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Re: Gmail alternatives

#11
As other's have mentioned I love using zoho for my personal domains. Has pretty much all features I need in an email client, plus it is free for most use cases.

Re: Gmail alternatives

#12
post #5

Check out fastmail. Very similar experience for mail and calendar.

Throw my hat in the ring for Fastmail too. I was looking for a GMail alternative for a particular and settled on Fastmail. (I still use Inbox for other accounts)

I've found their technical team helpful, their instructions with screenshots (although not on the most current version, but a close enough version) helpful, and the web interface smooth (though I typically use native mail clients)

Re: Gmail alternatives

#13
I can understand lots of reasons why you might want to migrate away from Gmail, but so that people can suggest the most appropriate alternatives, what is it about Gmail that makes Gmail not appropriate for you?

Re: Gmail alternatives

#14
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Are there any services that allow for inbox and settings import from Gmail? I have a good ten years invested in mine, so far it's the only Google product I've not been able to fully cut the cord from.

What does Google Takeout give you? Is it not something that can be directly imported into other mail clients?

Re: Gmail alternatives

#15
post #14
post #7

Are there any services that allow for inbox and settings import from Gmail? I have a good ten years invested in mine, so far it's the only Google product I've not been able to fully cut the cord from.

What does Google Takeout give you? Is it not something that can be directly imported into other mail clients?

Looks like it supplies an MBOX file, which should I guess be sufficient, save that my mailbox at this point is 12GB.

Re: Gmail alternatives

#16
Reliable quality email fastmail - 4 words that go together. Webmail is decent but not as good as Gmail. Hotmail is great NOW. But there was a time when it was ad filled & crappy. Same for Yahoo which was great at one time but unbearable now. In free email, gmail & Hotmail are the best I know. Fastmail is not too fancy, but its a good email service.
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