Comments on: FastMail Review: Hassle-free E-mail Hosting http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review Alex King, Denver Web Developer Wed, 08 Feb 2012 13:45:57 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: CJ http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-105100 CJ Wed, 30 Sep 2009 15:35:42 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-105100 FastMail did indeed have a bit of a meltdown in 2006. They had a 3 day outage that affected a bunch of users. Fortunately, they have been just about perfect since then. They learned what their weaknesses were and addressed almost all of them. They now have a wonderful failover system so that we never experience downtime. Over the past 2 years, I've had less than an hour of downtime. FastMail should be commended for making it through a tough time in 2006, fixing it, and continuing to serve a wonderful product that lives up to its name. They have so many features it takes too long to explain. FastMail did indeed have a bit of a meltdown in 2006. They had a 3 day outage that affected a bunch of users.

Fortunately, they have been just about perfect since then. They learned what their weaknesses were and addressed almost all of them. They now have a wonderful failover system so that we never experience downtime. Over the past 2 years, I’ve had less than an hour of downtime.

FastMail should be commended for making it through a tough time in 2006, fixing it, and continuing to serve a wonderful product that lives up to its name.

They have so many features it takes too long to explain.

]]> By: Slumped Over Keyboard Dead | That’s how they’ll find me one day… » Top 3 Killer Fastmail Tips http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-65023 Slumped Over Keyboard Dead | That’s how they’ll find me one day… » Top 3 Killer Fastmail Tips Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:10:10 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-65023 [...] King has a longer (albeit older) list of Fastmail [...] [...] King has a longer (albeit older) list of Fastmail [...]

]]> By: sjk http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-53141 sjk Sat, 02 Dec 2006 07:38:21 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-53141 Full and Enhanced FastMail accounts support POP3; Guest and Member accounts don't. You can use an IMAP mail client (e.g. Apple Mail) to copy (or move) messages from any IMAP mailbox (including the main INBOX) to local mailboxes on your hard drive (or to mailboxes in other IMAP accounts). A utility like fetchmail (preinstalled on OS X) is another way to copy/move messages from mailboxes on IMAP servers. Full and Enhanced FastMail accounts support POP3; Guest and Member accounts don’t.

You can use an IMAP mail client (e.g. Apple Mail) to copy (or move) messages from any IMAP mailbox (including the main INBOX) to local mailboxes on your hard drive (or to mailboxes in other IMAP accounts). A utility like fetchmail (preinstalled on OS X) is another way to copy/move messages from mailboxes on IMAP servers.

]]> By: NobodyInParticular http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-53099 NobodyInParticular Thu, 30 Nov 2006 18:17:11 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-53099 Fastmail has been a reliable and easy-to-use Webmail solution for years, but we wish they would still support POP3 instead of IMAP; and we really wish they'd come up with a way to swiftly and easily SAVE TO HARD DRIVE one's entire accumulation of emails! Other than forwarding emails (which is a slow process) to another mailbox that IS saved on one's hard drive, or doing laborious cut-and-pastes, we cannot figure a way to SAVE TO HARD DRIVE the hundreds of emails sitting in our IN box. Any ideas, folks? Fastmail has been a reliable and easy-to-use Webmail solution for years, but we wish they would still support POP3 instead of IMAP; and we really wish they’d come up with a way to swiftly and easily SAVE TO HARD DRIVE one’s entire accumulation of emails!

Other than forwarding emails (which is a slow process) to another mailbox that IS saved on one’s hard drive, or doing laborious cut-and-pastes, we cannot figure a way to SAVE TO HARD DRIVE the hundreds of emails sitting in our IN box.

Any ideas, folks?

]]> By: Matt http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30912 Matt Sun, 03 Sep 2006 18:00:42 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30912 AVOID FASTMAIL LIKE THE PLAGUE I have been a PAID user of Fastmail for over 3 years, but recent troubles have me loking for alternative Email hosts. Like alot of other PAID users my email has been out of service for now 4 DAYS. Extremely unprofessional with no regular updates about how long the outage would last. Try another IMAP service provider - Tuffmail etc. Disgruntled Fastmail User AVOID FASTMAIL LIKE THE PLAGUE

I have been a PAID user of Fastmail for over 3 years, but recent troubles have me loking for alternative Email hosts.

Like alot of other PAID users my email has been out of service for now 4 DAYS.

Extremely unprofessional with no regular updates about how long the outage would last.

Try another IMAP service provider – Tuffmail etc.

