Ask HN: Gmail alternatives?

Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by alaithea on Friday February 12, 2010 @02:24PM (#1121492)

I'm not sure they have any. Their marketing and communication tend to be pretty minimalist. I happen to like it that way.

You can always get a free guest account to try it out. Or if you ask nicely enough, one of us who have accounts might be able to post a screenshot. ;)

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by robmueller on Saturday February 13, 2010 @02:45AM (#1122717)

(FYI, I'm one of the owners/developers of FastMail)

Hmmm yes, we don't really have any screenshots do we, we should probably fix that!

Hopefully even without a screenshot, we can convince people it's worth trying us out (there is the free Guest account, minimal storage, but you can at least look around the interface, and then upgrade if you like it)

Quick links to the two biggest things people want to know, features and reliability.

http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_features.html http://www.fastmail.fm/help/overview_reliability.html

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by Maro on Friday February 12, 2010 @02:28PM (#1121509)

Please do, I'm curious.

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by alaithea on Friday February 12, 2010 @04:44PM (#1121865)

Here's an interview with the founder, which includes a screenshot of a message view.

http://www.emailserviceguide.com/2009/10/interview-with-jere...

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Re:Ask HN: Gmail alternatives? by decode on Friday February 12, 2010 @02:47PM (#1121580)

Here's my junk mail folder: http://i.imgur.com/2IwpW.png

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