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I also find the pricing logic a bit like it’s too good to be true, and am wary of providers who cannot sustain themselves.
I'd like to switch to Fastmail, but I have a handful of seldom-used secondary accounts (e.g., for family members), and it doesn't make sense to pay $5/mo/each when they're free on G Suite. Their pricing structure is designed for organizations or single users, but somehow my use case falls in between. It seems a bit off that my household can stream as many movies as we want for $11/mo, or have unlimited access to an e…
Buy a domain and use Thunderbird, or another email software!
My recommendation is posteo.de. It’s a lot cheaper than Fastmail if you need multiple mailboxes. Browse through the site and read through the company’s values. A bonus is its focus on being better for the environment. One point to note about Posteo is that it doesn’t allow custom domains (but there are plenty of Posteo domains to choose from). I don’t see this as a disadvantage for my use though. Other recommendation…
I'd like to switch to Fastmail, but I have a handful of seldom-used secondary accounts (e.g., for family members), and it doesn't make sense to pay $5/mo/each when they're free on G Suite. Their pricing structure is designed for organizations or single users, but somehow my use case falls in between. It seems a bit off that my household can stream as many movies as we want for $11/mo, or have unlimited access to an e…
Outlook.com (free) and Office365 (a few $/month/user on your own domain) are both great options. I personally much prefer both the web client and the various app clients to gmail's equivalents.
I'd love to switch away from Gmail, but its security is so compelling that, afaik, nobody else comes close. How many other companies have Tavis Ormandy's on staff to do security audits for their users, let alone free users? Is there a single other email provider that gets security right to the extent Google does?
Yeah I completely agree this is something that needs consideration. I do have an email address with my own domain but for security reasons any accounts I create are tied to my gmail address. I've known too many people who have had personal domain email addresses intercepted, particularly through compromised domain/DNS settings. One simple MX record adjustment could mean every single bank account, social media profile…
Not sure if it's simple but how do you intend to protect against DNS record hacks?
Most important thing is to buy a domain so you can port your email address from provider to provider. I’ve had the same email address and several hosts over the years. I’m currently on Fastmail and find the service good.
+1 nice having your own domain so you can port to different providers. Used fastmail for a few years and it is fine although their android app isn't great and hangs a fair bit needing to be restarted.
I eventually paid for the aquamail app which is a significant improvement
I still have a hotmail account from like 20 years ago and like it. Good thing is you can convert it to an @outlook.com alias if wanted, as that might look cooler. But I don't mind the hotmail name. Who knows, maybe one day it might be cool again. I pretty much skipped gmail entirely because of the personalized ad business. I also have a protonmail account which is good, but am not using it as much.