I'm very happy with MimeStream. I get gmail, without the UX of gmail, and something that I can command-tab into, instead of a browser window.
Bye Bye Gmail
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#12"My email is now being hosted by Microsoft..." Out of the pan, into the fire. my recommendation: i've been happily using fastmail for years.
Maybe it’s just me, but I have serious issue with Fastmail’s spam filtering. Meaning, it seems that I am the spam filter. I find myself considering closing the account on a regular basis because of it.
I am also extremely frustrated with Gmail’s AI features now being apparently impossible to disable.
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#13Is it easy and advisable to host your own email server on vps?
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#14I'm very happy with MimeStream. I get gmail, without the UX of gmail, and something that I can command-tab into, instead of a browser window.
Looked up Mimestream. So it's a subscription-based app that basically gives you nicer UI/UX for your google emails. Oof.
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#15"My email is now being hosted by Microsoft..." Out of the pan, into the fire. my recommendation: i've been happily using fastmail for years.
Maybe it’s just me, but I have serious issue with Fastmail’s spam filtering. Meaning, it seems that I am the spam filter. I find myself considering closing the account on a regular basis because of it. I am also extremely frustrated with Gmail’s AI features now being apparently impossible to disable.
Fastmail's spam filter has been better than Gmail's spam filter in my experience.
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#16"My email is now being hosted by Microsoft..." Out of the pan, into the fire. my recommendation: i've been happily using fastmail for years.
Seconding Fastmail here.
Microsoft is an insane choice, just look at what they've done with Windows and their Office suite.
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#17Is it easy and advisable to host your own email server on vps?
I am no expert, but from what I've read...
Easy: I don't think so.
Advisable: Hell no.
I believe you have to constantly maintain it, and good luck with deliverability.
Anyone: correct me if I'm wrong.
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#18"My email is now being hosted by Microsoft..." Out of the pan, into the fire. my recommendation: i've been happily using fastmail for years.
Yeah I laughed when I saw he'd moved to MS, but I'd love to get some more alternatives.
My ISP has already said they're going to stop providing email service at some point in the near future and I'll have to migrate at some point. In the past I'd picked up a cheap domain and self-hosted for a bit, but I'd love to not have to. Any good email providers out there that actually respect their customers and support IMAP?
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#19OK, while I briefly have a bit of your attention: what would you advise to use instead? What I need:
* Server-side filters.
* Tags. No, not folders. Many of my emails have 2-3 tags, some have 4-5. I wonder if it can even map to IMAP4; I see a few ways to model it.
* Good deliverability.
* Reasonable spam protection.
* Not hugely expensive. Ideally near-free, or self-hosted.
What are some options?
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#20I'm very happy with MimeStream. I get gmail, without the UX of gmail, and something that I can command-tab into, instead of a browser window.
Looked up Mimestream. So it's a subscription-based app that basically gives you nicer UI/UX for your google emails. Oof.
$50/year for a nice app that I use on a daily basis to make my life better? Worth every penny.