FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-encryption laws

Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by gaadd33 on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:09AM (#19243646)

Does Fastmail offer an auto-backup option? Or any other email provider?

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by brongondwana on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:11AM (#19243655)

You can auto-download from just about anywhere that provides standard IMAP access!

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by ocdtrekkie on Monday February 25, 2019 @10:32AM (#19246301)

Bron, I do (kinda) take backups of my FastMail account via an Outlook sync occasionally, but I'd really much rather you also had a Takeout-esque "one and done" download that included calendar and contact data and all. For my major online accounts, I like keeping an archive of these, compressed and dated.

Is there any chance FastMail will implement this anytime soon?

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by ascar on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:27AM (#19243739)

Even POP3 should suffice for backups. It downloads the complete emails by default anyway :)

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by brongondwana on Monday February 25, 2019 @02:50AM (#19243841)

POP3 is tricky when you use server-side rules to file emails into multiple folders. You can use + login to fetch each folder individually, but IMAP is definitely nicer to work with. And of course JMAP is coming!

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by dannysu on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:15AM (#19244751)

I use offlineimap (https://www.offlineimap.org/) weekly to backup my email from FastMail.

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