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Forum: FastMail Forum 16 Feb 2022, 01:21 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,169
Posted By audelair
The test emails were plain text and had very...

The test emails were plain text and had very innocent subject and body text. I was pretty thorough with making sure they looked like regular correspondences.



Microsoft's spam filter is too...
Forum: FastMail Forum 15 Feb 2022, 04:09 PM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,169
Posted By audelair
Sending from Fastmail Alias --> Gsuite Enhanced Scanning = Phishing?

So I've been doing some testing with Fastmail's deliverability to other providers.

I noticed that sending from an alias (or random username at my hosted domain... i.e. if you have *@yourdomain.com...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Feb 2022, 10:41 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,794
Posted By audelair
Yea, Microsoft and iCloud are definitely worth a...

Yea, Microsoft and iCloud are definitely worth a consideration. I'm hesitant to get more locked into the Apple ecosystem, though. Microsoft probably is worth looking into, but I don't like the...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Feb 2022, 07:25 AM
Replies: 15
Views: 7,794
Posted By audelair
Unhappy The hardest things to find in an email provider?

As a Google Workspace Legacy potential refugee, I'm realizing how hard it is to find a perfect email provider. I've done so many free trials and even setup mail servers on VPS's to try different...
Forum: FastMail Forum 3 Feb 2022, 02:17 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Thanks for the feedback on that. Hah, i love it...

Thanks for the feedback on that. Hah, i love it when support says "that can never happen" when it clearly does.

If I leave Google Workspace, I definitely would not be looking at Fastmail's support...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 11:50 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Yea, plus, there is no issue with sending as the...

Yea, plus, there is no issue with sending as the domain in this case. Any of the forwarded aliases will never be trying to "send as" the domain. They are simply receiving it. If they needed SMTP, I'd...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 11:48 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
In all the domain registrars I've used, if you...

In all the domain registrars I've used, if you use their forwarding service, I would need to point my MX records to them. In this case, I would have Fastmail host my email and have only a few aliases...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 11:47 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Hmmm, but it would be hard to know every sender....

Hmmm, but it would be hard to know every sender. Since the sender can be anyone. I guess this can help if there is a known bouncing issue from a particular domain with a strict SPF policy. Is that...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 04:06 PM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Oh, I just discovered the SRS rewriting option on...

Oh, I just discovered the SRS rewriting option on aliases. I just enabled it on one of the aliases that forwards to Gmail. The SPF passes now. I think this should work great!

Edit: hmmmm, now I am...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 07:33 AM
Replies: 42
Views: 13,315
Posted By audelair
Which settings reverted on their own? Just...

Which settings reverted on their own? Just curious as I am considering moving to Fastmail from Google Workspace, primarily due to customer service disappointment on Google's side.
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 05:54 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Ah this is great to know and is exactly how I...

Ah this is great to know and is exactly how I plan to use it. Thanks!
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 04:19 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
Thanks for the feedback. I'm hoping it is...

Thanks for the feedback. I'm hoping it is reliable, as it would be a lot of work to migrate out again if it proves to be sporadic. I can always add a user to the basic plan for $3 a month and have...
Forum: FastMail Forum 28 Jan 2022, 02:27 AM
Replies: 19
Views: 7,880
Posted By audelair
How reliable has alias forwarding been (to external email addresses)

I am a Google Workspace legacy refugee considering either paying for Google Workspace or Fastmail. I used to be a Fastmail user a very long time ago (I still remember the good ol' days of doing css...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Aug 2017, 03:21 PM
Replies: 14
Views: 14,517
Posted By audelair
I just opened an account with the free option. My...

I just opened an account with the free option. My initial findings:

The Good:

Very easy to set up. I had my DNS updated according to their directions and had my first mailbox up in a matter of...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 11 Aug 2017, 04:35 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,324
Posted By audelair
Interesting. Looks like email forwarding is not...

Interesting.
Looks like email forwarding is not what it used to be. I used to forward my alumni address to me until I stopped getting them reliably over the past few years. Luckily, my University...
Forum: Email Comments, Questions and Miscellaneous 10 Aug 2017, 07:17 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 3,324
Posted By audelair
Is Email Forwarding (i.e. from Google Domains or Namecheap) Reliable?

Hello,
I have a couple domains hosted by Google Domains, which offers free email forwarding. I was wondering if email forwarding used in this fashion is as reliable as having a dedicated email...
Forum: FastMail Forum 8 Oct 2010, 05:23 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 619
Posted By audelair
If I "convert quota" can I not renew extra storage?

I was wondering what happens if I convert quota and go to the annual fee method for extra storage. Do I then have an option to eliminate my extra storage so that I do not have the storage anymore...
Forum: FastMail Forum 25 May 2009, 02:01 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 462
Posted By audelair
Thanks! I didn't even know what to search for. It...

Thanks! I didn't even know what to search for. It looks like Fastmail has a backscatter action setting, so I just set it to discard. Hopefully that works.

Is it generally safe to use "discard" on...
Forum: FastMail Forum 25 May 2009, 01:13 PM
Replies: 3
Views: 462
Posted By audelair
Insane and sudden Spam Bombardment. Help!!

Hi,
I always diligently protect my email address from Spam. I actually get very little spam. Actually almost none, other than mail forwarded to me from my old University Email.

Today however that...
Forum: FastMail Forum 9 Nov 2008, 12:30 PM
Replies: 2
Views: 619
Posted By audelair
Hi Bill, Thanks for the response. Good idea,...

Hi Bill,

Thanks for the response.
Good idea, regarding whitelisting everyone that I expect emails from. That is something I haven't done yet.

I just checked my folders and nothing is set for...
Forum: FastMail Forum 8 Nov 2008, 12:47 AM
Replies: 2
Views: 619
Posted By audelair
Hunch that I'm missing emails

I've been a Fastmail Full user for several years now, and have always found it to be very reliable. However, the past week or so, there have been several instances where I believe emails are not...
Forum: FastMail Forum 6 Sep 2008, 10:06 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 745
Posted By audelair
Improvement of "Default Personality"

Hello,

When you compose a new message, the default personality is always chosen.

However, when you receive mail "TO" an address that is not any of your personalities, it defaults to the fastmail...
Forum: FastMail Forum 5 Sep 2008, 03:44 AM
Replies: 16
Views: 10,795
Posted By audelair
One more idea to achieve full redundancy. For...

One more idea to achieve full redundancy. For those that want to use the actual gmail account email address, you can also set this filter in gmail:

Matches: to: (newuser@gmail.com)
Do this: forward...
Forum: Google Gmail Forum 5 Sep 2008, 02:29 AM
Replies: 4
Views: 917
Posted By audelair
thanks. you are correct about that. I did some...

thanks. you are correct about that. I did some googling and found this to be the case.

unfortunately, it seems I am not able to completely hide my gmail account username (since it's shown in the...
Forum: FastMail Forum 5 Sep 2008, 02:26 AM
Replies: 1
Views: 566
Posted By audelair
Loophole regarding number of personalities

Fastmail limits the number of personalities that you can have. For instance, Full members can only have 8 personalities. If you create your 9th personality, it will say that your membership level...
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