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Okay. So who is offering a service that can match Google's offering? In particular, they need to offer a good (ie, at least as good as Google's) webmail clien

by Codayus 15y ago

Okay. So who is offering a service that can match Google's offering? In particular, they need to offer a good (ie, at least as good as Google's) webmail client and spam filtering.

RossP 15y ago
I use www.fastmail.fm (owned by Opera) and can't recommend them highly enough. For a family or small business it's great as you can have shared folders/address books, use your own domain(s), and more. The web mail doesn't include tagging or inline conversations but otherwise it's pretty good with not too much wastage. Of course you also have IMAP/POP access if that's your flavour.
- radiowave 15y ago
  Another happy fastmail user here, of about 9 years. Agreed, it's worth paying for.
potatolicious 15y ago
It'd be nice if there was anything out there one could install that was as good as GMail's frontend, but sadly that doesn't exist. I don't miss it at all though - I find that 99% of my email needs are on desktop and mobile, and the native clients on just about any such platforms are more than a match for GMail. I still have a webmail client I fall back to - nothing quite as good as GMail, but that's more for when I need to look something up on a public terminal. On the flip side - I gain an unhijackable account. Worst case scenario they make off with all of my information, but I never lose ownership of the account. I also know my server's backup policies, so short of cracking my host wide open they can copy my data, but never destroy it.
tomsaffell 15y ago
Google Apps. http://www.google.com/apps http://www.google.com/apps
- chii 15y ago
  Google Apps will have the same vulnerabilities as the real gmail - they are the same suit of software after all. The only consolation is that google apps do run a version or two behind, so it is probably better tested and have most problems nutted out.

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Okay. So who is offering a service that can match Google's offering? In particular, they need to offer a good (ie, at least as good as Google's) webmail clien

by Codayus 15y ago

Okay. So who is offering a service that can match Google's offering? In particular, they need to offer a good (ie, at least as good as Google's) webmail client and spam filtering.

RossP 15y ago
I use www.fastmail.fm (owned by Opera) and can't recommend them highly enough. For a family or small business it's great as you can have shared folders/address books, use your own domain(s), and more. The web mail doesn't include tagging or inline conversations but otherwise it's pretty good with not too much wastage. Of course you also have IMAP/POP access if that's your flavour.
- radiowave 15y ago
  Another happy fastmail user here, of about 9 years. Agreed, it's worth paying for.
potatolicious 15y ago
It'd be nice if there was anything out there one could install that was as good as GMail's frontend, but sadly that doesn't exist. I don't miss it at all though - I find that 99% of my email needs are on desktop and mobile, and the native clients on just about any such platforms are more than a match for GMail. I still have a webmail client I fall back to - nothing quite as good as GMail, but that's more for when I need to look something up on a public terminal. On the flip side - I gain an unhijackable account. Worst case scenario they make off with all of my information, but I never lose ownership of the account. I also know my server's backup policies, so short of cracking my host wide open they can copy my data, but never destroy it.
tomsaffell 15y ago
Google Apps. http://www.google.com/apps http://www.google.com/apps
- chii 15y ago
  Google Apps will have the same vulnerabilities as the real gmail - they are the same suit of software after all. The only consolation is that google apps do run a version or two behind, so it is probably better tested and have most problems nutted out.