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Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

#32

And while we are at it maybe a good alternative to Google Calendar? I've been wanting to switch away from these two for some time now.

Yes, this is definitely relevant to my interests as well. So far I haven't found anything as good as GC and even that is not as good as I would like it to be.

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

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post #28

You can use https://www.google.com/takeout/ to see and download a lot of the data you have in Googles services. In the dashboard all the options are down the bottom to delete all your info etc.

Darn I was hoping Gmail was in that list. Purely out of curiosity I'd love to download the 20,000 messages I have in there to do some analysis..

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

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As most here, I'd advise to go for a commercial service. Selfhosting is fun but can cause unnecessary headaches.

Fastmail seems to have an impeccable reputation. I have been using sherweb for several years now. Works very well. It's a bit more expensive but you also get a lot more, too. Think calendar, contacts. Plus, most smartphones work wonderfully with the Exchange mailbox. They are located in Canada. Last but not least, the webmail interface finally works well in other browsers than IE. http://www.sherweb.com/hosted-exchange/hosted-exchange-featu... They also support IMAP.

Are there any good hosters based on Zimbra out there?

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

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post #33
post #28

You can use https://www.google.com/takeout/ to see and download a lot of the data you have in Googles services. In the dashboard all the options are down the bottom to delete all your info etc.

Darn I was hoping Gmail was in that list. Purely out of curiosity I'd love to download the 20,000 messages I have in there to do some analysis..

Nothing easier then to fetch all mails over imap

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

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post #33
post #28

You can use https://www.google.com/takeout/ to see and download a lot of the data you have in Googles services. In the dashboard all the options are down the bottom to delete all your info etc.

Darn I was hoping Gmail was in that list. Purely out of curiosity I'd love to download the 20,000 messages I have in there to do some analysis..

You don't need it to be in the list. Just use IMAP to download your messages.

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

#39
Microsoft's Office 365 online office suite has an Outlook webmail client which was flawless well when I gave it a shot using Firefox. I think it costs $6/mo, no ads, no spying, because you pay for it. I don't know how well the search and spam filters work.

http://www.office365.com

Here's a demo video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hOpCmUXLmTA

Note: This is _not_ the same thing as Hotmail.

Re: Ask HN: How to move away from Gmail

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post #33
post #28

You can use https://www.google.com/takeout/ to see and download a lot of the data you have in Googles services. In the dashboard all the options are down the bottom to delete all your info etc.

Darn I was hoping Gmail was in that list. Purely out of curiosity I'd love to download the 20,000 messages I have in there to do some analysis..

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