Does anyone know if there is a limit on the number of users with this free option?
I believe it's 50 users.
GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, includes Gmail
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#122Earlier quoted context omitted.
100% agreed. I switched from Google to Fastmail about 8 years ago and it has been wonderful. In that that time: * I have not had to worry that I’ll inadvertently trigger an account ban and lose my email account/all my email with no recourse. * UI updates have been gradual, subdued and useful. * Support requests have been answered promptly and have been extremely helpful, including one case where the web UI wasn’t loa…
what prevents account bans?
Your account can be banned, but unlike Google you can get in contact with a human being and get an explanation or sorted the issue out if it's a mistake. With Google you never known when an algorithm will ban your account, and if/when that happens, there's absolutely NO way to get it back, your account is gone for good.
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#123Load of my shoulders. As much as I hate to be beholden to Google, both my parents (in their 70s) use our gsuit account with custom domain and migrating them to a different service was … well, you know how it goes. The cost was a bit much. So thanks Google.
Yeah, similar situation here. And yes, trying to explain to others how to use a new email system would probably have been more expensive than just paying but FFS, Google, way to freak out a bunch of kids who have had to be the family IT admin.
This situation sort-of landed in my lap. My older brother set up custom domain email with the family surname for himself, parents, and another sibling many years ago, but he died a couple of years ago, and as the only other techy person in the family, I've kind of taken on responsibility for these things, even though I don't use it myself. I was putting off migrating to another service, so I'm glad I don't have to worry about it anymore. (I was going to go with Apple iCloud+ because they're all pretty invested in Apple stuff anyway, but the process of manually transfering each person's email archive with Google Takeout was a bit of an unknown for me.)
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#124Folks seem to be favoring fastmail above most of the other options. Does anyone like ProtonMail? Any particularly compelling pros or cons for either?
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#125Is there a good alternative to google photo?
What do you use it for? Just backups, sharing with friends, or what?
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#126Earlier quoted context omitted.
Ya, aliasing is certainly not a replacement - particularly for non-tech savvy family members. I've also been around long enough to know not to try running my own email server anymore... been there, done that (Zimbra & Exchange). While possible, it will consume more of your time than you want. It's just beyond me why the likes of Google and Microsoft have not come up with a Family plan for bringing your own domain nam…
Microsoft has a family plan, it's 99/year, includes five or six accounts and a few TB of onedrive storage along with a vanity domain.
The vanity domain must be registered with GoDaddy, and doesn't provide attachment screening nor email encryption.
So... It's artificially gimped for no real reason.
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#127Folks seem to be favoring fastmail above most of the other options. Does anyone like ProtonMail? Any particularly compelling pros or cons for either?
Both Fastmail and ProtonMail are quite expensive if you need more than one mailbox (user account). ProtonMail offers IMAP only through its own bridge application, and that’s only for paid accounts. Fastmail offers IMAP without any additional software requirements.
I would suggest looking at options like Mailbox.org, Runbox, Mailfence, and a few others that I don’t recall right now.
For a pricing scheme that’s not based on number of mailboxes but on other parameters like storage and mails sent, there are options like mxroute and Migadu. I don’t prefer either of these for different reasons (the former is in the U.S. and the latter left me with a bad taste when it moved from a free plan to paid).
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#128I closed my GSuite account and migrated to Fastmail when the free tier shutdown was first announced. I’m glad I did. Fastmail does several things better than GSuite/GMail. It has a very nice UI. I was expecting a UI downgrade, but was pleasantly surprised. Also, migrating (including setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) was fast and easy. The $50/year price difference is well worth it. I’m sharing this because I wouldn’t…
> I ... migrated to Fastmail...
Never heard about Fastmail, but I was even more intrigued to learn they developed the JMAP standard, https://jmap.io/.
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#129Whelp screw me for proactively dealing with the situation I guess?
ABP - Always Be Procrastinating
Especially with Google, they have the sort of high level decision making that is only sustainable if you are constantly drowning in cash. You need to give them a little time to come to their senses. Let the bad PR soak in a bit and work its way up the reporting chain.
Re: GSuite legacy users can now get a free personal account, includes Gmail
#130I closed my GSuite account and migrated to Fastmail when the free tier shutdown was first announced. I’m glad I did. Fastmail does several things better than GSuite/GMail. It has a very nice UI. I was expecting a UI downgrade, but was pleasantly surprised. Also, migrating (including setting up SPF, DKIM, and DMARC) was fast and easy. The $50/year price difference is well worth it. I’m sharing this because I wouldn’t…
Agreed about Fastmail. Very happy with switching over.
I also tried ProtonMail before switching to Fastmail. I liked some of the security advantages of PM, but being forced to use their client due to E2E was too difficult in the long run. I missed seamless calendar integrations, managing multiple emails from one UI, etc. Also Fastmail is slightly cheaper.
I've also completely switched over to Apple native Mail/Calendar clients. Both apps I used to despise, but all alternatives I tried have failed to match feature parity (or have serious data privacy concerns).