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10 Mar 2021, 07:31 PM | #16 |
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I received an inane response.
I did follow it up. They seem to pick and choose what support emails they reply to. I get it is a $12 a year service but I would pay $20-25 to get a better service. I have added a new user to an old FM account and so now have IMAP email on my phone using the basic FM account and have it set to fetch email from other providers now. I will keep the mailo account as a free account in the hope it improves. I was really unimpressed with IMAP too. I found it slow, opening an email on the phone, I could see the icon telling me to wait while it loaded. Fastmail experience is totally different to this. |
10 Mar 2021, 07:42 PM | #17 | |
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Email is very important as it is used for correspondence with government etc and so it needs to be reliable for me. I don't mind paying a reasonable amount extra to ensure good service. I don't appreciate being taken for a ride. I considered all the usual providers: Protonmail - no IMAP, also expensive. Gimmick email provider as I see it. Mailbox.org - was closed to sign ups when I checked so could not sign up, I have since signed up for a trial, but will let it expire as I don't need it anymore. Mailo - trial account for two months paid for, will not renew it (Can't see how to cancel and move to free tier), is missing features and support did not seem keen by just saying we don't have that feature Startmail - too expensive, might as well pay a bit more for FM if I am going to want to use startmail. Did not try trial as they want your card details, no thanks. gmail - can't get my username, if only they opened it to the other domains they had e.g. gmail.us Office 365 - junk email filter wrongly classifies mail, could easily miss important emails Gmail paid - cheaper I think to have a basic account with FM, so why bother Purelymail - I have an account but don't use it, it is in beta and I don't like the domain MXroute - nah Shared hosting provider - email is not encrypted at rest, but for that I would not need any paid provider beyond the webhost which is very reliable Gandi email - unreliable and forwarding is flaky |
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11 Mar 2021, 03:52 AM | #18 |
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Can you explain why you call Protonmail a "gimmick email provider"?
I've been using them for a 7 or 8 months now, and very satisfied. I like their interface, their privacy-focus, ... I actually need a mailbox soon where I will receive some more important stuff, so I need a secure mailbox with 2FA. I am considering to not open a new mailbox but use my Protonmail account for that instead. I'm happy with their service. |
11 Mar 2021, 05:55 AM | #19 |
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My experience with mailo: huge email delays for sent emails, from 30 minutes to a couple of hours.
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11 Mar 2021, 11:39 PM | #20 | |
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14 Mar 2021, 11:32 PM | #21 |
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19 Mar 2021, 01:54 AM | #22 | |
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But the discussion is several years old. Protonmail does have a strong reputation when it comes to reliability and security, I would assume you don't get such reputation when you didn't earn it. |
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9 Apr 2021, 11:26 AM | #23 | |
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I would also suggest Zoho. Fastmail is my personal favorite, but Zoho is #2 while Mailo is #3 for me. Zoho's app is very sleek and it does have premium set at $12/year (same as Mailo). If you're using it for your own domain, I can also say zoho is much, much better than mailo. While I haven't tried to route my domain's email to their service in 5-6 years, it used to be awful while zoho was very easy to set up. If you're planning use @mailo addresses, the gap closes and it's probably not a huge difference either way. Mailo can have a send lag, while Zoho can have an overly aggressive spam filter and you never get an email at all. Neither of them have filters as advanced as Fastmail, but Zoho has more complex email filtering rules if you care about that. |
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15 Sep 2021, 10:38 AM | #24 | |
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I don't use apps, nor trust them, so I got no clue on that. The only paid email I now use is posteo.net, which replaced my favorite email service (bluebottle), but if they ever go belly up, I would move on to https://lavabit.com/signup.html without hesitation. The price is decent, and the guy has a proven track record of not being a wussy for BigBro. Other than this, I've heard good things about~ https://restoreprivacy.com/email/reviews/ctemplar/. Unfortunately, for the free account you have to fool with getting an invite, and I don't really need it that bad! |
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15 Sep 2021, 11:58 AM | #25 | |
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25 May 2022, 03:54 AM | #26 | |
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RE: Mailo
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I've not tried the other two providers you mentioned. |
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25 May 2022, 11:08 AM | #27 |
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Ya when fastmail still has the orginal (classic) interface it was goregous........
They at 1 point said they were not gonna stop the orginal interface...... Sadly something happend (Must have changed hands) and they did away with it.... Thats when I left.. |