How do you migrate to a new mail host?

[nighthawk700]

Originally Posted by flinchlock

Oops... I did not correctly understand what the problem is.

Mike

Looks like the workaround is to use the shortcut key 'g'.

[johanborg]

Originally Posted by nighthawk700

Looks like the workaround is to use the shortcut key 'g'.

It is, but it's also not easy to find, we need to improve that. Thanks for helping out!

[Quilleron]

Originally Posted by JohnMike

Any idea how to ensure a smooth migration to a new mail provider?

Can anyone list the likely options. I haven't looked for many years so I have no idea what is out there nor what the likely costs might be?

Can I keep my existing mail addresses and have them act as a pass through to some other service?

As I suggested in another post, I'm going to be experimenting with having Thunderbird or Sea Monkey installed on the machines I use so that I don't have to put up with the widely spread nature of even the new classic interface. Not a replacement for a good online e-mail service but an alternative which may aleviate some of the pain.

I also found this:
http://alternativeto.net/software/fastmail/

which may be a good starting point when looking for something different.

The pain though is in learning the intricacies of yet another interface. FastMail was, I thought, the one thing I could rely on in the online world but my faith has been destroyed and all the work I put in to getting it just the way I wanted and training everyone from my 8 year old son to my 87 year old father has gone up in a puff of cyberware!

[NJSS]

With respect you may find this:-

http://www.emaildiscussions.com/forumdisplay.php?f=8

more usefull.

I suggest you look at (in more particular order):-

RunBox
POBox
Polaris Mail
EuMX
Tuffmail
LuxSci
Safe Mail

For what it's worth I have had a POBox account in parallel with FastMail for 10 years or so; and during that time have had accounts with Tuffmail & RunBox.

NJSS

[groanerton]

Thanks for this NJSS - I've been with FM since 2000 (!!!) and it really is time to bounce. What has the best webmail interface in your opinion?

[NJSS]

groanerton

You are not going to like this, but for me FastMail Classic.

All my email goes to POBox, is despammed there, and is forwarded to my FM & RunBox accounts.

I would suggest that if you must move a POBox account is the first step, you can then forward to FM, and continue as is whilst you try out some of the others.

The elegant redundancy is reassuring, there is of course a single point of failure, but POBox have an enviable record of uptime.

NJSS

[chrisjj]

Originally Posted by BritTim

Actually, you can get back to the previous interface (mostly).

1. Log out
2. Go to https://classic.fastmail.fm [Do not be confused that this is still the new interface login screen with a different URL]
3. Click "More" under the password text box. Ensure "Use classic interface" is checked.
4. Provide your FM user and password and press enter

Today, I find it unnecessary to click More. That URL shows a login panel having "[x] Forcing classic interface" and it does go to a classic interface, albeit a version not quite the same as the pre-Halloween version.

[hankfoner]

Originally Posted by chrisjj

Today, I find it unnecessary to click More. That URL shows a login panel having "[x] Forcing classic interface" and it does go to a classic interface, albeit a version not quite the same as the pre-Halloween version.

Wow! Maybe someone is listening to us.

[David]

Originally Posted by hankfoner

Wow! Maybe someone is listening to us.

It's an old ideology methinks: you take away almost everything and then throw back a few crumbs.........