Fastmail was down

Post by kevinkeller » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:26 PM UTC

alessioalex wrote: post #69

the_pwner224 wrote: post #54

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You can set up a wildcard/catchall alias instead of having to manually create an actual alias for each service. Someone can send email to anything@yourdomain.com and it will go to your inbox. You can also send with a wildcard - the big desktop email clients, as well as the FastMail web interface, as well as FairEmail on Android all let you type something for the part before the @, so you can send from anything@yourdo…

You can even do more than that. I have different categories per services: paid services go to @paid.mydomain.tld, social logins go to @social.mydomain.tld etc. So that means something like paypal@paid.mydomain.tld or twitter@social.mydomain.tld. Edit: using Route53 for DNS subdomain wildcard.

Post by ocdtrekkie » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:28 PM UTC

burnthrow wrote: post #46

LeoPanthera wrote: post #35

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Been a customer for over a decade. Can count the number of outages I've actually noticed on one hand, and they've all been very minor. I'm surprised that anyone who thought Fastmail was a good choice would even consider Google as an alternative.

I chose Fastmail for business, as an upgrade over self-hosting, because it seemed to be a solid provider, not because "Google, ew!" Turns out, Google's the more solid provider (three years as an FM customer before reaching that conclusion).

Post by foofoo4u » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:30 PM UTC

the_pwner224 wrote: post #54

neither_color wrote: post #16

Love fastmail. 500 aliases means a unique email login for every single online account. Hope they fix this soon.

You can set up a wildcard/catchall alias instead of having to manually create an actual alias for each service. Someone can send email to anything@yourdomain.com and it will go to your inbox. You can also send with a wildcard - the big desktop email clients, as well as the FastMail web interface, as well as FairEmail on Android all let you type something for the part before the @, so you can send from anything@yourdo…

Post by wolco5 » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:51 PM UTC

ocdtrekkie wrote: post #74

skissane wrote: post #51

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> Yes the Australia thing is unfortunate for them but I imagine this may change over time with a new administration. What do you mean by "new administration"? Do you mean if Australia has a change of government? (The term "administration" is used in presidential systems like the US, not parliamentary systems like Australia.) Both major parties in Australia are big fans of surveillance so I don't think a change of gov…

Indeed, people have drama'd a lot about Australia's surveillance laws, but they have little applicability to Fastmail. Additionally, if you are worried about government surveillance, your safest bet is just to be storing your data under someone else's government. If you live in the US, it's very easy for the US to get your data, and more irritating for the US to ask Australia for your data.

Post by floatingatoll » Thu, Jan 21, 2021, 10:55 PM UTC

tompic823 wrote: post #72

floatingatoll wrote: post #63

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What did their support say when you wrote them and asked for a post-mortem details?

I haven't gone as far as emailing support, but my single tweet asking if there would be a postmortem after a previous incident did not receive a reply. My other tweets to them, such as inquiring about a recent increase in spam, received replies. I've admittedly put in very little effort to obtain postmortems from Fastmail. But I also posit that I shouldn't have to. Postmortems should be made readily accessible, just…