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Reddit · r/fastmail · yesterday
Every contact with support has been outstanding in quality and reliability, with a sense of being taken seriously.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 2 days ago
Recently moved their custom-domain email to Fastmail and loves it; Squarespace price rises prompted looking at hosting.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 3 days ago
Waited about 12 hours on the trial, then paid for two years; likes the clean interface, fast site and app, and runs aliases and a custom domain.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 3 days ago
Came over from Proton, tried mailbox.org, and returned to Fastmail; found support great when needed.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 3 days ago
On the Fastmail trial after leaving Proton; so far finds few limitations, works with their own domain and masked emails, and likes the clean UI.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 3 days ago
Support couldn't accommodate a custom webmail subdomain, leaving users confused by the mismatched login domain.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 4 days ago
Opened tickets about mail providers not receiving their custom domain emails and a billing issue; nine days later neither was resolved, and authenticated mail was still landing in spam.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 6 days ago
A couple of years on Proton and it has been fine.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 6 days ago
Very happy with Fastmail, with many domains to choose from and masked email used often.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Moved from Proton and Tuta to mailbox.org with a custom domain; fine for years apart from clunky interfaces.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Left Tuta for mailbox.org and likes it, with third-party app support and a custom domain.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Four years on mailbox.org without issues, but support could not fix downgrade errors over three weeks.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Found Tuta support extremely bad: overcharged, a support post unapproved, and three days for an answer, so they deleted the account.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Tuta blocked two paid accounts and one free account, and their card could not be used on a new account without emailing support.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Uses mailbox.org with a custom domain; does not love the interface and has heard of sent mail landing in spam, but incoming mail is fine.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 7 days ago
Has been a Fastmail customer for about five years and is very satisfied overall, praising its support documentation and noting it was easy to reach support the three times they needed it, while not always agreeing with its decisions.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 7 days ago
Picked Zoho over Fastmail for a first custom domain because it was cheaper and after two years has no reason to move.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
A couple of years on Tuta; works great apart from a weak spam filter.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Enjoys Tuta though the UI is disliked by some and third-party clients are unsupported.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 7 days ago
Set up Fastmail on a new domain over a weekend; easy and everything works great.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 8 days ago
They used the basic plan with their own domain and it worked flawlessly, with quota warnings only when forwarding and moving many mails; they call it cheap and good.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 8 days ago
Has used Fastmail with their own domains for about 15 months. Finds the support very good and human, and likes the configurability even though the many settings felt overwhelming at first, plus the detailed headers, boolean search and subdomain aliasing.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 8 days ago
Has used Fastmail for several months and likes the 1Password masked email integration. Says the apps just work, has no complaints and considers it great value for the money.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 9 days ago
They have used Migadu for 3 years on the Micro plan with two domains, called it their best choice, had only two issues that were solved quickly, and never hit daily limits.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 9 days ago
Used Fastmail a couple of years before Proton and found it good, but now seems pricier.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 9 days ago
Used Proton Mail with SimpleLogin for two years before switching to Fastmail. Found the domain transfer smooth and simple, and has zero complaints about the web, desktop or Android apps so far.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 10 days ago
After several years on Fastmail they let the subscription lapse because they never needed the 60 GB storage and found it too expensive for their light use.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 10 days ago
They have paid for Fastmail for 5 years with no issues but can no longer justify about 60 euro per year.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 10 days ago
They tried Migadu but all mail, including 2FA codes and login prompts, always arrived about 5 minutes late.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 10 days ago
Finds Fastmail's organisation far easier than Proton for a real inbox, and less buggy with a rock-solid app.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 10 days ago
Three months testing mailbox.org for the move out of Gmail; very solid and covers the basics and more.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 10 days ago
Found the mailbox.org UI clunky and dated with no dedicated app when trying to set it up.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 10 days ago
Migrated family to Zoho Mail on a shared domain; works fine and is affordable, though with more spam false positives than Google.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 10 days ago
Signed up in 2025 with a custom domain and wildcard; uneventful and as wanted, though mail rules are weak.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 10 days ago
About six months on mailbox.org via IMAP with a custom domain and a training spam filter, pretty good.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Switched from Proton to Fastmail for email, calendar and files.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Migrated from Gmail to Fastmail with easy import and replies from within Fastmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Uses Fastmail and stopped looking for anything better.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Tuta deactivated their account twice, so they moved to Runbox and had no problems since.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Says they have never been able to keep a Tuta account active, paid or otherwise, calling it a dealbreaker.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
A week-old Tuta account stopped logging in with invalid credentials and the recovery code failed too.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
After confirming a new Tuta account, the next day login failed with invalid credentials despite correct details.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
