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ibcsweb · 16 Dec 2013, 06:02 AM

Just a quick note to dsay that I have signed up for a paid account with Polaris after a free trial.
The first thing I did was mess up my payment! I replied to George who ahd been kind enough to let me know there had been an isue and sorted it out.

I am writing this because my reasons for moving to a paid provider are as much to do with the performance of other providers as they are with the excellence of Polaris Mail.

I started using Gmail wayback when it was invitation only. Up until the middle of this year I have had little or no issues with them and could not see myself changing my main provider.

When I started to get ads placed in my inbox by Google themselves, I knew that my time with them was coming to an end.

I did not want to go to Yahoo as I never liked them. The huge picture ads taking up half my screen had a lot to do with that. I never gave them a second chance as too many other providers came along for me to bother looking back.

Then when I had decided to look at them again I started hearing about all the lost emails and their total disregard for their customers. Then it happens again!!

So I looked at the paid option for a main provider.

I had been using Gmail along side Outlook for my desktop client. The combination of Email, Calendar and tasks was so convinient I did not want to lose that.

I looked at Runbox, Fastmail but found that they did not even have a calendar, never mind one that would sync, so they were out. (Not saying anything against either, only that the feature set available did not suit my purposes).

I had looked at Polaris beofre and had had dificulties syncing the calendar to the Outlook desktop and at the time I decided to stick with Gmail. Now it was time to take another look.

As I had been on MACs for some years for most things I decided that I would get rid of my win 7 machine altogether. I looked at Outlook for MAC and found the price to be inflated well beyond its worth. So I checked out Thunderbird attatched a calendar opened a trial account with Polaris and synced up my contacts, email and calendar. It all worked and is continuing to work very well.

I am so pleased that I may end up talking to them about having my main email domain transfered to them directly if that is possible. I don't know. I have to look into that.

I still use Gmail and Outlook.com as back ups and of course I keep emails on the hard drive where they belong.

It is a long time since I have felt so comfortable with a company and I would strongly recomend anyone thinking of going paid to give Polaris Mail serious consideration.

16 Dec 2013, 06:02 AM	#1
ibcsweb Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Nov 2002 Location: UK Posts: 546	Polaris Mail Just a quick note to dsay that I have signed up for a paid account with Polaris after a free trial. The first thing I did was mess up my payment! I replied to George who ahd been kind enough to let me know there had been an isue and sorted it out. I am writing this because my reasons for moving to a paid provider are as much to do with the performance of other providers as they are with the excellence of Polaris Mail. I started using Gmail wayback when it was invitation only. Up until the middle of this year I have had little or no issues with them and could not see myself changing my main provider. When I started to get ads placed in my inbox by Google themselves, I knew that my time with them was coming to an end. I did not want to go to Yahoo as I never liked them. The huge picture ads taking up half my screen had a lot to do with that. I never gave them a second chance as too many other providers came along for me to bother looking back. Then when I had decided to look at them again I started hearing about all the lost emails and their total disregard for their customers. Then it happens again!! So I looked at the paid option for a main provider. I had been using Gmail along side Outlook for my desktop client. The combination of Email, Calendar and tasks was so convinient I did not want to lose that. I looked at Runbox, Fastmail but found that they did not even have a calendar, never mind one that would sync, so they were out. (Not saying anything against either, only that the feature set available did not suit my purposes). I had looked at Polaris beofre and had had dificulties syncing the calendar to the Outlook desktop and at the time I decided to stick with Gmail. Now it was time to take another look. As I had been on MACs for some years for most things I decided that I would get rid of my win 7 machine altogether. I looked at Outlook for MAC and found the price to be inflated well beyond its worth. So I checked out Thunderbird attatched a calendar opened a trial account with Polaris and synced up my contacts, email and calendar. It all worked and is continuing to work very well. I am so pleased that I may end up talking to them about having my main email domain transfered to them directly if that is possible. I don't know. I have to look into that. I still use Gmail and Outlook.com as back ups and of course I keep emails on the hard drive where they belong. It is a long time since I have felt so comfortable with a company and I would strongly recomend anyone thinking of going paid to give Polaris Mail serious consideration.