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Leaving Gmail for Mailbox.org

(giuliomagnifico.blog)
351 points giuliomagnifico | 2 comments | 22 Aug 25 17:41 UTC | HN request time: 0.022s | source
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litmus-pit-git ◴[22 Aug 25 21:28 UTC] No.44990034[source]▶
And I will be leaving Mailbox.org for Runbox, or Purelymail, or Fastmail. I have a few more months' credit remaining on Mailbox, besides I am yet to try the trials.

(This is for the author and anyone else) If you are looking for responsive (or even barely responsive) and responsible support responses whenever you need it, weigh your options very carefully about which mail host you want to move to. You might need it once or twice a year, but that might be crucial.

Edit: And if you can help it, and have your own domain, never use a mail host's domain-based email address (no matter how catchy and short that is) because it will be a headache switching away from it if you want to change your host.

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palata ◴[22 Aug 25 22:16 UTC] No.44990529[source]▶
Have you considered Migadu? I don't have shares there, just a very happy customer :-).
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1. litmus-pit-git ◴[23 Aug 25 02:23 UTC] No.44992477[source]▶
I did. Their 20 out/day (soft limit) had me concerned. While many weeks I might send less than 7 emails I still feel uncomfortable with those limits.
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2. palata ◴[23 Aug 25 20:19 UTC] No.44998803[source]▶
As you said, those are soft limits, i.e. there is a human on the other side. If they feel like you use more than you should, they will talk to you instead of kicking you out.