Ouch, had no idea Opera owned Fastmail. Here are a few more paid accounts which would not be renewed.

No way I'd renew my paid Fastmail.fm account if Facebook buys the company.

Agreed. If Facebook acquires Opera, I'm out of there. I'm quite fond of Fastmail, so I'm really hoping this is just a rumour.

Is Fastmail a reliable provider? Ties to Opera might give it a measure of "perceived quality".

I don't mind paying a few $ for a decent service, not tied to Yahoo, Google, or Microsoft.

I've been using them for 10+ years, with no complaints. Their webmail is good, never any problems with their IMAP, a bunch of domains to choose from for their free accounts, and relatively cheap paid plans with decent quotas. Plus, they don't read my mail to sell me ads like Gmail does.

Same experience here, although I'm a newer user who just switched from Gmail a few months ago. Spent a couple of weeks researching alternatives before settling on Fastmail and would not be happy to repeat the process.

> Plus, they don't read my mail to sell me ads like Gmail does.

The primary reason I am interested in them.

I agree. If this is true, hopefully they leave Fastmail alone.

Delete your mailboxes soon, because they will be "unforgettable" once facebook has them.