i've looked but haven't found anything nearly as good as gmail. the most useful feature to me, that other services do not offer, is push (sync) email, contacts, and calendar.
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Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?
#12You can just get Google Apps...since they release features for that 6-7 months after regular gmail gets them, you'll have plenty of warning if they release something like Buzz. + I doubt they'd be stupid enough to bring buzz to their business users.
I disagree. I'm guessing that's exactly what they're planning. Enterprise microsharing.
Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?
#13You can just get Google Apps...since they release features for that 6-7 months after regular gmail gets them, you'll have plenty of warning if they release something like Buzz. + I doubt they'd be stupid enough to bring buzz to their business users.
They already announced they are two months away from releasing buzz for Google Apps.
Edit: http://googleenterprise.blogspot.com/2010/02/google-buzz-com...
Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?
#14My tiny hosting company Varialhosting offers POP and Imap. I did a quick search and there are tons of providers that offer Imap.
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#15Zoho Mail offers most of the Gmail feature set (including support for custom domains) with an adequate user interface.
How is spam on zoho mail?
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#16I have an account on GMX.com as a backup account.
So far so good - minimal spam (well none so far) has reached my inbox and they are always adding in features like Facebook integration.
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#17Zimbra may be a good option, particularly now that its not controlled by Yahoo anymore.
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#18Rackspace email hosting is $1/10 GB mailbox/mo for IMAP/POP
Cheers
Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?
#19It might be instructive if you included why you are trying to avoid Gmail in your OP, so we can avoid suggesting other apps that might have the same issues. For example, do you dislike it because of privacy concerns? Or because it's a web app? Etc.
I think the Gmail UI is excellent and I love it, but I'm starting to have privacy concerns.
Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?
#20I'm currently using sup (http://sup.rubyforge.org/), which has labels and threads like Gmail, but is Free as in Freedom, runs on ncurses and, ironically, has a much better search mechanism, which was the main reason I switched from Gmail. There is also notmuch (http://notmuchmail.org/), which is still alpha, but aims to be faster and more scriptable than Sup.