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Moving away from Gmail. Which service to choose?

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Re: Moving away from Gmail. Which service to choose?

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> I've also heard about Rackspace but that seems more complex to setup plus I couldn't find the pricing on their site Rackspace Mail costs $2/mailbox/month. It comes with 24/7/365 phone/chat/email support and a 100% uptime SLA. The product began as MailTrust, a separate company Rackspace acquired, with over 2M users (now over 3M). http://www.rackspace.com/email-hosting/webmail/pricing/ They host all the mailboxes on…

Minimum quantity of 5 though.

Re: Moving away from Gmail. Which service to choose?

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I can't speak highly enough of Fastmail. Great UI (nowadays, I've heard it has been rough in the past), they've just added calendars with CalDAV sync and are working on contact sync with CardDAV. My custom domain (bayne.id.au) was handled quickly and easily. Also, they have excellent support - I've emailed them a few times and always wound up speaking to a clueful developer (when it hasn't been PEBKAC on my part). I…

oh maybe I wasn't clear enough about the price. I am willing to pay for quality software I just wasn't sure what the prices are. if you're saying it's totally worth the price then I'm good with it.

just a note: not everyone is from western world, 40 bucks can mean a way more money to someone say in India etc.

Re: Moving away from Gmail. Which service to choose?

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I would recommend Outlook.com from MS. I switched from all of my google services recently[1] for the same reason as you, targeting. And for the email services, I picked outlook for its minimal nature and the nice UI that gives a pleasant experience compared to the cluttered Gmail interface(IMO). I created a new email with Outlook and forwarded all my Gmail content to the Outlook including contacts using their 'Gmail…

Upvoted for the courage of recommending a service that actually works fine but is not welcome in the HN's hipster culture. Expect getting downvoted to oblivion...

No I'm glad Outlook is mentioned, I haven't even considered it. I do have one account in there, although it's not the main one. I'm just thinking if I should move from one big corporation to another, I feel like supporting the small guys. But hey, I'm gonna check it out - thanks for mentioning it.

Re: Moving away from Gmail. Which service to choose?

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I would recommend Outlook.com from MS. I switched from all of my google services recently[1] for the same reason as you, targeting. And for the email services, I picked outlook for its minimal nature and the nice UI that gives a pleasant experience compared to the cluttered Gmail interface(IMO). I created a new email with Outlook and forwarded all my Gmail content to the Outlook including contacts using their 'Gmail…

Wow, it looks like you can chat with your Gmail contacts from outlook. This looks quite promising.
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