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18 Jul 2016, 08:18 AM | #1 |
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FastCheck shutdown - 22 July 2016
I received the email below...Does this mean Fastcheck is done or will Fastcheck have to modify their software to work with Fastmail after July 22nd?
What other email notifiers will work with fastmail? Thanks "You're receiving this email because our logs show you've used the FastCheck program with your FastMail account within the last 30 days. We will shutting down the service that FastCheck uses to check your mail (known as "SOAP") on 22 July 2016. After this date, FastCheck will no longer work. We have no specific programs we can recommend as a FastCheck replacement. Further enquiries about the FastCheck program should be directed to the FastCheck forum. Any other queries can be directed to our support team. Thanks for using FastMail!" |
18 Jul 2016, 11:28 AM | #2 |
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New email notification methods
If you look at the http://fastcheck.org website, you will see that Eric hasn't updated anything in about two years. The email you reported to us said that any comments should be reported to the FastCheck Forum, but I see no comments from you or anyone else there.The last post was 5 months ago.
Since Fastmail is discontinuing the SOAP interface, I don't see any way that FastCheck could possibly work in the future. Of course, Fastmail provides several notification methods without use of any special software:
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18 Jul 2016, 09:24 PM | #3 |
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I always really liked the way Fastcheck worked, but decided to stop using it as it has been almost totally unsupported for years, and I always figured the Fast Services API (on which it was based) would be axed at some stage.
That leaves two current technical solutions for achieving similar functionality:
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18 Jul 2016, 09:44 PM | #4 |
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Will other email notifiers will work with fastmail?
Thanks for the feedback. |
19 Jul 2016, 04:09 AM | #5 |
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Have a look at Gmail Notifier Pro:
http://www.gmailnotifier.se/ I have used this successfully with my Fastmail account. |
27 Jul 2016, 09:14 PM | #6 | |
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29 Jul 2016, 12:33 AM | #7 |
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Gmail notifier Pro
A few days ago FAstcheck stopped working.
So I used Gamil Notifier Pro which worked flawlessly. Earlier today I had to reinstall Gmail Notifier Pro, but now I have problems configuring it I don't remember what configurations I used for the notifier since it was long time ago. Can someone help please? |
29 Jul 2016, 02:58 AM | #8 |
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I stopped using the Windows OS a couple of months ago (now using Linux Mint), so can't recall myself what the settings are.
Have a look at: http://www.gmailnotifier.se/help_troubleshooting.php I may dig out my old Windows PC this weekend and check it out for you, if you've not solved the problem before then. |
29 Jul 2016, 04:06 AM | #9 | |
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29 Jul 2016, 05:44 AM | #10 |
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Oded,
Couldn't resist it - had to satisfy my own curiosity, and dragged my old Windows PC out of the cupboard. (OMG, it's so slow!) Anyways . . . First of all, you need an App Password (obtained in Fastmail, via Password & Security) Fired up Gmail Notifier Pro, and configured it: IMAP server = imap.fastmail.com Port = 993 Connection Security = Implicit SMTP server = smtp.fastmail.com Port = 465 Connection Security = Implicit Tested with my Fastmail account and works OK. |
29 Jul 2016, 06:07 AM | #11 |
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FredOnline and somdcomputer guy,
After reading your answers I reconfigured my notifier and everything works flawlessly! Guys, you saved my life! Many thanks for your help. Much appreciated Best regards, Oded |
6 Aug 2016, 11:08 PM | #12 |
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FastCheck shutdown
Hi all,
Indeed after all these years it is time to retire FastCheck! The FastServices API that FastCheck uses under the hoods has been discontinued and it would be quite a bit of work to rewrite that part of the code. I originally wrote FastCheck for myself, and contacted the FastMail team after a while to see if they would be interested in hosting an API needed to work over firewalls and proxies, which were very common at the time. I am not sure how many users actually used FastCheck in total (FC never "phones home"), but I'm pretty amazed that people were still using it over 14 years after the first version! A couple of years ago, there was a small update in the FastServices API and at first I was thinking about retiring FC back then, but a lot of users actually asked for an updated version, so I uploaded a new version. But this time a lot more work would be needed. And given that the Internet has evolved a lot since then and the good alternatives now (Gmail Notifier Pro...), I think it makes sense to retire FastCheck now :-(. Thanks a lot to the FastMail (and ex-FastMail) team for their support and the FastServices API, and for the FastMail community in general and FastCheck users in particular for all your support, feature suggestions... I still use FastMail as my main account (since they were in early Beta) and I enjoy it more and more each day :-). Eric |
6 Aug 2016, 11:18 PM | #13 |
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Eric, as a previous FastCheck user, many thanks for a tool that was very valuable in its time.
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7 Aug 2016, 12:28 AM | #14 |
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Eric,
I've been using FC since the very beginning. Liked it a lot and although I moved now to Gmail Notifier Pro, I still mis FC... FC always worked flawlessly for me! Thanks a lot! Oded. |
7 Aug 2016, 01:04 AM | #15 |
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Eric, I was a FastCheck user also. I am sorry to see it go, I regarded it as an 'essential part of Fastmail', but THANK YOU so much for creating this useful and valuable tool.
- Bruce Last edited by somdcomputerguy : 7 Aug 2016 at 07:01 AM. |