A new Tuta account worked for one day and then returned invalid login credentials.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Could not create a free Tuta account without emailing support, which soured them.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Paid Tuta user since 2019 who is moving to Proton because Tuta caused too many headaches.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Free Tuta account for over seven years with no issues, though used lightly.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Paid account with a custom domain for almost two years with no issues, plus a free account for a spouse.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Free user for a year and a half who finds Tuta amazing after the account was unusable for a day or two after creation.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Uses Tuta with a custom domain, many aliases and a family plan without problems, though support can be slow.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Paid Tuta account since 2019 with never a single problem.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
A flagged Tuta account was fixed with one email, and they liked the service enough to pay, wishing Android notifications worked better.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Over a year on Tuta with zero flakiness or remembered downtime.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Had Tuta account problems five times and found customer service deplorable before moving to Fastmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Calls mailbox.org great and cheap with multiple aliases after almost a year and has not considered others.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Seven years on mailbox.org without a single issue across mail, contacts, calendar, tasks and drive.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
About two years on Fastmail with no problems; everything just works.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Uses Fastmail for its features and because other providers accept its mail with less bounce back.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 11 days ago
Nearly got locked out of PayPal because Proton Mail refused to receive the verification code, then moved critical mail back to Gmail.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 11 days ago
Left Tuta because customer service was severely lacking, with zero empathy and rudeness.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 11 days ago
Says Microsoft 365's built-in backup is super easy to set up and works well.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 12 days ago
Occasional spam-folder problems with this provider, but they don't feel it is selling their data, at least as far as they know.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 12 days ago
Years of use across about eight support domains for different apps, with forwarding into a single admin inbox; for the price nothing beats it.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
Six years on a Proton Visionary subscription, happy with performance, privacy and security; renewing.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
On Purelymail with a custom domain so they never have to migrate addresses again.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
Has used Zoho's free tier for personal email since launch and the paid tier for work, with no major issues.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
Over ten years on the free version for several addresses with no problems or pressure to upgrade.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
Proton's free version is all they need; they found Tuta's UI disliked.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 12 days ago
Uses Fastmail as main email and works well with aliases, rules and subfolders for separate addresses.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 13 days ago
Their company uses Zoho's paid service because it is cheap and its spam identification is good.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 13 days ago
Moved email from Fastmail and Proton to Zoho, calling it best for a complete task, calendar and mail solution.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 13 days ago
Tried Proton briefly then stayed with Fastmail, finding it solid and just works.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 13 days ago
Finds Purelymail the cheapest and most straightforward provider, lacking only business features.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 13 days ago
Tuta has been fine; not as fully featured as Gmail but worth the trade-off.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 13 days ago
Trying Fastmail so far so good and migrated easily.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
Switched from Proton to Tuta over a year ago; basic, cheap and does a great job.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
Two years on Tuta, does the job 100% and mail delivery is instant, though the client looks dated.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
Paying Tuta customer for about two years and very pleased given their threat model.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
Made a Tuta account a few months ago with no issues and is slowly moving everything over.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
After Proton, Posteo and a failed Tuta signup, uses Fastmail with custom domains; apps are great and snappy.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 14 days ago
After a year on Proton, mail on a premium-only domain stopped overnight when the subscription ran out, with no warning.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 14 days ago
A few years on Fastmail with a positive experience.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 14 days ago
Opened their Fastmail account in March 2014 and renews happily every year without ever having an issue.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 14 days ago
Started on Proton and switched to Fastmail with no issues and a happy family.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 14 days ago
Proton email is blocked at the college where they work, so student applications never get a response.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 15 days ago
Tried several providers and recently switched to Fastmail a month ago; it has been great.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 15 days ago
Loves Fastmail and uses it alongside Google Workspace for junk.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 15 days ago
About a year on Purelymail and it has been working well.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 15 days ago
Finds the official Fastmail Mac app extremely fast, much quicker and less buggy than Apple apps.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 15 days ago
Uses the Fastmail desktop app for advanced keyboard shortcuts with a best-in-class move-to-folder flow.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 15 days ago
Their Proton custom domain was blocked when emailing a US state agency until the contact asked admins to unblock.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 18 days ago
Likes Fastmail for aliases: 1Password integration and it handles replies.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 18 days ago
Custom domain hosted on Proton landed in spam or was blocked; after switching to iCloud there were no issues.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 18 days ago
A retailer silently cancelled a limited edition order because its terms disallowed Proton Mail addresses.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 19 days ago
Paying Fastmail user for years; free aliases on its own and custom domains are easy to drop.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 19 days ago
Uses Fastmail masked emails per site and really likes it.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 19 days ago
Fastmail masked emails work perfectly; only two companies ever questioned them.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 19 days ago
Uses Zoho Mail with a catch-all on their own domain and sending works well.
