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Old 15 Oct 2024, 09:12 AM   #1
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pobox will be migrated to fastmail

See this help doc for migration,
https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/a...or-Pobox-users

They said it will happen next month.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 09:18 AM   #2
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And see this doc for storage plan,
https://www.fastmail.help/hc/en-us/a...ed-Pobox-users

such as the plan of mine,

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Pobox Basic
Customers subscribed to Pobox Basic plan will be migrated to the Fastmail Lite plan. This plan comes with IMAP/POP/SMTP access, webmail access, 500 MB of mail storage quota per user, and up to 60 aliases. You'll also get calendars and contacts on the web & Fastmail app, plus 100 MB of file storage.

We've added a bonus to the Fastmail Lite plan for Pobox customers: if you have a custom domain on your Pobox account, you will be able to continue using your domain at Fastmail at no extra cost. You can upgrade to a Fastmail Standard plan if you?d like to add more domains.

This plan will cost $24 per year.
Anyway though this is maybe a upgrading for all pobox users, but I keep liking the classic pobox forwarding features.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 02:51 PM   #3
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I am surprised that for pobox basic account,
the incoming messages don?t reach into mailbox,
which is provided by FM for free.
So what?s the usage of that mailbox and webmail?
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 02:52 PM   #4
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For now if you want a forwarding only provider as an alternative,
https://pobox.be/ Could be considered.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 03:55 PM   #5
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For now if you want a forwarding only provider as an alternative,
https://pobox.be/ Could be considered.
Do forwarded messages have storage restriction?
I'm asking this because some of my incoming emails do have quite big attachments...

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Old 15 Oct 2024, 05:04 PM   #6
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Do forwarded messages have storage restriction?
I'm asking this because some of my incoming emails do have quite big attachments...
Cloudflare's Email Routing service does not support messages larger than 25 MiB.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 05:36 PM   #7
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Cross post.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 06:58 PM   #8
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I am surprised that for pobox basic account,
the incoming messages don?t reach into mailbox,
which is provided by FM for free.
So what?s the usage of that mailbox and webmail?
Probably this just means an alias has only an external target. So adding the inbox as an additional target would keep a copy in the mailbox.
I guess Fastmail setup the migrated accounts to work as close as possible to their previous settings in Pobox. So if they only forwarded messages they don't keep a copy.

(Another possibility is that the target is the inbox, and then there are Sieve rules that forward and don't keep a copy).
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 07:54 PM   #9
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Probably this just means an alias has only an external target. So adding the inbox as an additional target would keep a copy in the mailbox.
I guess Fastmail setup the migrated accounts to work as close as possible to their previous settings in Pobox. So if they only forwarded messages they don't keep a copy.

(Another possibility is that the target is the inbox, and then there are Sieve rules that forward and don't keep a copy).
I have no way to setup mails to be delivered into FM inbox.
They can be forwarded only.
But FM does provide a mailbox for pobox basic acct.
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 09:17 PM   #10
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I have no way to setup mails to be delivered into FM inbox.
They can be forwarded only.
But FM does provide a mailbox for pobox basic acct.
Can't you forward to your FM username?
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Old 15 Oct 2024, 09:36 PM   #11
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Can't you forward to your FM username?
I have no @fastmail username,
but only @pobox username.
for pobox.com they provide a mailbox for now,
but messages won?t be delivered into that mailbox.
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Old 16 Oct 2024, 09:40 PM   #12
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What??

This is all a bit of a shock - what's the story behind this move? Merging the two email services seems to be adding a lot of complexity with no obvious benefits for customers. Does this mean increased costs/subscriptions?

Fastmail doesn't have the greatest reputation in this area does it? What are the downsides here?
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Old 16 Oct 2024, 10:28 PM   #13
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It makes sense for Fastmail. One set of infrastructure instead of two. Probably consolidating staff functions in one location or another. Probably reduced costs overall. For example, they will eventually disable the POBox.com website and not have to maintain it or market it. I suspect the move will be fine for some POBox customers and not so good for others. Jeffpan, for example, will miss the pure forwarding option for multiple domains of POBox Basic at only $20 per year. In general, I think it is a good thing when companies simplify their offerings. I'd rather have just a few really good products that are well supported.
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Old 16 Oct 2024, 11:35 PM   #14
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Australian Servers

No privacy concerns?
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Old 17 Oct 2024, 07:37 AM   #15
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what I like for classic pobox:

1. solid forwarding
2. free smtp relay
3. domain hosting

But now days there seem are many alternatives to pobox, like forwardemail and simplelogin. So keeping a simple forwarding service has no much core competitiveness today. But fastmail is always one of the best email services on this world. Focusing on developing Fastmail may be a wise choice.

Anyway I'd say sorry to pobox, which I have used for 15 years.
A legendary brand fell from this time.
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