police, as they are required to do, and we respond to that request in line with Australian law. Even so, as an Australian I decided to use a hosting company whose servers are physically hosted in Australia.
- brongondwana 13y agoFair enough. Hosting in Australia is something we consider occasionally, but the bandwidth pricing is just so much higher. It's always worth looking at demand of course - are there enough people who would be willing to pay a premium to have their email in Australia to justify running up a full instance here.
- volatile 13y agoI currently do pay a premium and I'd prefer to be paying it to FastMail. Recent revelations mean there may be a few more Australians willing to pay a premium to host mail in Australia. Also, thanks for your work on Cyrus.
- coffeecheque 13y agoI'd pay extra for Australian located email hosting too. Or even a European option. Also, since we're talking feature requests: 1) contacts syncing via CardDav and 2) Calendar. Contact syncing is vital though. It's really a killer at this point.
- kijin 13y agoThat was before the Opera acquisition and the subsequent changes to their infrastructure. I wonder if their servers are still encrypted?