Reddit · r/email · 22 days ago
Easy to set up after just getting it, used with Thunderbird on a Linux PC and FairEmail on the phone.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 22 days ago
A year on Tuta: the iOS app is awful, gestures finicky and widgets unreliable, so they plan to leave.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 22 days ago
Mail sent from their Proton address does not arrive at their Gmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 22 days ago
Chose Zoho Mail as nearly the only provider supporting a custom domain with plain-text auth.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
Uses both; Tuta keeps letting through spam from senders they marked as spam many times, unlike Proton.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
Loves Tuta as simple, private and much cheaper than Proton.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
After not signing in for a while they could not even pay Tuta to regain access.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
Tuta suspended their account after creating it as anonymously as possible, so they went back to Proton.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
Finds Tuta's service fine but its app bad, and prefers Proton.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 23 days ago
Moved from Gmail to Proton; it has been great and super easy.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 24 days ago
Tutamail is already their favorite and Proton let them down in many ways.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 24 days ago
Has used free Zoho Mail accounts for years since leaving Gmail and finds it clean, simple and nicely designed.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 24 days ago
Tried Proton and Tuta, preferred Tuta within days; fewer features on the free plan but they like the simplicity.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 24 days ago
Tuta deleted their inactive free address after six months and could not be recovered.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 26 days ago
Has used Proton Mail as main mail since leaving Google around 2018.
Reddit · r/webhosting · 27 days ago
They use Zoho and find it among the cheapest with fine service, but say customer support is too slow for business use and changing settings is awkward.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 27 days ago
The first test email from a new Tuta account got them banned, possibly because of a VPN, so they deleted the account.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 28 days ago
Switched about four years ago and now uses the whole Proton suite with no regrets.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 30 days ago
Fairly happy with a pm.me primary address for a year, then felt locked in because aliases cannot be freely added or deleted.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 30 days ago
A county court silently blocked mail from their custom domain, nearly costing a licence until they resent from a protonmail.com address.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 30 days ago
Enjoys Proton as primary email, noting it cut down spam and that paying is needed to benefit from aliases.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 30 days ago
Switched years ago and finds it great; it is the one service they keep paying for without hesitation.
Reddit · r/email · 31 days ago
Setup took under an hour from signup to receiving mail in Thunderbird, the webmail is responsive, and the spam filter cut over half the domain's spam on day one, all for about $10 a year.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 31 days ago
Uses Purelymail for about $6 a year for a year with no issues.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 32 days ago
Finds Fastmail quite good, reliable and affordable.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 32 days ago
Uses Fastmail with their own domain; significantly cheaper and works with any POP3 or IMAP client.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 41 days ago
Transitioned over from Proton and couldn't be happier with the full feature set despite a slightly dated-looking interface.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 41 days ago
Moved from Gmail to Proton Mail's free plan and finds it flawless after a couple of days, with no ads.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 42 days ago
Long-time Infomaniak user who only used Mail and VPN says it was hard to get up to speed with the Manager and Organizations setup.
Reddit · r/Hosting · 42 days ago
They use Purelymail and like that it does not charge per user.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 42 days ago
Has used Proton for most of a decade and moved over fully years ago, recommending it to everyone.
Reddit · r/webhosting · 42 days ago
Calls Fastmail pretty great, not cheap but great.
Reddit · r/Hosting · 43 days ago
They love Fastmail and describe it as cheap, secure and free of nickel-and-diming.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 43 days ago
Says buying SharePoint storage in fixed blocks was expensive, leaving terabytes paid for but unused after clean-outs.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 43 days ago
Pays $20 a month for a single Business Premium licence as a test tenant instead of a costly developer program.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 43 days ago
Fastmail is their main account and more user friendly, with Tuta preloaded as a backup.
Reddit · r/Domains · 45 days ago
They use it for their own domain and set up groups for anything that might spam them, such as a conference or each project, to start accounts with.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 45 days ago
Pays under $6 a year on Purelymail's advanced pricing for send-as aliases and it has worked flawlessly for months.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 45 days ago
Alias replies are a hassle and Drive backup notifications annoying, but otherwise enjoys Proton.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 45 days ago
Uses shared group calendars in Workspace for staff time off and events and says it works well.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 45 days ago
Has migrated to both; finds Google support nonexistent, documentation scattered and the move needed weeks of planning.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 45 days ago
A year after leaving Outlook, finds Google gives better mail features and spam filters, with Drive and Docs for sharing.
Reddit · r/Domains · 49 days ago
They had a free-forever G Suite account for a personal domain and were forced onto a paid plan, which made them angry.
