Moving from Hey to Fastmail • Hacker News Board

Re: Moving from Hey to Fastmail

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Post by ac29 » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 1:24 AM UTC

SAI_Peregrinus wrote: post #39

agambrahma wrote: post #18

Was looking for a Gmail alternative, several months ago, and had to pick between these two. I went with Fastmail and am very happy. Tons of aliases that are easy to use, the UX is actually _much better_ than Gmail.

About the only thing I dislike about Fastmail is there's no equivalent to gmail's "unread-first" view. IE show unread messages first, in reverse-chronological order, then all read messages, in reverse-chronological order.

I miss that somewhat too, but settled for adding a saved search for is:unread, which is good enough for when I want to clear out older unread mail.

Re: Moving from Hey to Fastmail

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Post by 0xfacfac » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 2:31 AM UTC

AnonC wrote: post #10

> I researched several different services that could provide a good enough service for a reasonable price and ended up settling on Fastmail.com. The author also talks about saving a lot of money every year. There are cheaper alternatives to Fastmail that support custom domains and have a focus on privacy. Mailbox.org and Runbox.com are a couple of them. There are more.

This was not the main reason though, I mentioned that as an well appreciated side-effect. The fact that Fastmail was a well known provider with a ton of flexibility, and a fast client helped a lot.

Re: Moving from Hey to Fastmail

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Post by wodenokoto » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 8:25 AM UTC

I found the process of VIP'ing my contacts in Fastmail beyond tedious.

Re: Moving from Hey to Fastmail

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Post by 600frogs » Sat, Jun 26, 2021, 9:56 AM UTC

oezi wrote: post #45

imwillofficial wrote: post #30

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I get what you’re feeling, but the magic is you. You decide where things route. After that it’s magic. Unlike social media and opaque algos, you decide what goes to the feed, to the paper trail, who gets screened in and out, etc… I’ve found it super useful, my email was a nightmare before.

Hey's biggest fail is missing notifications for first time senders. It seems to assume people are constantly using email. But for me days can sometimes go by until I am active rather than reactive on a particular account. With Hey, I only then realized that there were two emails stuck waiting for me screening them.

This is why I'm cancelling my hey subscription as well. I get that they are upfront about it being a feature, and it sounds great at first, but it's made me paranoid about missing mails now - a feeling I never got with any other service provider. It's a shame, as I got in pretty early and bagged a great account name (firstname @ hey.com). But it's not worth sacrificing my sanity for vanity.