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4 Dec 2021, 02:41 AM | #16 |
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It's nice to be able to put a face to a name, so I do occasionally check out the gallery.
For those that haven't posted a photo, I form in my imagination what they look like - and it's usually in the form of a character from Family Guy, as they range from benign to egomaniac! |
4 Dec 2021, 12:08 PM | #17 |
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Thanx BritTim ...... I tried to pull that up on the archive site but the earliest it has with that directory,its already gone
Would have been nice to see what it looked like originally....... I think your doing a nice job though.......... Last edited by Bamb0 : 5 Dec 2021 at 11:51 AM. |
5 Dec 2021, 09:08 AM | #18 |
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To steer the thread back on to its (ancient) topic...
Personally I make very considerable use of Fastmail's "website" functionality. The photo gallery function is handy, but the thing I use most, and which really is a boon, is the ability to redirect any address on my domain to any external URL I choose. Unfortunately, Fastmail have recently introduced a limit of just one hundred web addresses per user (that's 100 per user, not 100 per domain), which severely restricts the function's usefulness. |
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5 Dec 2021, 01:55 PM | #20 | |
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5 Dec 2021, 07:04 PM | #21 | |
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I do a similar thing with emails eg: I have one called printer@, one for pushover@ and one for things@ point to my printer, Pushover.net and task-list addresses respectfully, but these easier to remember! |
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6 Dec 2021, 03:16 PM | #23 |
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I am surprised that Fastmail's design does not allow for customer specific limits, but otherwise Fastmail's response cannot be criticised, I think. They gave your request careful consideration. They acknowledge that what you want is reasonable, but say it is not something they anticipated, and they are unable to help. Unfortunate, but surely reasonable.
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6 Dec 2021, 11:57 PM | #24 |
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Yes, I have no complaint. But it does beg the question, if my practical use of the website facility, and in particular the 'redirect' function, "is not something Fastmail was designed for", what exactly was that function designed for?
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7 Dec 2021, 02:24 AM | #25 |
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While I cannot answer that for sure, this is my guess. The Fastmail website support is very basic. Often we may create an extremely basic website based on Fastmail, but then decide we need something much more sophisticated, using another service. If we are using a custom domain, that is no problem. However, if we used a Fastmail alias, we will be using a different domain on the new service. The redirect function means that people are seamlessly sent to the new website implementation without needing to know it has moved.
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7 Dec 2021, 11:03 AM | #26 |
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Yes, that is plausible.
But I can't see where the harm would be in allowing users to use the web-site facility in more generalised ways. |