Reddit · r/Domains · 49 days ago
They have used it since the free business accounts and now pay for it, with a secondary domain listed for Send As. They understand moving to paid but think the cost should be a little lower.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 50 days ago
A year on Proton Unlimited and disappointed by the email and calendar experience, especially with multiple addresses.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 50 days ago
Regrets committing to Proton Unlimited; only uses email and VPN, with SimpleLogin and Drive disappointing.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 50 days ago
In year 9 with Proton, likes the products but may drop everything except Pass over slow fixes.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 50 days ago
Uses Proton Unlimited with three connected domains and finds it worth the money, though they still use Gmail day to day.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 50 days ago
Account created via temp email was locked for suspicious activity on first use until another email was added.
Reddit · r/webdev · 52 days ago
They pay for Zoho Mail private email but still receive ads from the service.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 52 days ago
Account was randomly locked and tickets went unanswered for a week before a cryptic reply about unspecified violations.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 56 days ago
Uses Proton Mail with SimpleLogin and a custom domain, mostly via the web app.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 56 days ago
Zoho works well, with bring-your-own-domain plans from about $1 a month, though not as good as Proton.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 57 days ago
Has paid for Infomaniak for a couple of years but finds the calendar and docs frustrating and the two-account domain setup annoying.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 58 days ago
Switched to Proton and it works fine; the technical team was surprisingly responsive on a couple of bugs.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 58 days ago
Over six months using Proton extensively and very happy with Mail, Pass and VPN.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 59 days ago
Paid Proton user who is very happy; finds Drive faster and more reliable.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 61 days ago
They left Migadu after reliability problems: subfolders were flattened, mail was delayed over 2 hours during an incident, and alias and forwarding behaviour changed without notice and broke their mailbox configuration.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 61 days ago
Has used Fastmail for seven years since leaving Google and absolutely loves it.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 62 days ago
Says Microsoft Forms cannot be backed up by any tool they checked, so a deleted user's forms are lost for good.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 62 days ago
Calls Fastmail a polished, finished product with good guides and really good support.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 62 days ago
Switched from Gmail to Fastmail with a custom domain and found it way less messy than expected.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 62 days ago
Moved to Fastmail three years ago and has not looked back; only the calendar is a bit cumbersome.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 62 days ago
Likes Fastmail with own domains and aliases; send-as works well and integrates with 1Password.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 62 days ago
A Fastmail user for 22 years who has found very little to complain about.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 63 days ago
Paid a year of Tuta but ended up using only Proton because the UX suited them more.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 63 days ago
A few years on Proton at about 3 euros a month, with old Gmail history moved over.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 63 days ago
Uses the full Proton suite and loves it, including SimpleLogin aliases.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 63 days ago
Chose Fastmail with their own domain after finding Proton's apps and site laggy; it is blazing fast.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 63 days ago
A client's business runs on Power Automate flows tied to a departed employee's account, which nobody dares disable.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 63 days ago
Very happy moving from Gmail to Fastmail with their own domain; can send as any address with credentials.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 63 days ago
Moved all domains to Fastmail from Gmail; setup was easy, only needing DNS record updates at Cloudflare.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 64 days ago
Importing all of Gmail into Proton before cleaning up was a nightmare because Proton lacks sophisticated multi-select filtering.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 65 days ago
Happy to have chosen Infomaniak; the new calendar update lets them drop Google Calendar, the last Google service they needed to ditch, wanting only separate default reminders for all-day versus hourly events.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 66 days ago
Says Google Workspace is the choice for a tenant that hardly changes and never has issues with email.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 66 days ago
Recommended Google Workspace for years but watched Microsoft overtake it; Google still wins on price.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 66 days ago
Hates that Workspace opens a new browser window for each account when working with multiple domains.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 67 days ago
Admin is easy and they can create as many role-based addresses as needed for a non-profit committee with 16 addresses, though committee members' webmail access occasionally gets blocked.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 67 days ago
Has a Proton plan but finds support inconsistent and unclear, so would not buy business or family plans.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 67 days ago
Moved to Proton a year ago and thinks it is the best, with UX improved a lot.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 67 days ago
Pretty satisfied after a year on Proton with their own domain, which makes switching a five-minute DNS change.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 67 days ago
Switched from Proton to Zoho and is quite happy with it.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 68 days ago
Four years on Proton for business: loves privacy and less spam but search and grouping are weak and NYS agencies block it.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 69 days ago
Stopped using Proton for business after the domain setting changed on its own and urgent emails went missing.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 70 days ago
Overjoyed after moving to Fastmail with over 600 emails not counting masked ones.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 70 days ago
After three years of paying, got their first ad in Proton Pass last week.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 71 days ago
On a paid Tuta account they keep getting cannot connect to server in every browser and the app, needing a European VPN, while free Proton never failed.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 71 days ago
A tenders mailbox has had to be reassigned several times after hitting the size limit while emails must be kept for compliance.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 71 days ago
Turned off all notification and ad settings yet still gets promotional ads in Proton.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 71 days ago
After a month on Proton free, chose not to subscribe because of the constant push to upgrade and promote other services.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 71 days ago
Excited to move to Proton but migrated again to mailbox.org because they disliked being locked into Proton client apps.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 72 days ago
An EDU application with Google has been in review for 10 months with no ETA for approval.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 73 days ago
Paid Proton 4+ years but recent outages of several hours took down Mail, Calendar and Drive, so they consider migrating.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
