Fastmail
An independent Australian email service provider operating on a paid-subscription-only model. It emphasizes privacy protection and data sovereignty, natively supports the JMAP protocol, and offers custom domain email, calendar, and contact management.
Core Facts
Timeline (last 90 days)
Common managed email services include Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, as well as Fastmail, Zoho, and Proton, all of which support binding custom domain names.
A post on Hacker News titled "An update on leaving Gmail for Fastmail" received 102 upvotes and 78 comments.
Fastmail's pricing is typically in the range of a few dollars per month.
Fastmail is subject to Australia's Privacy Act 1988, and its privacy policy commits to not selling user data to third parties or using it for advertising purposes.
Fastmail is the provider with the most complete JMAP support among commercial email services, and third-party email clients such as Mimestream have also begun supporting the JMAP protocol.
When migrating from Gmail to Fastmail, it is recommended to retain the Gmail account for a period of time and set up forwarding rules, gradually switching bound addresses across platforms rather than migrating all at once.
If a user's workflow is deeply tied to the Google suite, the cost and inconvenience of migrating to Fastmail may outweigh the benefits.
Fastmail's support for custom domains is more user-friendly and complete than Gmail's.
Mainstream encrypted email services such as ProtonMail and Tutanota are mostly hosted services where data, though encrypted, is still stored on the service provider's servers, whereas Hansel's self-hosted positioning shifts control to the user's side.
All Facts (8)
Mainstream encrypted email services such as ProtonMail and Tutanota are mostly hosted services where data, though encrypted, is still stored on the service provider's servers, whereas Hansel's self-hosted positioning shifts control to the user's side.
65%UnverifiedCommon managed email services include Google Workspace, Microsoft 365, as well as Fastmail, Zoho, and Proton, all of which support binding custom domain names.
50%UnverifiedFastmail is subject to Australia's Privacy Act 1988, and its privacy policy commits to not selling user data to third parties or using it for advertising purposes.
50%UnverifiedFastmail's support for custom domains is more user-friendly and complete than Gmail's.
50%UnverifiedFastmail is the provider with the most complete JMAP support among commercial email services, and third-party email clients such as Mimestream have also begun supporting the JMAP protocol.
50%UnverifiedWhen migrating from Gmail to Fastmail, it is recommended to retain the Gmail account for a period of time and set up forwarding rules, gradually switching bound addresses across platforms rather than migrating all at once.
50%UnverifiedIf a user's workflow is deeply tied to the Google suite, the cost and inconvenience of migrating to Fastmail may outweigh the benefits.
50%UnverifiedFastmail's pricing is typically in the range of a few dollars per month.
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