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7 Mar 2021, 01:48 AM | #1 |
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mailo.com
Is anyone using this?
Looking for an alternative since Fastmail took basic app support away from basic package. thanks. |
7 Mar 2021, 01:51 AM | #2 |
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Also, considering startmail.com and mailbox.org
Would appreciate feedback. Thanks. |
7 Mar 2021, 04:50 AM | #3 |
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7 Mar 2021, 06:32 AM | #4 |
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There are n0 good email services anymore FREE....
I am grateful I have the two I have (One from our friend Jeffpan and the other safe-mail.net/login) Last edited by Bamb0 : 8 Mar 2021 at 12:39 PM. |
7 Mar 2021, 03:06 PM | #5 |
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I have been using Mailo for since May last year and I hope this helps -> https://emaildiscussions.com/showpos...82&postcount=6
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7 Mar 2021, 06:55 PM | #6 |
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mailo v mailfence?
what do you think? cannot believe FM were foolish enough to pull this stunt of no mobile email app support! |
8 Mar 2021, 05:09 AM | #7 | |
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I still keep the account, but I wouldn't rely on it anymore for any important things. |
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8 Mar 2021, 09:48 AM | #8 |
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Of the two I'd choose Mailo. Its much cheaper and has roughly the same features. My main concerns are how good is their spam detection , do they have a support forum and are they too much B2B focused.
There is no mention of what anti-spam software they use. They just talk about "advanced anti-spam features, based on predictive heuristic filters, to identify unwanted messages and phishing attempts". They list "premium assistance" but its not clear what that means. Mailfence uses a Javascript based implementation of OpenPGP. That's much easier to implement but not trustworthy IMHO. While I don't care about OpenPGP any email provider willing to make that sort of tradeoff I don't want to use. I'm also thinking about leaving Fastmail. Care to share what other email providers you considered and why you rejected them? |
8 Mar 2021, 12:42 PM | #9 | |
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I emailed them and assured them im not a spammer,I asked them to look at my email history and see for themselves..... (Almost all email providers have logs of sent emails) It seems to be better I think...I think almost everything I send goes out now....... Last edited by Bamb0 : 9 Mar 2021 at 09:45 AM. |
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8 Mar 2021, 11:49 PM | #10 | |
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That said, I lost my confidence in them a bit after those technical problems in which they lost a portion of the stored emails. When I store emails instead of deleting them, it means I want them to remain accesible. So this is a very serious issue in my opinion. |
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9 Mar 2021, 02:46 AM | #11 | |
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9 Mar 2021, 02:48 AM | #12 | |
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Mailfence free does not have mobile support. Only on paid for account and is twice the cost. I went for Mailo as French based, free package has activesync, imap etc and so took that, but paid to move up to the premium package. Had a few teething issues but given the cost 12Euros a year can't really argue. |
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10 Mar 2021, 01:59 AM | #13 |
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Mailo activesync is either broken or their outbound spam filters too aggressive, I have had it tell me email being sent out is being rejected, so I end up sending it several times (changing the text to try and force it through) & when I log into webmail I see several copies of that email having been sent!
It also is not instant and quite often does not alert on the phone for a while! I have switched to imap for now but will keep it under review. I would rather they charged say $20-$25 a year and provider a more reliable experience. Last edited by digp : 14 Mar 2021 at 09:22 PM. |
10 Mar 2021, 02:53 AM | #14 |
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okay, the imap is even more flakier.
visibly slow to load messages! have signed up for a trial account with mailbox.org, will see how that goes too. |
10 Mar 2021, 04:34 PM | #15 | |
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Did you try to contact them just in case that this is a temporary glitch? |
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