In six years of Proton use, the recent outage was the first one they noticed interfering with their day.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
Six years with Proton as sole email provider, with one outage that cost only an hour or two.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
Four to five years on Proton and the first outage they were exposed to.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
Brought four paid users and two small companies to Proton and regrets it after repeated email outages.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
Fully embraced Proton regrets it because an outage takes down the whole suite without offline access.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
Some providers flag Proton Mail as spam more often than the old Microsoft address, a trade-off they accept.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 73 days ago
The iOS app is slow with typing lag, there were two outages, and deals are advertised in the desktop app.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Zero issues of note across many years of using Proton Mail.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Annoyed that custom domain aliases count toward the alias allotment and that duplicate messages show twice in the inbox.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Migrated from Google to Proton Duo for themselves and their partner; calendar, Pass and Authenticator work well.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
More than four years on the Proton Mail free tier and it works well.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Paid Unlimited user since 2020 with a spam filter that works great and not a single issue in six years.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Four months in, loves Proton including aliases, sorting and website email filtering.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
A regular user who values privacy and has found Proton Mail great for six years.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Sole email on Proton for nine years; solid and reliable, with the recent outage the first they noticed.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Proton search could not find three years of emails from a company, though earlier ones were found.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
A highly organised newer user finds searching anything over a month old miserable and the search limited.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Switched after 20+ years on Gmail and finds it awesome as a Mac user despite a brief outage.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Forced to change provider after the ISP shut email; Proton is a better deal but Bridge sometimes acts up.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Finds searching for emails in Proton very difficult and would not recommend it for that reason.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Account used for subscriptions was suspended for inactivity without warning and support had not replied after days.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Finds the app clunky, the Linux app still beta, and is considering Tutanota when the year is up.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Paid user for 5+ years who loves Proton but finds the price a bit high at every renewal.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Former Google user who switched with zero issues and no regrets, only missing separate Contacts management.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Each time they migrate fully they miss good search, hit sync problems between clients and some mail landing in spam.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Switched from Gmail last year; about 90% as good in usability and prefers it for privacy.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Used Proton as secondary but emails were marked as spam and they moved away, also hitting Drive and Pass issues.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Using Proton Mail for around ten years with no complaints.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Stellar experience with no hiccups since moving over nearly three years ago.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
A customer since September 2021 with no problems to date.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
No issues with Proton mail and the Gmail import worked great.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Family account with three domains; email is rock-solid and support is excellent and responsive.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
On Mail Plus 3-4 years and it just works, though search is not great and other apps feel half-baked.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 74 days ago
Does not see the value of paying for Proton and will not renew the all-inclusive package.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 75 days ago
Microsoft gave three licenses on an annual commitment instead of the quoted monthly one and fixed it only after ten days and a chargeback threat.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Has used Proton as the main email account for about 11 years and could not be more satisfied.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
On Proton for years with the Duo plan and their own domain; it has been good.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Strictly zero issues with Proton Mail; main gripes are Calendar and Docs/Sheets.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Three years on Proton with no issues apart from one recent outage.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Used Proton without issue for a few years but finds Duo pricing high and Bridge and Sieve limits annoying.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Using Proton on desktop since 2018 without major issues.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Three years on Proton Unlimited with only one sent email flagged and never received.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Had a great experience and an easy switch because they already used a custom domain on Gmail.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Renewed the Ultimate plan; emails and aliases are fantastic though Linux support and nested labels lag.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 75 days ago
Zero issues and a spam filter that is so good.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 76 days ago
A Proton server blackout locked them out of Mail, Pass and Drive at once, so they split services across providers.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 76 days ago
Proton Mail works fine on iOS and macOS without Google services; also finds the VPN fine.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 76 days ago
Six months in from Google with no huge red flags, but the apps are clunky and plans bundle the office suite.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 76 days ago
A similar tenant lockout at their company was hell and took Microsoft almost a month to fix.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 76 days ago
Microsoft registered Agent365 as an enterprise app in their tenant using the admin's account at 6am, triggering a SOC alert.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 76 days ago
A domain account since the 90s gets only 3-5 spam emails a week in Fastmail versus dozens per day on Gmail.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 76 days ago
After migrating from Gmail, spam dropped from a couple a day to a couple a week on Fastmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 77 days ago
After forgetting a second account password, all their Proton accounts were blocked at once with bot-like support.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 77 days ago
Has had Proton for five years and may drop it, preferring Fastmail for most people leaving Gmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 77 days ago
Paid user who calls Proton aliases a game changer and says support is excellent with real humans replying.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 77 days ago
Over a year on Fastmail as a Gmail replacement; as a paid customer can reach a real human.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 77 days ago
Uses Fastmail for small business and personal email, avoiding the hassle of IP reputation problems.
