079 - Exploring Fastmail

This week, we take a detailed look at why Gabe switched to and continues to use
Introducing FastMail

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FastMail(affiliate link) is an online email provider that is a compelling alternative to Gmail and iCloud (seriously?) mail.

“That sounds like an accusation”

An Australian company offering a paid service with a strong feature set (even if they are based in a Five Eyes country) their strong suit is their highly responsive support model, which uses real human beings.

Types of Accounts

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On their lowest plan, you can use one of several different preexisting domains, but you can pay more to use your own. At the time of writing, the pricing for FastMail personal accounts breaks down like this:

$10/yr for 250MB of email
$20/yr for 1GB
$40/yr for 15GB
$120/yr for 60GB

You can also purchase more storage space as needed.

FastMail Accounts

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