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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by quonn on Saturday August 13, 2016 @06:54PM (#12283471)
Most people in fact know this and assume they are being tracked everywhere and they also assume that the service providers (Google, Facebook) can read everything.

The problem is not that alternatives are too expensive, but that there are no good alternatives. I would be glad to pay $5/month to Google to get an ad-free version.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by crasm on Sunday August 14, 2016 @09:02AM (#12285412)
There was a recent blog post about migrating from gmail to FastMail on here earlier this week.

In my personal experience, it's been excellent. I've but using it for about a year and a half now, receiving from custom domains and sending from their servers.

Their webapp is better than Google's and it's actually the main reason why I've stayed with them.

It's also cheaper than $5/mo.

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Re:Ask HN: Is it possible to run your own mail server for pe... by Spakman on Friday August 19, 2016 @04:39AM (#12318705)
I disagree that most people know this. I imagine most reasonably technical people do, but I'd be amazed if most people on the street understand any of this.
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