Reddit · r/purelymail · 78 days ago
Loved the service for three years, then the account was banned with no recourse, no information and no way to find out what happened.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 78 days ago
Moved from Migadu to Proton easily because they own their domain.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 79 days ago
Uses Tuta at a lower price but finds the search and spam filter performance worse.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 80 days ago
A paying Tuta user who finds it feature-poor, like 90s webmail, with clunky filter rules; waiting for the subscription to end.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 80 days ago
Likes Proton's bundle price, Gmail import, send-from-Gmail address, Bridge for Thunderbird and the mail UI.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 80 days ago
Used Fastmail before moving to Proton and found it pretty good with decent privacy.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 81 days ago
A law firm trialling Fastmail saw emails take about three hours to be delivered because of new-account throttling.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 81 days ago
Five-plus years with Fastmail and support has answered low-impact issues within about a day.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 83 days ago
Custom domain emails hosted on Fastmail for years; great service.
Reddit · r/purelymail · 84 days ago
A small fee applies to using a shared-domain address like @purelymail.com on Advanced Pricing, so after setting up their own domain they switched the address over to it.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 84 days ago
Finds Fastmail lightspeed fast and wonderful, with only minor gripes about compose layout.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 85 days ago
A new Fastmail account signed up for today sends everything to recipients' spam folders.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 85 days ago
Moved from Gmail to Fastmail years ago; sender-is-not-a-contact filters and 1Password masked emails made it an easy switch.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 86 days ago
They run a new domain on Migadu where Steam verification mail arrives but Discord sends them nothing.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 86 days ago
During a hijacked-tenant case, the Data Protection team replied only twice in a day and a half.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 86 days ago
A Fastmail customer for many years who says it just works.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 87 days ago
Has learned Microsoft 365 for 15 years for the price of one Business Premium licence on a personal tenant.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 87 days ago
A single Business Premium licence covers nearly everything and doubles as a personal, homelab and learning tenant.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 87 days ago
Trialling Fastmail from Gmail: easy setup and responsive support, but oversized images and no mobile Pinned item are rough edges.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 87 days ago
Forced to use a paid Workspace account at work and sees pop-ups daily pushing AI features and paid security.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 87 days ago
Moved from Google to Fastmail months ago; mail transfer and service is amazing and spam filtering is better than most.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 88 days ago
Google now denies requests for more free EDU Workspace licences, pausing cap increases indefinitely.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 88 days ago
Finished the first year on Fastmail and renewed for three years.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 88 days ago
Uses Fastmail masked emails, hosted websites and calendars for years and loves the service.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 88 days ago
Finds Fastmail spam filtering very good after training, push works well on Apple Mail, and has no regrets.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 88 days ago
Finds Fastmail filtering only OK and now uses Spam Hero in front of the inbox.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 89 days ago
Upgraded to paid within days and migrated about 30k Gmail emails from 2018 quickly, with everything present on a spot check.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 89 days ago
Moved to Fastmail after Namecheap email outages and subscribed yearly within 2-3 days of the trial.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 90 days ago
Uses Tuta for best privacy, good price and more aliases than Proton, but dislikes the Android app's per-email notifications and lacks forwarding.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 90 days ago
A month on the mailbox.org Light plan, so far good; the spam prevention setting must be disabled to receive some mail.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 90 days ago
Setting up many Tuta accounts from one IP in a computer lab triggered manual verification taking up to 48 hours.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 90 days ago
Customers say their Proton Mail emails land in spam, unlike a custom domain on Google Workspace.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 90 days ago
Finds the Proton they use problematic, like it is still in beta.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 91 days ago
Uses Proton Bridge for mail archiving and its custom-domain support keeps them from being locked in.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 91 days ago
Eight months on mailbox.org were great, but after a small price increase they moved to Migadu Micro.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 91 days ago
Bought a Tuta license after being surprised how easy encrypted email is with it.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 91 days ago
Stays on Proton's free mailbox because they can create an inbox without giving a name.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 91 days ago
Finds mailbox.org works fine for personal use, pairing it with emClient to avoid the cluttered design.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 92 days ago
Has run O365 for nearly 20 years and hates it, citing stop-start implementations and constant underlying changes.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 92 days ago
After a long scare over a supposed 1000-recipient limit on a group of 1000+ users, concluded M365 groups are fine.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 92 days ago
Says Microsoft changes accepted recipient filters for dynamic groups and breaks their setups, so they are going back to plain distribution lists.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 92 days ago
