Fastmail’s inbox has been thoughtfully refreshed — now with a cleaner layout, improved usability, and more ways to customize your experience on web and mobile. #ProductivityTips #Fastmail

Learn more: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/revamped-inbox

#fastmail rolled out some new UI changes. I don't want to sound like a grumpy old man, but needless to say, I don't like it.

Fastmail is looking much better! And I can finally remove Notes and Files from the navigation bar.
#Fastmail
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/revamped-inbox/

@fastmail why on earth was it necessary to remove horizontal separator lines and replace the checkbox column with avatars? Who asked for this? Both only decrease clarity and introduce clutter in my opinion.

Happy International Email Day!

At Fastmail, email isn't just our business — it's our passion. Open standards, privacy, and real control over your inbox? That’s worth celebrating.

#InternationalEmailDay #Fastmail

https://www.fastmail.com/blog/happy-international-email-day/

#CyrusIMAP 3.12.0 RC1 has been released (#CyrusIMAPd / #Cyrus / #IMAPd / #MailServer / #MessageDeliveryAgent / #IMAP / #InternetMessageAccessProtocol / #POP3 / #PostOfficeProtocol / #JMAP / #JSONMetaApplicationProtocol / #SASL / #CyrusSASL / #CarnegieMellonUniversity / #Fastmail) https://cyrusimap.org/

I was really confused when my emails from Fastmail landed in the SPAM Bin. Turned out I'm not alone. To fix it, it seems you need to add a DMARC record.

If you're on Fastmail, I urge you to check it out.
#fastmail #email

https://dmarc.wiki/fastmail

So #FastMail is great overall, but I'm having pretty serious problems with it sending too much to spam.

Receipts, email validations, shipping notifications, it's gotten much worse. Years ago, I rarely had to check spam, maybe once or twice a month and I'd catch a couple things. Now I have to check ALL the time. And when I tell it something doesn't belong, it doesn't learn. A day or two later I find that same sender back in spam again. I'm getting tired.

I’m poking around in #infomaniak email service and it is fantastic! I could have a separate user for my #selfhosted services who don’t have access to my personal emails. Nice web interface and very nice mobile app. I think I want to migrate from #Fastmail to have my emails in Europe. Also this is a good opportunity to also move my main email address into my personal domain, so I don’t bound to a specific email provider.
#homelab #email #Europe #eualternatives #emailproviders

What value do you guys see in regard to using an email client like #Thunderbird vs using a webmail client like #Fastmail via a browser tab?

My requirements are super basic. I mostly receive email and occasionally send some. I don't have any sort of complex organization structure. I don't send or receive encrypted email.

Is there some feature that I'm thinking about?

After using Proton for 8 months, I made the move from #Proton 🠆 #Fastmail.

My thoughts:

I love that Proton apps are open-source, this is a big win for me.

Server-side Encryption - In theory this is a good idea, in practice this is a huge pain. On mobile, you're forced to use the Proton app, which is unbelievably slow. On desktop, you cannot verify senders with DKIM.
Proton leadership supports what Trump is doing to the US, while not my reason for leaving, it gave me doubts about Proton.

New post where I list out some of the things I am considering as I am trying to find a replacement for my #email provider. As I am considering leaving #fastmail for a different options that are out there. I am curious if others have thoughts and would be interested in reading my thoughts and reply to my post here on the #fediverse with some thoughts.

https://hack13.blog/2025/03/finding-my-new-email-solution/

I am looking for a reliable mail hosting provider, with 2FA, unlimited aliases (including catch-all * ), POP+SMTP+IMAP, no mobile app required, with configurable domain but not bundled to the provider being the registrar. Possibly based in EU/Switzerland.

Discarded options:
- I am moving away from Gandi.
- Infomaniak seems to require registering domain with them.
- Zoho based in UK.
- MXroute does not seem to offer 2FA.
- Autistici/Inventati only with one of their domains (not configurable).
- Fastmail based in Australia.
- Mailcheap based in USA.

Thankful for any suggestions

Nobody enjoys an increase in prices.

But #Fastmail did a very nice thing: because the renewal is "so soon" just after their pricing plans adjustments, they'll effectively apply a discount.

Thank you!

My initial excitement when I realised @fastmail was an Australian company was soon dampened when I studied the 26,000+ word Data Protection Policy and discovered my data is held in the USA

I'm really trying to move as much of my data and purchases away from UST (United States of Trump)

I wonder why permanently deleting a couple of spam messages takes so long in #FastMail