Leaving Fastmail, and looking for suggestions

bblackmoor · 18 Jul 2016, 06:12 AM

The Fastmail staff is gradually shutting down the "classic" interface: at this time, almost half of the links on the Settings screen say "[function] can no longer be configured via the Classic interface. Please log in to the regular interface to configure [function]."

Contacting Fastmail support results in reassurances that if I try the dysfunctional "new" interface that I will love it. I told them I tried it, and gave them a half-dozen reasons I do not love it.

So I intend to leave Fastmail, after nine years years as a loyal customer, if I can find a suitable alternative.

What are my options? I am willing to set up my own server, if necessary. I have several servers I own and administer for other purposes. I would just rather not have to administer my own personal mail server, if I can avoid it (and I am willing to pay to avoid it, if possible).

bblackmoor · 18 Jul 2016, 06:18 AM

Are PolarisMail, RunBox, and Zimbra the only alternatives? (I hate Gmail's interface even more than the "new" fastmail interface.)

bblackmoor · 18 Jul 2016, 12:31 PM

I am currently leaning toward Runbox. I think it will save me some money, too, as I currently have a number of accounts on Fastmail.

Berenburger · 18 Jul 2016, 04:12 PM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bblackmoor

I am currently leaning toward Runbox. I think it will save me some money, too, as I currently have a number of accounts on Fastmail.

And it has a classic interface style.

janusz · 18 Jul 2016, 04:13 PM

+1 for Runbox
I am abandoning Fastmail for the same reason as the OP.

edu · 18 Jul 2016, 06:35 PM

I hope the mobile version (m.fastmail.com) will continue and also being possible to be used without javascript or I will abandon too.

edu · 18 Jul 2016, 08:05 PM

You could get an email account with riseup.net if you don't mind and are accepted. They use roundcube and squirrelmail.

David · 18 Jul 2016, 11:58 PM

When my Fastmail account expires (I did renew it again) I will move back to either Runbox or (possibly) Posteo. I have not decided as yet.

bblackmoor · 19 Jul 2016, 02:57 AM

I have purchased new account with Runbox and am in the process of migrating things over.

Jacinto · 19 Jul 2016, 03:02 AM

Hello, bblackmoor.

Have you tried accessing Fastmail with a good IMAP client?

If you haven't, perhaps you should and you may actually find it satisfactory.

--
Jacinto

bblackmoor · 19 Jul 2016, 03:27 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacinto

Have you tried accessing Fastmail with a good IMAP client?

If you haven't, perhaps you should and you may actually find it satisfactory.

I use an IMAP client on my phone.

What IMAP client I use, when I choose to use one, has nothing to do with why I am leaving Fastmail.

edu · 19 Jul 2016, 03:54 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bblackmoor

I use an IMAP client on my phone.

What IMAP client I use, when I choose to use one, has nothing to do with why I am leaving Fastmail.

I think Jacinto was thinking in what you say about the classic interface, and IMAP clients don't use them.

Jacinto · 19 Jul 2016, 04:18 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by edu

I think Jacinto was thinking in what you say about the classic interface, and IMAP clients don't use them.

Thank you, edu.

Yes I was.

The OP prefaced his original post with:

Quote:

The Fastmail staff is gradually shutting down the "classic" interface: at this time, almost half of the links on the Settings screen say "[function] can no longer be configured via the Classic interface. Please log in to the regular interface to configure [function]."

A reasonable inference would be that he was extremely unhappy with the features removed from the classic interface (and with the new interface in general).

If that isn't his reason for leaving FM, then I have no inkling of what it was or is (and don't need to know).

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Jacinto

bblackmoor · 19 Jul 2016, 08:02 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by Jacinto

A reasonable inference would be that he was extremely unhappy with the features removed from the classic interface (and with the new interface in general).

If that isn't his reason for leaving FM, then I have no inkling of what it was or is (and don't need to know).

As far as I am aware, no IMAP client will permit me to configure Fastmail's settings, which are, as I said in my original post, being disabled one by one in the "classic" (aka functional) interface. Am I mistaken? Is there an IMAP client which will allow me to edit Fastmail's spam settings, for example? Not my local settings -- Fastmail's settings.

bblackmoor · 19 Jul 2016, 08:05 AM

Perhaps a visual aid would be of assistance.

https://www.blackgate.net/blog/wp-co...astmail_02.png

18 Jul 2016, 06:12 AM	#1
bblackmoor Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 66	Leaving Fastmail, and looking for suggestions The Fastmail staff is gradually shutting down the "classic" interface: at this time, almost half of the links on the Settings screen say "[function] can no longer be configured via the Classic interface. Please log in to the regular interface to configure [function]." Contacting Fastmail support results in reassurances that if I try the dysfunctional "new" interface that I will love it. I told them I tried it, and gave them a half-dozen reasons I do not love it. So I intend to leave Fastmail, after nine years years as a loyal customer, if I can find a suitable alternative. What are my options? I am willing to set up my own server, if necessary. I have several servers I own and administer for other purposes. I would just rather not have to administer my own personal mail server, if I can avoid it (and I am willing to pay to avoid it, if possible).

18 Jul 2016, 11:58 PM	#8
David Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Dec 2001 Location: Canada. Posts: 10,355	When my Fastmail account expires (I did renew it again) I will move back to either Runbox or (possibly) Posteo. I have not decided as yet. Last edited by David : 19 Jul 2016 at 11:27 PM.

18 Jul 2016, 06:18 AM	#2
bblackmoor Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 66	Are PolarisMail, RunBox, and Zimbra the only alternatives? (I hate Gmail's interface even more than the "new" fastmail interface.)

18 Jul 2016, 12:31 PM	#3
bblackmoor Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 66	I am currently leaning toward Runbox. I think it will save me some money, too, as I currently have a number of accounts on Fastmail.

18 Jul 2016, 04:13 PM	#5
janusz The "e" in e-mail Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: EU Posts: 4,945	+1 for Runbox I am abandoning Fastmail for the same reason as the OP.

18 Jul 2016, 06:35 PM	#6
edu Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 194	I hope the mobile version (m.fastmail.com) will continue and also being possible to be used without javascript or I will abandon too.

18 Jul 2016, 08:05 PM	#7
edu Senior Member Join Date: Jun 2016 Posts: 194	You could get an email account with riseup.net if you don't mind and are accepted. They use roundcube and squirrelmail.

19 Jul 2016, 02:57 AM	#9
bblackmoor Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 66	I have purchased new account with Runbox and am in the process of migrating things over.

19 Jul 2016, 03:02 AM	#10
Jacinto Essential Contributor Join Date: Jun 2009 Posts: 395	Hello, bblackmoor. Have you tried accessing Fastmail with a good IMAP client? If you haven't, perhaps you should and you may actually find it satisfactory. -- Jacinto

19 Jul 2016, 08:05 AM	#15
bblackmoor Member Join Date: Jan 2008 Posts: 66	Perhaps a visual aid would be of assistance. https://www.blackgate.net/blog/wp-co...astmail_02.png