I just signed up for Fastmail this weekend and the snappyness of their app really impressed me. I emailed Neil and asked him about the framework and he said they would release more info soon – happy to see it so quick! I'm assuming the mobile app uses the same in a Webview?
By the way, what made you switch? (And also, did you got the $40 version or..?)
I'm thinking about migrating (gmail just feels sluggish), but I'm a little afraid of all the potential gotchas vs my current gmail setup, which makes me reluctant.
(I redirect + pop fetch several school addresses to gmail, plus have a long list of filters to help me navigate all the ads I get)
I'm not op, but I switched to fastmail for my family hosting a year ago. I was driven away because of the continual UI changes Google were making. I don't want to re-explain the interface to my mum every three months. Fastmail has nice buttons with words on - when I switched the first conversation I had was "so how do I send an ema… oh there it is!"
Also fastmail is faster! You get email, contacts and file storage. If you are on the $40/yr plan you get caldav support as well. Works very well on all my devices.
Only downside is spamassassin isn't as effective as gmail's spam filters, but I no longer have to cope with mailing lists being marked as spam by the masses who can't work an unsubscribe button.
On that note, you can also write your own seive rules for filtering, and there's the 'if matched stop running filters' option that is so glaringly absent from gmail.
I am on the trial for 60 days, which is the equivalent of the $40 plan. Barring some disaster I will pay for the $40 plan.
I switched because I recently purchased several domains and needed a mail system for them. Google Apps isn't free anymore, and the free email forwarding from my registrar just expired.
I will still keep my personal emails on Gmail for now, mostly because I love Mailbox.app too much.
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I just signed up for Fastmail this weekend and the snappyness of their app really impressed me. I emailed Neil and asked him about the framework and he said they would release more info soon – happy to see it so quick! I'm assuming the mobile app uses the same in a Webview?
By the way, what made you switch? (And also, did you got the $40 version or..?)
I'm thinking about migrating (gmail just feels sluggish), but I'm a little afraid of all the potential gotchas vs my current gmail setup, which makes me reluctant.
(I redirect + pop fetch several school addresses to gmail, plus have a long list of filters to help me navigate all the ads I get)
I'm not op, but I switched to fastmail for my family hosting a year ago. I was driven away because of the continual UI changes Google were making. I don't want to re-explain the interface to my mum every three months. Fastmail has nice buttons with words on - when I switched the first conversation I had was "so how do I send an ema… oh there it is!"
Also fastmail is faster! You get email, contacts and file storage. If you are on the $40/yr plan you get caldav support as well. Works very well on all my devices.
Only downside is spamassassin isn't as effective as gmail's spam filters, but I no longer have to cope with mailing lists being marked as spam by the masses who can't work an unsubscribe button.
On that note, you can also write your own seive rules for filtering, and there's the 'if matched stop running filters' option that is so glaringly absent from gmail.
So I'm a happy customer.
I am on the trial for 60 days, which is the equivalent of the $40 plan. Barring some disaster I will pay for the $40 plan.
I switched because I recently purchased several domains and needed a mail system for them. Google Apps isn't free anymore, and the free email forwarding from my registrar just expired.
I will still keep my personal emails on Gmail for now, mostly because I love Mailbox.app too much.
Downsides; filtering sucks compared to gmail, keybindings aren't gmail
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