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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    11 months 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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      11 months 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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      11 months ago

      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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          11 months 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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            11 months 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?