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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by jwilk on Saturday December 23, 2017 @02:26PM (#15995776)
What alternatives to GMail do you recommend?
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by DashRattlesnake on Saturday December 23, 2017 @05:04PM (#15996506)
https://www.fastmail.com/

It costs $5/month if you want to use your own domain. I've pretty much stopped using Gmail, etc. and switched totally to them.

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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by whiddershins on Sunday December 24, 2017 @02:31PM (#16000930)
Do you find their web interface as good as Gmail?
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by DashRattlesnake on Sunday December 24, 2017 @04:32PM (#16001394)
Yes, I do. The only thing I miss is tagging/archiving. Fastmail uses a traditional folder paradigm, and archiving only moves the message to a special archive folder.

Their login 2FA options are as good as Gmails, and I like their mail-rules better (though you have to drop into "power users" mode more than I'd like).

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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by jftuga on Saturday December 23, 2017 @10:05PM (#15997657)
How is their calendar?
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by DashRattlesnake on Sunday December 24, 2017 @04:37PM (#16001411)
I haven't used it as much, but it seems just as good for single-person use. It's WebDAV IIRC. I haven't tried to use any "shared calendar" features.
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by Can_Not on Sunday December 24, 2017 @09:06AM (#15999567)
https://protonmail.com/ is free, open source, and encrypted.
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by whiddershins on Saturday December 23, 2017 @03:30PM (#15996114)
Honestly I think the answer to your question is: giant fail by the tech community, because to my knowledge there isn’t anything actually comparable, free or paid.
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Re:I got locked out of my Google account for a month by DashRattlesnake on Sunday December 24, 2017 @04:37PM (#16001412)
Fastmail certainly is comparable.
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