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

Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by hombre_fatal on Monday February 25, 2019 @04:07AM (#19244162)

Do you recycle emails like Fastmail once people stop paying?

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by Felz on Monday February 25, 2019 @06:31AM (#19244840)

Yes, which is part of why I recommend getting your own domain. (Although you gotta pay for that too.) Is that a big issue for you?

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by C14L on Monday February 25, 2019 @07:49AM (#19245219)

"Recycle"? Does that mean that abandoned email addresses are given again to other people? That would be terrible practice. Hope I misunderstood.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by dingaling on Monday February 25, 2019 @08:28AM (#19245430)

All of the big commercial email providers do that.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by aquabeagle on Monday February 25, 2019 @09:54AM (#19246000)

Google is perhaps the biggest commercial email provider and they never release old usernames. That would be a huge security problem.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by LinuxBender on Monday February 25, 2019 @11:15AM (#19246631)

Google will not throw away any chance at regaining their lost product (you). So certainly, they are the exception. Without user data, Google would no longer provide email. If someone else starting using your identity, then their tracking, big-data and stats would be less useful.

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Re:FastMail loses customers, faces calls to move over anti-e... by hombre_fatal on Tuesday February 26, 2019 @09:54PM (#19260464)

Of course. It's a security nightmare.

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