FastMail vs. Webmail.US

CyberSaint · 14 Apr 2007, 03:11 AM

This debate has been engaged several times, but as someone who now has used both extensively, I'd like to give my opinion here.

I jumped ship from Fastmail after one of the extended server failures. I wanted something more reliable and stable. I chose Webmail.US. Webmail US had a great reputation, snazzy interface, and five user accounts to distribute to family members. It also has the RSS feature, which I found really attractive.

Looking back however, I miss the simplicity of Fastmail. Fastmail doesn't have the corporate look and feel of Webmail.US, but it is FAST. I've also had a LOT of problems with composing messages in Webmail, getting a "user error" message while typing. I had to start all over again. I don't recall any such problems with Fastmail.

Webmail isn't bad at all -- I'm using it presently for all my professional email. I'm just not sure that it is better than FastMail. In fact, I actually may switch my domain back to Fastmail when time comes to renew my annual service contract.

In short, as a frequent, heavy user of email for personal and professional communication, I see WebMail.US as very good, and FastMail as better. Each one has its pros and cons, but Fastmail emerges the best of the two overall.

CS

David · 14 Apr 2007, 04:28 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberSaint;

I jumped ship from Fastmail after one of the extended server failures. I wanted something more reliable and stable. I chose Webmail.US. Webmail US had a great reputation, snazzy interface, and five user accounts to distribute to family members. It also has the RSS feature, which I found really attractive.

Looking back however, I miss the simplicity of Fastmail.

I also jumped ship and moved to Tuffmail for a year, which in a few ways is superior to Fastmail.

I moved back to Fastmail because I missed some of their easy to use unique features (available on their web interface) I guess I am not going back to using a client, although I thought I might like to when I first moved away from Fastmail.

BinaryTB · 14 Apr 2007, 05:27 AM

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Originally Posted by David

I also jumped ship and moved to Tuffmail for a year, which in a few ways is superior to Fastmail.

I moved back to Fastmail because I missed some of their easy to use unique features (available on their web interface) I guess I am not going back to using a client, although I thought I might like to when I first moved away from Fastmail.

Same here, Fastmail -> Tuffmail, but I'm still with Tuffmail, but I may switch back to Fastmail once they have their Family/Business plans going. I still use Fastmail's SMTP servers though, just because sending to Hotmail via Tuffmail's SMTP is nigh impossible.

I do like Horde plus Tuffmail's MX level spam filtering (AMAZING) not to mention real-time reports, but for a family they're getting too expensive (rates increased a little while ago).

CyberSaint · 14 Apr 2007, 05:35 AM

What's the news with the family/business plan at Fastmail? Not having used them for a bit, I haven't heard a thing. I'm even MORE interested now!

CS

David · 14 Apr 2007, 06:08 AM

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Originally Posted by CyberSaint

What's the news with the family/business plan at Fastmail? Not having used them for a bit, I haven't heard a thing. I'm even MORE interested now!

There was discussion of this a few weeks ago - here

14 Apr 2007, 03:11 AM	#1
CyberSaint Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 206	FastMail vs. Webmail.US This debate has been engaged several times, but as someone who now has used both extensively, I'd like to give my opinion here. I jumped ship from Fastmail after one of the extended server failures. I wanted something more reliable and stable. I chose Webmail.US. Webmail US had a great reputation, snazzy interface, and five user accounts to distribute to family members. It also has the RSS feature, which I found really attractive. Looking back however, I miss the simplicity of Fastmail. Fastmail doesn't have the corporate look and feel of Webmail.US, but it is FAST. I've also had a LOT of problems with composing messages in Webmail, getting a "user error" message while typing. I had to start all over again. I don't recall any such problems with Fastmail. Webmail isn't bad at all -- I'm using it presently for all my professional email. I'm just not sure that it is better than FastMail. In fact, I actually may switch my domain back to Fastmail when time comes to renew my annual service contract. In short, as a frequent, heavy user of email for personal and professional communication, I see WebMail.US as very good, and FastMail as better. Each one has its pros and cons, but Fastmail emerges the best of the two overall. CS

14 Apr 2007, 05:35 AM	#4
CyberSaint Essential Contributor Join Date: Apr 2004 Location: Hurricane, WV Posts: 206	What's the news with the family/business plan at Fastmail? Not having used them for a bit, I haven't heard a thing. I'm even MORE interested now! CS