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20 Jul 2021, 02:17 AM | #1 |
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Join Date: Oct 2013
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Tuffmail shutting down Jan.1 2022
Just got the email from John Capo. Hate to see it go.
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20 Jul 2021, 02:55 AM | #2 |
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Location: Denmark
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20 Jul 2021, 03:19 AM | #3 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Manchester UK
Posts: 2,616
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I've heard that some people with forthcoming account renewals have been contacted in recent days, John Capo is supposed to be contacting everyone else this week.
At the time of writing, there's no mention of the closure on the Tuffmail website. |
20 Jul 2021, 03:23 AM | #4 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 14
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I've used Tuffmail for well over 15 years. Now looking for an alternative. The email I received is as follows:
--------------- Hello Tuffmail Customer, Tuffmail will cease operations January 1. I'm very sorry for the hassle that this may cause for you and your users. Customers with outstanding invoices were notified last week. Customers due to be invoiced will receive renewal invoices this week. If recurring billing is enabled for your account, you can change from quarterly billing to monthly billing if desired by paying the next invoice or let us know. Recurring billing can be canceled and accounts can be deleted in the Manager. https://manage.tuffmail.net/ Click Account -> Contact Info and scroll down to cancel recurring Click Account -> Delete Account to delete an account There are many options for hosting your domain(s). The least expensive being forwarding email from your domain registrar to a free Google or Hotmail account. Some registrars provide mailbox services at very low cost. Other options include but are not limited to: https://fastmail.com/ https://protonmail.com/ https://runbox.com/ https://greatmail.com/ https://mxroute.com/ https://zoho.com/ And of course Google and Microsoft. Bing.com, Because Its Not Google, will turn up dozens of options. For those of you that do not have their own domain, you should, you can always take that with you. Thank you for being a loyal Tuffmail customer. John Capo Tuffmail.com |
20 Jul 2021, 06:03 AM | #5 |
Essential Contributor
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: Christchurch, New Zealand
Posts: 346
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The worst news of the past 100 years.
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20 Jul 2021, 08:57 AM | #6 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2004
Location: The Netherlands
Posts: 2,908
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This is very sad news. A unique service, developed and maintained by a unique personality will be lost.
I wonder if no one wanted to take it over. |
20 Jul 2021, 01:11 PM | #7 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Macao
Posts: 2,161
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I was sad to hear that too. I like Tuffmail and its functions. I once paid it for about two or three years? It just worked fine.
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20 Jul 2021, 04:16 PM | #8 |
Master of the @
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: USA
Posts: 1,876
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Very sad seeing another one go
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20 Jul 2021, 08:18 PM | #9 |
Junior Member
Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 14
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As a long time user of Tuffmail (and nothing else), I've started to look around for a replacement. For the benefit of those of us now looking for a new home, in addition to those services mentioned by John in his email, what other similarly priced options are there that offer an equivalent service?
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20 Jul 2021, 08:32 PM | #10 |
The "e" in e-mail
Join Date: Apr 2011
Location: Manchester UK
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For anyone interested in moving over to Fastmail, if you use this referral link, you can get 10% off your first year:
https://ref.fm/u15257689 In addition to the options in the e-mail mentioned by John Capo, I would also suggest a look at Purelymail.They have a slightly different take on their pricing, but there have been good reports about their service. There's also extensive discussion on their service here on the forum. |
20 Jul 2021, 11:49 PM | #11 |
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Join Date: Mar 2002
Location: New York
Posts: 4,259
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Check also PolarisMail - https://www.polarismail.com - I use them for years with no problems.
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21 Jul 2021, 12:02 PM | #12 |
Cornerstone of the Community
Join Date: Nov 2002
Posts: 658
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Really Disturbing!
Not sure what to do for a replacement. I've been with them as long as I can remember. Three domains, tons of aliases, one account for me and one for my wife, ... John did not charge enough. I am getting sticker shock just looking around. Hate to go to the trouble of setting up my own email server.
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21 Jul 2021, 11:42 PM | #13 | |
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Location: USA
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22 Jul 2021, 10:16 PM | #14 | |
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Posts: 14
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Personally, I don't need lots of the fluff that many other services offer. I do, however, have almost 500 aliases that have built up over the years. On many services that would mean either a much more expensive plan, or having to buy a lot of packs of aliases to add-on, which isn't cost effective. |
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22 Jul 2021, 10:22 PM | #15 | |
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