Found the Proton pm.me address was rejected by many websites and had to abandon it for another address.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 92 days ago
Mail from a Proton pm.me address to a Google Workspace university address and to Gmail landed in spam.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 94 days ago
Chose Infomaniak for a backup mailbox because it has no inactivity deletion policy, though signup needed a phone number.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 96 days ago
Has used Fastmail on a paid plan for years for its Gmail-like labels and features.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 99 days ago
Switched from Proton because Proton Mail Plus offers one custom domain while Fastmail is more flexible.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 100 days ago
They moved their own email to Microsoft 365 because it is easy.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 100 days ago
Six months on Fastmail after Proton; offers far more options for aliases, automation and folders.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 103 days ago
A couple of months on Proton free and likes how clean it is, with lots of storage and aliases.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 104 days ago
Likes Proton Mail with Pass aliases; a custom domain for professional email was easy to set up.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 104 days ago
Used Tuta before but chose Proton as the more polished platform.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 104 days ago
Finds Proton in 2026 has every feature they need, with the Unlimited plan great value.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 105 days ago
Has had Fastmail on and off for about ten years; steady and migrating back was super easy.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 106 days ago
Ditched Google months ago and love how fast the webmail and kDrive run, missing only Gmail's one-click inline email translation.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 106 days ago
Finds Tuta more widely accepted by sites than Proton and prefers it; the desktop client is free.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 106 days ago
mailbox.org is unbeatable at 1 euro a month but can act up over a VPN.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 108 days ago
Experience with Fastmail has not changed in over two decades.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 109 days ago
Moved a custom domain off Google last week and found Proton auto import from Gmail worked perfectly and was easy.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 109 days ago
After linking Gmail and Hotmail, some notification emails from Steam and Dekudeals stopped reaching the Proton mailbox.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 109 days ago
Many years on Proton mail; aliases let them track who sold their address and stop junk.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
Switched fully to Proton, forwarded Gmail tagged for a couple of months to change accounts, then deleted Gmail.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
Moving on to Tuta after being unsatisfied with Proton Linux support and its reliance on Google Play Services for mail.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
A former Workspace reseller migrated their own business to Proton and now offers Proton or M365 to clients.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
Uses Proton as the primary provider with a custom domain and has had no deliverability or registration issues.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
Runs a custom domain on Proton for a website and primary mail with few issues and no spam yet.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 110 days ago
Transitioned from Gmail to Proton with a custom domain last year and is happy, with no gripes on deliverability.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 111 days ago
They host email for a new .dev domain on Migadu; normal mail works but Discord, Sketchfab and Steam verification emails did not arrive until about two weeks later.
Reddit · r/Infomaniak · 112 days ago
Webmail still shows bright emails in dark mode, unlike Fastmail, though the author is considering a switch to Infomaniak.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 112 days ago
A new Tuta account kept showing security invalid, would not let them reset anything and had no support workaround.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 113 days ago
Workspace forwarding into Proton worked fine until Proton added the Gmail sending feature, then stopped working.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 114 days ago
Moved from Gmail to Tuta on a custom domain with zero regret, which lets them leave later without changing address.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 114 days ago
Tried Tuta after Proton but some emails would not arrive.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 114 days ago
Left Proton for Thundermail, finding development very slow and feedback ignored, and cancelled their subscription.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 114 days ago
Moved off Gmail this year to Fastmail on a custom domain and finds it a better product.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 118 days ago
Has used Proton Mail with Thunderbird via Proton Bridge for years without trouble.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 119 days ago
They are leaving because it is unstable, with servers down at least weekly. Loading email is very slow.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 122 days ago
After 15 years on Zoho Mail, says a redesign made the interface cluttered with tiny fonts, and it is buggy with unhelpful support.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 125 days ago
With Fastmail since 2003 and confirms they have stood the test of time.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 125 days ago
Moved from Proton to Fastmail with their own domain in about two hours and everything works as before.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 125 days ago
Since 2011 and migrated a whole business from Google Workspace; real human support and opt-in features.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 126 days ago
Gave up self-hosting mail for Purelymail at a flat $10 a year and has had no issues for a few months.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 126 days ago
Moved personal mail from a self-hosted server on Oracle Free Tier to mailbox.org and really likes the service.
Reddit · r/selfhosted · 126 days ago
Finds Zoho overrated for free users who are tied to its web UI and apps.