Disgruntled Fastmail User

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30908 Alex Sun, 03 Sep 2006 14:23:42 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30908 Yes, it looks like they've got themselves quite a mess. Luckily (for me), I seem to have been largely unaffected by this latest issue. That's a real shame. Yes, it looks like they’ve got themselves quite a mess. Luckily (for me), I seem to have been largely unaffected by this latest issue.

That’s a real shame.

]]> By: James de Beresford http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30907 James de Beresford Sun, 03 Sep 2006 08:59:34 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30907 I am a fastmail user and not only has my fastmail account has been out of action for 3 days and counting because of a disk failure on the server my account is stored on but it's been troublesome 2 or 3 times in the past. I am a fastmail user and not only has my fastmail account has been out of action for 3 days and counting because of a disk failure on the server my account is stored on but it’s been troublesome 2 or 3 times in the past.

]]> By: Tom Lockwood http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30903 Tom Lockwood Sun, 03 Sep 2006 07:35:08 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30903 If this is fastmail.fm were talking about, I think perhaps you should update your review. My mail server has been down for 3 days. FastMail keeps telling us they're working on the problem, but my customers really don't care why I don't respond to their emails. Any decent IT shop would have had this problem handled in a maximum of 24 hours, yet I still have no email. Paying $19.95 a month, I had expected to receive better service than from gMail. I am very disappointed after several years of use. If this is fastmail.fm were talking about, I think perhaps you should update your review. My mail server has been down for 3 days. FastMail keeps telling us they’re working on the problem, but my customers really don’t care why I don’t respond to their emails. Any decent IT shop would have had this problem handled in a maximum of 24 hours, yet I still have no email. Paying $19.95 a month, I had expected to receive better service than from gMail. I am very disappointed after several years of use.

]]> By: Geof F. Morris http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30757 Geof F. Morris Sat, 26 Aug 2006 10:48:04 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30757 I have been using FastMail about half the time that Alex has, but my results are the same. I have been using FastMail about half the time that Alex has, but my results are the same.

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30724 Alex Thu, 24 Aug 2006 14:18:51 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30724 I remember reading a little about that (Merlin @ 43 folders, etc.), but it never effected my SMTP access. Downtime happens - I thought they did a pretty good job communicating on their status blog etc. and still felt comfortable signing up. FWIW, I haven't had any downtime I've noticed since I signed up. I remember reading a little about that (Merlin @ 43 folders, etc.), but it never effected my SMTP access. Downtime happens – I thought they did a pretty good job communicating on their status blog etc. and still felt comfortable signing up. FWIW, I haven’t had any downtime I’ve noticed since I signed up.

]]> By: Tim http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30718 Tim Thu, 24 Aug 2006 07:12:09 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30718 Alex, I was going to move my mail there at the beginning of the summer, but then they had some pretty bad downtime twice and didn't. Thoughts? Alex,
I was going to move my mail there at the beginning of the summer, but then they had some pretty bad downtime twice and didn’t. Thoughts?

]]> By: alexking.org: Blog > CrackBerry Detox http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30714 alexking.org: Blog > CrackBerry Detox Wed, 23 Aug 2006 23:16:32 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30714 [...] One of the things I mentioned as a plus for FastMail1 is the great rule-based forwarding capabilities. You have the same thing on the BlackBerry side - you can choose what you want to receive and also mark certain things as high-priority and customize delivery accordingly. [...] [...] One of the things I mentioned as a plus for FastMail1 is the great rule-based forwarding capabilities. You have the same thing on the BlackBerry side – you can choose what you want to receive and also mark certain things as high-priority and customize delivery accordingly. [...]

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30701 Alex Tue, 22 Aug 2006 23:01:35 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30701 I just forward it to my FastMail address, but they have <a href="http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/faqparts/AliasesAndVirtualDomains.htm#AliasNewVsExisting">FAQs on doing that stuff with DNS</a>. I just forward it to my FastMail address, but they have FAQs on doing that stuff with DNS.

]]> By: Chris H. http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30700 Chris H. Tue, 22 Aug 2006 22:29:45 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30700 Alex, can you give some insight as to how setting up your mail @ FastMail with your website elsewhere was done? Simple enough? Any DNS tricks involved? Alex, can you give some insight as to how setting up your mail @ FastMail with your website elsewhere was done? Simple enough? Any DNS tricks involved?

]]> By: Alex http://alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review#comment-30688 Alex Tue, 22 Aug 2006 14:18:40 +0000 http://www.alexking.org/blog/2006/08/21/fastmail-review/#comment-30688 Depends on the <a href="http://www.fastmail.fm/pages/fastmail/docs/pricingtbl.html">plan you choose</a>. Depends on the plan you choose.

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