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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

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351 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0s | source
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rendleflag ◴[22 Aug 25 22:09 UTC] No.44990465[source]▶
I’ve been a Fastmail user for years, having left Gmail. It works great and have nothing be but praise for them. I use my own domain with them so if I decide to leave it’s not an issue worrying about updating people with my new email.
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onlyhumans ◴[22 Aug 25 22:20 UTC] No.44990569[source]▶
Fastmail is kind of a weird service. If you stop paying they release your email for someone else to take over. Pretty unacceptable this day and age.
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1. solid_fuel ◴[23 Aug 25 01:56 UTC] No.44992288[source]▶
When you move to a new house the old address becomes available for mail eventually.
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2. tasn ◴[23 Aug 25 02:23 UTC] No.44992470[source]▶
Email is used a single factor (either because of magic links or forgot password flows), so the impact is much larger than getting your snail mail sent to someone else.

Also, whoever takes your old residence is probably not malicious (they just want the house because they want a house), but whoever takes your email address is much more likely to be malicious (as the acquisition cost is low and it scales).