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Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by bad_user »

neilparikh wrote: post #348
intopieces wrote: post #339

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Fastmail's domain feature is the killer app for me. I have my @firstandlast.com secured for $7/year or something, and I can make anything@firstandlast.com and if someone starts spamming me I can just block it.

One thing I'd recommend is making throwaway email addresses using one the domains they own (I think have around a 100). That way, if a spammer gets its, they won't know your domain, and try spamming other username at the domain.

I don't think that's a good recommendation.

Spammers are going to find your domain name and spam it at obvious usernames anyway (eg contact@).

Besides what use-case do people have for throwaway addresses? In my experience in most cases the addresses you use aren't throwaway at all.

Fastmail does subdomain aliasing and I've been using that for years with my own domain without issues. Every subscription I have has its own email address. I don't need someone else's domains for that.

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by 8ytecoder »

aladine wrote: post #340
godzillabrennus wrote: post #243

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I’ve used Fastmail for years now on a work account. It’s best feature is that it’s not Google. First, no phone support. Hardly acceptable when even Google has this. Second, no collaboration suite like Drive/Docs. Third, no addons I’m accustomed to having in my daily driver email suite. Things I miss include schedule to send later, default reply all, and no priority inbox. Im stuck using Google for email and maps. I h…

I am happy with Fastmail too. Use it for more than 3 years and never look back. There is a hype about Hey mail recently but I won't buy it: - It is more expensive than my current plan with Fastmail. Hey mail is 99$/year. - As all of my current emails and contacts are in fastmail, I am not likely to switch to another providers. Also, because I am happy user, I don't see the need to switch.

I used to love google inbox but switched to fastmail when google killed Inbox and it was easy to choose between old gmail and fastmail. Hey might address why I loved about Inbox. However, it’s clearly designed with companies in mind. The $100/yr is steep for a personal email service. Plus, they don’t have custom domains yet.

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by sjy »

saurik wrote: post #381
afiori wrote: post #299

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The point of these discussions is that the standard (IMAP specifically) is inadequate to a lot of modern use. One good thing that Fastmail is doing is promoting a REST-like IMAP alternative ( https://jmap.io/ ) that makes it easier[1] to go back to the distinction application/protocol. [1] by this I mean that implementing an app like gmail over IMAP would be a terrible idea, while JMAP would be at least a bit better…

What, exactly, do you feel is deficient about IMAP vs. JMAP, other than the latter being a protocol that doesn't require a bespoke parser? The only thing even remotely semi-annoying about IMAP that I can think of is the way message identifiers are per-connection (but in some very important way that actually makes sense).

I’ve never been able to search my entire mail archive quickly over IMAP, using Gmail or Fastmail. Mobile IMAP clients seem especially slow and inconsistent.

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by memexy »

8ytecoder wrote: post #403
aladine wrote: post #340

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I am happy with Fastmail too. Use it for more than 3 years and never look back. There is a hype about Hey mail recently but I won't buy it: - It is more expensive than my current plan with Fastmail. Hey mail is 99$/year. - As all of my current emails and contacts are in fastmail, I am not likely to switch to another providers. Also, because I am happy user, I don't see the need to switch.

I used to love google inbox but switched to fastmail when google killed Inbox and it was easy to choose between old gmail and fastmail. Hey might address why I loved about Inbox. However, it’s clearly designed with companies in mind. The $100/yr is steep for a personal email service. Plus, they don’t have custom domains yet.

I used to run my own mail server and it's not actually fun. If you run everything on the cheapest VPS possible then you still end up paying about $50 or thereabouts. So they're in the right ballpark. I'm happy to pay them extra so I don't have to worry about email server maintenance.

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by vpnwire »

maxisme wrote: post #297
vpnwire wrote: post #187

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I’ve been speedtesting a few VPN networks, and the biggest surprise has been how fast Mullvad + Wireguard are. I need to try NordLynx (NordVPN’s flavor of Wireguard) for more of an apples-to-apples comparison, but at least on the speed metric, it looks like Mozilla chose a good partner. Making deeper data exploration possible is a work in progress, but you can see what I have so far here: https://vpnwire.co

Is Mullvad the only provider you are using with WireGuard?

Yep, the rest connect with OpenVPN at the moment

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by vsl »

saurik wrote: post #381
afiori wrote: post #299

Earlier quoted context omitted.

The point of these discussions is that the standard (IMAP specifically) is inadequate to a lot of modern use. One good thing that Fastmail is doing is promoting a REST-like IMAP alternative ( https://jmap.io/ ) that makes it easier[1] to go back to the distinction application/protocol. [1] by this I mean that implementing an app like gmail over IMAP would be a terrible idea, while JMAP would be at least a bit better…

What, exactly, do you feel is deficient about IMAP vs. JMAP, other than the latter being a protocol that doesn't require a bespoke parser? The only thing even remotely semi-annoying about IMAP that I can think of is the way message identifiers are per-connection (but in some very important way that actually makes sense).

Being a stateless protocol is the big one, for mobile. There’s more: https://fastmail.blog/2014/12/23/jmap-a-better-way-to-email/

Re: Mozilla VPN

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Post by bigiain »

"This is why we built the Firefox Private Network VPN Network which you can use with your Personal PIN Identification Number! Please get some cash out at the Automatic ATM Machine and donate today!"

Naming things: one of the truly hard things in computer science... (But come on, you don't have to fail _that_ hard Mozilla, surely?)

:sigh:

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