why's fastmail.ca smaller?

dantheman · 28 Apr 2002, 05:27 AM

Why is Fastmail.ca smaller with regards to minimum space? Why can't the different categories-levels of membership be same as in U.S.? Not too please with this treatment...

mikemee · 28 Apr 2002, 05:37 AM

Probably because its a completely different company from fastmail. (I note on one of the fastmail.ca pages that its 'totally Canadian owned', whereas fastmail.fm is Australian). (Note that I didn't create an account and logon, so I don't know if they're a fastmail.fm reseller - I don't think any resellers exist (yet?))

And, of course, there's no reason to be displeased. Just use fastmal.fm instead of fastmail.ca (though, you won't be able to be 'you@fastmail.ca' obviously)

mail2me · 28 Apr 2002, 05:47 AM

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Why is Fastmail.ca smaller with regards to minimum space? Why can't the different categories-levels of membership be same as in U.S.? Not too please with this treatment...

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Telling fastmail.fm that your fastmail.ca account is smaller is like telling fastmail.fm that your hotmail account is smaller

P.S. Its like blaming SPAM (http://www.spam.com) for all the spam messages we get

esTester · 28 Apr 2002, 07:00 AM

They are totally different companies and Fastmail.fm is a lot richer feature and support wise.

mail2me · 28 Apr 2002, 07:08 AM

How can they also call themselves fastmail. This is very misleading. Haven't fastmail.fm filed a patent for its name? Who started first?

esTester · 28 Apr 2002, 07:14 AM

I bet there are a few more Fastmails too actually. They own the name, Fastmail.fm is Fastmail.FM, not Fastmail. Fastmail.ca is the same way. There are a bunch of domain extensions, so there are alot of Fastmails unless a companies buys every extension out. I think thats basically how it would work in this case.

Jeremy Howard · 28 Apr 2002, 07:55 AM

fastmail.ca has a Canadian trademark. fastmail.fm has an Australian trademark.

dantheman · 28 Apr 2002, 09:07 AM

Thanks Estester. Didn't know it could be so complicated.

luzanne · 28 Apr 2002, 08:52 PM

i just found out thru altavista that there's at least ten other email providers called fastmail and the .dk one is a xxxx email provider.

just hope that the good reputation of fastmail.fm won't be borrowed or tarnished by other providers.

but it won't be so confusing if fastmail.fm could just buy the .com, net and org extension

PON · 28 Apr 2002, 10:05 PM

I just signed a Canadian friend with fastmail(.fm) account up for a fastmail.ca account with the same username... so he can use it as a backup email account.

A good job he's not Danish<laugh>

Paul

dantheman · 29 Apr 2002, 09:32 AM

Sorry PON, don't catch on that Danish bit.

PON · 29 Apr 2002, 09:36 AM

A Canadian got a fastmail.ca address
If he were Danish it might have been fastmail.dk
Fastmail.dk is used for xxx mail (see above)

dantheman · 29 Apr 2002, 10:29 AM

Goccha PON!

nic76 · 29 Apr 2002, 01:02 PM

i guess some mail inteded for fastmail.dk will end up on fastmail.com, but i doubt very much someone will accidentely send it to fastmail.fm, so maybe it's a good thing fastmail doesn't have the dot com

28 Apr 2002, 05:27 AM	#1
dantheman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 857	why's fastmail.ca smaller? Why is Fastmail.ca smaller with regards to minimum space? Why can't the different categories-levels of membership be same as in U.S.? Not too please with this treatment...

28 Apr 2002, 09:07 AM	#8
dantheman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 857	thanks to Estester Thanks Estester. Didn't know it could be so complicated.

28 Apr 2002, 08:52 PM	#9
luzanne Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2002 Posts: 22	won't it be so confusing? i just found out thru altavista that there's at least ten other email providers called fastmail and the .dk one is a xxxx email provider. just hope that the good reputation of fastmail.fm won't be borrowed or tarnished by other providers. but it won't be so confusing if fastmail.fm could just buy the .com, net and org extension

29 Apr 2002, 09:32 AM	#11
dantheman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 857	Danish PON? Sorry PON, don't catch on that Danish bit.

29 Apr 2002, 10:29 AM	#13
dantheman Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Hot Springs, AR Posts: 857	ok pon! Goccha PON!

28 Apr 2002, 05:37 AM	#2
mikemee Member Join Date: Feb 2002 Posts: 77	Probably because its a completely different company from fastmail. (I note on one of the fastmail.ca pages that its 'totally Canadian owned', whereas fastmail.fm is Australian). (Note that I didn't create an account and logon, so I don't know if they're a fastmail.fm reseller - I don't think any resellers exist (yet?)) And, of course, there's no reason to be displeased. Just use fastmal.fm instead of fastmail.ca (though, you won't be able to be 'you@fastmail.ca' obviously)

28 Apr 2002, 05:47 AM	#3
mail2me Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,597	Quote Why is Fastmail.ca smaller with regards to minimum space? Why can't the different categories-levels of membership be same as in U.S.? Not too please with this treatment... Unquote Telling fastmail.fm that your fastmail.ca account is smaller is like telling fastmail.fm that your hotmail account is smaller P.S. Its like blaming SPAM (http://www.spam.com) for all the spam messages we get

28 Apr 2002, 07:00 AM	#4
esTester Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 968	They are totally different companies and Fastmail.fm is a lot richer feature and support wise.

28 Apr 2002, 07:08 AM	#5
mail2me Master of the @ Join Date: Apr 2002 Location: California, USA Posts: 1,597	How can they also call themselves fastmail. This is very misleading. Haven't fastmail.fm filed a patent for its name? Who started first?

28 Apr 2002, 07:14 AM	#6
esTester Cornerstone of the Community Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Los Angeles, CA Posts: 968	I bet there are a few more Fastmails too actually. They own the name, Fastmail.fm is Fastmail.FM, not Fastmail. Fastmail.ca is the same way. There are a bunch of domain extensions, so there are alot of Fastmails unless a companies buys every extension out. I think thats basically how it would work in this case.

28 Apr 2002, 07:55 AM	#7
Jeremy Howard Ultimate Contributor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Australia Posts: 11,501	fastmail.ca has a Canadian trademark. fastmail.fm has an Australian trademark.

28 Apr 2002, 10:05 PM	#10
PON Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 449	I just signed a Canadian friend with fastmail(.fm) account up for a fastmail.ca account with the same username... so he can use it as a backup email account. A good job he's not Danish<laugh> Paul

29 Apr 2002, 09:36 AM	#12
PON Essential Contributor Join Date: Mar 2002 Location: Wicklow, Ireland Posts: 449	A Canadian got a fastmail.ca address If he were Danish it might have been fastmail.dk Fastmail.dk is used for xxx mail (see above)

29 Apr 2002, 01:02 PM	#14
nic76 Essential Contributor Join Date: Nov 2001 Posts: 449	i guess some mail inteded for fastmail.dk will end up on fastmail.com, but i doubt very much someone will accidentely send it to fastmail.fm, so maybe it's a good thing fastmail doesn't have the dot com