Reddit · r/googlecloud · 129 days ago
They hit an irreversible Workspace configuration that Google documentation recommends and support could only tell them to start over.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 133 days ago
After a sole-admin lockout, a ticket from a separate trial account got access back in about five days.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 135 days ago
Loves the privacy but in year two finds Tuta's UI outdated, settings hard to navigate, frequent errors and offline status, and slow handling of requests.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 135 days ago
Pays for both but won't renew Tuta, finding it full of friction and worrying about exporting mail.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Leadership is moving from Microsoft 365 E5 to E3 after the new renewal quote, the only way to stay budget neutral.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Says E5 is easier to manage per user and, when compared with what they ran before, cost less and delivered a little more.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Faced a 40% increase on E3 renewals and clawed back 30% by buying separate licensing and letting existing ones lapse.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Enterprise agreement renewal brings a significant increase for current SKUs, with discounts now offered to uplift to E7 in a pattern they expect to repeat.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Moved to E5 for a compelling deal, but the price step-ups in following years make it less worthwhile and many features go unused.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 135 days ago
Found moving from E3 plus add-ons to E5 cheaper with current Microsoft deals, depending on which E5 features you need.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 136 days ago
A few months on Fastmail and the UI/UX is excellent, though not hugely privacy-focused.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 136 days ago
Uses only the web interface and has not had issues.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 137 days ago
Years on mailbox.org with no issues, used mostly through Betterbird and FairEmail.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 137 days ago
The mailbox.org signup looped back to plan selection, and they learned the web interface is known for login issues.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 137 days ago
Uses Purelymail, which is super cheap and really nice, though it needs a separate client.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 137 days ago
Has dealt with admin lockout recovery several times and calls Microsoft support a nightmare and a huge time sink.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 138 days ago
Dealing with a client's admin lockout, found calling Microsoft support intentionally hostile and a massive pain.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 138 days ago
Needed about 20 calls to reach a human twice during a tenant lockout, and the first one hung up.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 138 days ago
Helped a client locked out of its tenant for over two weeks and calls Microsoft's recovery process disdainful.
Reddit · r/HostingReport · 139 days ago
Runs standalone mail on Purelymail with the domain at Porkbun, and even with three providers the total comes out cheaper than an all-in-one plan from Hostinger.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 139 days ago
Locked out as sole admin, needed about 2.5 weeks and 21 support calls to reset the account.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 140 days ago
They moved to Migadu for email after Mailbox.org did not fit multiple domains and users, and say it was exactly what they needed. They have separate mailboxes plus a catch-all burner domain and like the flexible admin panel and iOS IMAP support.
Reddit · r/webhosting · 141 days ago
Just moved their mail to Fastmail and says it is great.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 141 days ago
Uses Infomaniak, which offers many options, a good free tier and competitive pricing.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 141 days ago
Home Depot rejects fastmail.com addresses when registering or changing an account email, and Fastmail support could not get it unblocked.
Reddit · r/fastmail · 141 days ago
Creating a retailer account with a fastmail.com address kept failing, while an alias on their own domain worked.
Reddit · r/webhosting · 142 days ago
They use Zoho Mail for their domain and set up groups with addresses delivering to separate folders with different rules, which has worked well.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 144 days ago
Switched from Proton to mailbox.org at 3 euros a month with two domains and catch-all, and is very happy.
Reddit · r/webhosting · 145 days ago
They got in early when Google Workspace was free, and it now costs them about 35 dollars a month for one or two mailboxes across 9 domains, which they call far from ideal.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 145 days ago
Created seven paid Tuta accounts over VPN, but two were deleted over a PayPal issue; the 3.60 euro monthly price was worth the address.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 145 days ago
Switched to paid Proton Mail with Pass for aliases and has no real complaints.
Reddit · r/sysadmin · 146 days ago
After admin accounts were wiped, Microsoft support could only restore a snapshot from three months earlier.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 147 days ago
As a paying Tuta user, cancelling a yearly plan downgrades immediately with no refund of the unused period.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 147 days ago
Moved from Proton to Purelymail at $10 a year for unlimited domains and aliases, linked to a self-hosted addy.io.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 147 days ago
Transferred one Google Workspace account into Proton Unlimited perfectly, but a second account hit the Gmail-only error.
Reddit · r/degoogle · 148 days ago
Got flooded with 200K 2FA codes from Tuta, could not resolve it for a week and is switching to Proton.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 148 days ago
While on Tuta, servers went down and mail was inaccessible five or six times a year.
Reddit · r/emailprivacy · 149 days ago
mailbox.org was great but recently had many problems.
Reddit · r/ProtonMail · 150 days ago
Tested Tuta when leaving Proton and found the interface and mail rules too barebones, while liking the built-in calendar.