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Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by BjoernKW »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

I've been thinking about moving to FastMail for quite some time now for pretty much the same reasons you mentioned.

What still keeps from switching though is that I rely on services like SaneBox and Unroll.me for organising my email. Unfortunately, the last time I looked only GMail is properly supported by these services and there doesn't seem to be a vendor-independent alternative either.

Does anyone here use services like SaneBox with FastMail?

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by robbiemitchell »

wcunning wrote: post #105
exhilaration wrote: post #71

Earlier quoted context omitted.

It's interesting that this is the top comment, I'm assuming it's because Gmail users like myself just don't see spam anymore - Google's spam filters are so good that I don't even think about it anymore.

GMail once ate (bypassed spam and instantly deleted it, silently) an email filled with travel itinerary for an interview, causing me to miss the flight booked for me and the company I was interviewing with to have to book a second one (~$1k). If you find this hard to believe, go check your spam folder and see how many emails you have. Do you think you're really only getting ~1 spam message a day? This is the dark sid…

Instantly deleted it? That doesn't sound right for the spam folder.

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by honkhonkpants »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

"the mobile web interface is actually good" That's funny you should say that. I use gmail on its mobile web interface exclusively (using chrome on ios), while my wife who is a fastmail user can't make heads or tails of their mobile site. What is it you prefer about fastmail's mobile site?

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by bmh_ca »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

I second these points and would add:

- support for U2F/FIDO second-factor authentication (among other, lesser beasts of similar burden).

I also find their blog interesting and informative, at https://blog.fastmail.com/

* edit: Google/Gmail supports U2F as well, so it's not a distinction - just a baseline benefit.

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by rufugee »

I moved from Google Apps to FastMail for six months or so. I'm back to Google Apps now. For me, I had a quite opposite experience...FastMail searching was much slower, and the return to folders instead of labels made organizing my mail more difficult. Additionally, GMail's Inbox organizing (slicing in Primary, Social, Promotions, etc) is invaluable when you receive many, many messages a day. Fastmail's interface, along with the increased spam messages which got through, simply didn't provide me with a good user experience and meant I was more likely to miss an email.

YMMV.

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by ClashTheBunny »

robbiemitchell wrote: post #112
wcunning wrote: post #105

Earlier quoted context omitted.

GMail once ate (bypassed spam and instantly deleted it, silently) an email filled with travel itinerary for an interview, causing me to miss the flight booked for me and the company I was interviewing with to have to book a second one (~$1k). If you find this hard to believe, go check your spam folder and see how many emails you have. Do you think you're really only getting ~1 spam message a day? This is the dark sid…

Instantly deleted it? That doesn't sound right for the spam folder.

There is a threshold for spammyness that will cause email to be dropped silently and never reach the spam folder.

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by robbiemitchell »

ClashTheBunny wrote: post #116
robbiemitchell wrote: post #112

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Instantly deleted it? That doesn't sound right for the spam folder.

There is a threshold for spammyness that will cause email to be dropped silently and never reach the spam folder.

I'm skeptical this is true. Is there any documentation or other evidence for this?

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by [deleted] »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

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Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by amelius »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

How is search compared to Gmail? I would expect Google to implement a better search.

Re: Moving 12 years of email from GMail to FastMail

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Post by pselbert »

bad_user wrote: post #76

I'm a FastMail customer. Here's some things I like and why I switched from Gmail and Google Apps: - better shortcuts in the web interface - the mobile web interface is actually good - can import email by IMAP - POP links actually work, Gmail's POP links are broken - IMAP is better implemented - Gmail limits IMAP to 15 max connections and each folder ends up being a connection - CardDAV works and has good picture reso…

"the mobile web interface is actually good"

This is true of their interface as a whole. I keep it pinned as my first tab and avoid using a native mail client at all. It barely uses any memory or cpu, is always responsive, and has never crashed on me in 2 years of constant usage.

It's an amazing product and I'm always happy to see people leaving GMail for it.

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