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19 Mar 2017, 12:35 PM | #16 |
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(Sorry to resurrect an older thread, but it fits so well that I decided it would be a waste to start a new one.)
I have an Enhanced Plan - it's a five year plan since that's the duration I selected when I first signed up. Looking at the renewal screen it is offering me to renew the Enhanced (Legacy) Plan for another 5 years at a cost of $160, which works out to $32 per year. Can't beat that with a stick! My only gripe right now is that they seem to have trashed the old "Service Plans" page which was actually a big grid showing the available plans across the top and all the features/limits/sizes etc. down the left side of the grid. I am kinda lost without that grid! Trying to match up all the information shown on the grid with current features and limits doesn’t seem to be possible. The items on the left side of the grid in an older version are shown at the bottom of this post. (Can't seem to get back to regular text beyond the table now!) So how to gather all that same information for all the current plans now? Thanks! Jim Account pricing and service Cost Minimum contract Automatic renewal available Technical Support Minimum characters in username Commercial use allowed Backup email address required Email access methods Web-based email IMAP (email) POP3 (email) WAP (email) SMTP (sending email) Email features Virus scanning Spam protection Mail Forwarding Own subdomain External POP/Hotmail Retrieval Aliases/Own domain email Aliases Use your own domains Email storage and transfer limits Mail storage quota Extra mail storage Maximum attachment size Hourly/daily message quota Hourly/daily transfer quota File storage File storage access methods Web-based file storage DAV (files) FTP (files) Basic web publishing File storage and transfer limits File storage quota Extra file storage Hourly/daily file transfer quota Other service limits Address book Personalities Pop links (collect mail from external accounts) Pop links auto-collect time interval Advanced rules Custom sieve script Notepad entries Poll window (Alerts you to new mail) Hourly Logins |
19 Mar 2017, 01:26 PM | #17 |
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I described about 10 posts ago the differences I discovered comparing the legacy Enhanced with the current Standard plans.
I upgraded my Enhanced account to Standard earlier this year. I also have a Basic account. Let me know if I can answer any questions you can't discover with my earlier post or these help pages: https://www.fastmail.com/pricing/ https://www.fastmail.com/help/account/limits.html You can of course file a normal Fastmail support request with any specific questions. Bill |
19 Mar 2017, 01:37 PM | #18 |
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Hi Bill.
You only addressed mail storage and file storage. I'm thinking about aliases, number of email addresses and what type of addresses. (There used to be strict character limits - we discussed that in an earlier thread). Attachment sizes, sending limits, etc. It's all probably located somewhere - maybe! - but it sure would be easier in a single table. Why abandon such a clear aid? BTW, your earlier post (the one you reference as "about 10 posts ago") states that you were so far under the storage limits with your Enhanced Plan that you "...have no reason to upgrade at this time." Yet now you say that you upgraded from Enhanced to Standard earlier this year. What changed in such a short time? Thanks! Jim |
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19 Mar 2017, 02:04 PM | #20 |
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19 Mar 2017, 03:01 PM | #21 |
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I went from Enhanced account type to a lite back ooh a year or more before they started the new pricing system...
Back December 2016 when my renewal was due up I renewed my Lite account for a further 5 years for only $50 US... good enough for me for now... maybe I will upgraded to basic after 5 years are up... I don't really need the higher MAIL/FILE storage quotas... only feature I would prefer is... ftp access which I don't get on lite account... EDIT: one thing I don't see either on the new plans or old legacy plans is WHICH ones support FTP access... :/ I only know that my current lite plan does NOT support FTP access... Last edited by joe_devore : 19 Mar 2017 at 03:07 PM. |
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I would also be curious to know why Bill upgraded after mentioning he would stay with the Enhanced.
I'm on the Enhanced plan as well, but maybe we're missing some rationale? Quote:
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20 Mar 2017, 04:51 AM | #24 |
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btw I did setup my App PW for FTP access so that's all set if and when I eventually upgrade my email FM account... O_o |
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21 Mar 2017, 03:28 AM | #26 |
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23 Mar 2017, 11:54 PM | #28 |
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I have a family+Lite account? Can that be upgraded to Enhanced, then rolled up (along with my domains) into a non-family Enhanced account for the multi-year discount which family accounts don't get? Are you stuck buying the first year of Enhanced at full price or can you go straight into a multi-year deal?
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24 Mar 2017, 12:30 AM | #30 |
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Yes, but some people have reported still being able to create Legacy subaccounts in their family plans, which suggests what I proposed may be possible.
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