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Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by al3x »

vaksel wrote: post #7

You 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.

Google has announced their intention to bring Buzz to Google Apps. The nice thing is that as a Google Apps administrator, you can pick and choose which features/products are available to your users (ie, you). So even if they do make Buzz available to Google Apps Gmail, you don't have to enable it.

Of course, you can just turn it off in regular ol' Gmail as well.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by intranation »

Just wanted to give a shoutout to Tuffmail: http://www.tuffmail.com/ . Their spam protection is excellent, and very configurable. They also have the fastest IMAP servers I've had the pleasure of using.

Their web interface isn't anything special, but at least it's proper IMAP so you can use whichever desktop client you like.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by intranation »

oomkiller wrote: post #21
Maro wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the Gmail UI is excellent and I love it, but I'm starting to have privacy concerns.

Google Apps Premium, unless you're Iranian/Chinese. Then use Hushmail etc

Is Google Apps premium guaranteed to actually protect you from the aforementioned privacy concerns? It's still on Google's servers.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by Maro »

alaithea wrote: post #30
Maro wrote: post #25

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I must be getting old or sth, but I can't find a screenshot or a test login on the site.

I'm not sure they have any. Their marketing and communication tend to be pretty minimalist. I happen to like it that way. You can always get a free guest account to try it out. Or if you ask nicely enough, one of us who have accounts might be able to post a screenshot. ;)

Please do, I'm curious.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by coriander »

oomkiller wrote: post #21
Maro wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I think the Gmail UI is excellent and I love it, but I'm starting to have privacy concerns.

Google Apps Premium, unless you're Iranian/Chinese. Then use Hushmail etc

Fair enough for Iranian/Chinese users perhaps but I thought Hushmail was no longer secure - ever since they handed over user data in response to a subpoena.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by lmkg »

http://www.lavabit.com/

They (claim to) use some sort of encryption scheme such that they do not have access to the data on their own servers. I don't know enough about crypto to verify, but if your concern for moving away from Google is privacy and/or security, it's probably worth at least a cursory glance.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by jm4 »

coriander wrote: post #35
oomkiller wrote: post #21

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Google Apps Premium, unless you're Iranian/Chinese. Then use Hushmail etc

Fair enough for Iranian/Chinese users perhaps but I thought Hushmail was no longer secure - ever since they handed over user data in response to a subpoena.

There's nothing wrong with handing over data in response to a subpoena. They're legally required to do so. The problem is with providers who hand over data without a subpoena.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by DenisM »

alaithea wrote: post #2

I pay a small amount yearly for an account at FastMail ( http://www.fastmail.fm ) They have a very solid IMAP service, and a robust (though not Gmail-fancy) web interface. In the five years or so that I have had an account with them, I think I could total up about a half hour of downtime that I can recall, so they are very stable. I recommend them highly. (I'm not affiliated with them, just a satisfied customer.)

I'm using fastmail for 5 years now. It's good, but not that great. My two problems are:

1. Spam false positives. I get order confirmations or mail list subscriptions sent to spam folder occasionally.

2. Search is really bad. by default it only searches subjects, and I think only in the current folder.

Thinking about moving to gmail, provided those guys sort out privacy issues.

Re: Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

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Post by grandalf »

vaporstun wrote: post #29

Related question, does anyone know of a mail webapp that allows you to have a unified inbox with multiple IMAP accounts? In other words, something like Thunderbird or Outlook Express but web-ified. I started doing a custom fork of RoundCube to do just this a few months back but never finished it...does anyone know of anything off-the-shelf that will do this?

Gmail supports this.. you just create each one as a google account, have them forward to the one you like best, and then set it up to let you send mail as each of the other accounts...

I have about 50 google accounts and use my regular gmail this way...

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