Trying to de-google and looking for an alternative to Gmail.

Don’t mind if it’s a paid service if it’s robust.

  • Hutch@lemmy.ca
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    2 years ago

    In no particular order: Fastmail, Proton, Outlook, iCloud, Yahoo, Gandi (free if you buy a domain), I’ve heard Hey is ok, but haven’t used it.

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      2 years ago

      Gandi is getting rid of free email with domains. Was using them for a few years. Seems they got a acquired. Dumb move since it made me transfer all my domains as a result.

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        2 years ago

        That’s good to know, I don’t think I’ve had any communication about this 😕

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      I’ve tried Hey, it’s nice, but you’re stuck with their workflow.

      I decided to reproduce their workflow inside of Fastmail. Worked well and now I adapted it for my needs. Something I couldn’t have done with Hey.

      Even today, I’m exploring Proton and I’m finding that some basic features offered by Fastmail are not available in Proton. The idea of encrypted emails is nice, but I’m not sacrificing some features that I use.

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        2 years ago

        Sad to hear that about Hey: that was how I felt about Basecamp. It’s a shame they are repeating the same mistakes.

        I’m halfway between proton and fastmail, mostly because I like and trust protonvpn. It’s tough to choose. For pure email, I’d pick fastmail.

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          2 years ago
          • Syncing of calendar and contacts with android
          • Infinite alias with my own domain
          • no spam and trash in all mail
          • read/write sync with external calendar (google calendar for example)
          • catch all sending email address

          There is another important feature too that I need, but I don’t know if proton supports it. Fastmail currently manage the emails from 2 of my domains. I also supply an email address from one of those domains to each member of my family. I need to be able to forward every email received to a specific address to a Gmail address. The emails must skip my mailbox completely and not look as a simple forwarded email in their Gmail.

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            2 years ago

            I share my Google Calendar with my wife (also on Google). If I wanted to modify or even view her calendar, is that still possible?

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              This is also what I do, I think it’s impossible with Proton, though you can with Fastmail. This is the feature request for proton mail: https://protonmail.uservoice.com/forums/932842-proton-calendar/suggestions/42344065-read-write-sync-with-other-calendars-office365-g

              I’m currently still using Google calendar with Fastmail, I can edit in fastmail and everything is synced with Google calendar.

              I’m willing to stop using Google services, but I can’t ask the same from others. This is why I still use google calendar and google photos. To share with my family.

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                2 years ago

                So from Fastmail you can see/modify the calendar in Google that’s been shared with you?

                I’d like to be able to keep the shared calendar feature that I currently use in Google with my wife. It’s so handy for organising things.