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13 May 2018, 04:44 PM | #1 |
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Question about domain
If I want to bring my Gandi domain to Fastmail I know the steps, but I need some help from you guys before thinking to do it or not:
1- What happens with my current Fastmail username when I login?, will it change? 2.- My current aliases in Gandi email, will they work in Fastmail automatically or I need to create them again?, and what about my messages in those Gandi email accounts?. Will I be limited in aliases with my domain in Fastmail?. Actually my aliases are unlimited with Gandi. 3.- When I create a new alias, will it be possible to create a FM alias and a "my domain" alias easily? Thanks! |
13 May 2018, 05:37 PM | #2 |
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Before I answer your questions, I want to ensure there is a clear understanding of what we are talking about. What you will set up in FastMail is Aliases for incoming emails, and Identities for outgoing messages.
The Aliases for incoming emails for your own domain determines the account that should receive those messages (that is, you can choose to have different accounts associated with each email address, as you probably expect). It is possible (probably recommended) to have a wildcard Alias for your domain to receive messages to addresses not handled by specific address Aliases. If you handle all messages for the domain from a single account, you will just need a single wildcard alias to ensure receipt of incoming messages.
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13 May 2018, 06:57 PM | #3 |
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Thank you for the answer BritTim,
and do you know what happens with all the messages I already have in my emails now (Gandi)?. Are they transfered automatically or I need to do it manually? I prefer to avoid a wilcard alias to receive less spam. |
14 May 2018, 01:34 AM | #4 |
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Your existing emails will need to be transferred if you want them available in FastMail. You can either do this manually using an IMAP client (set up with both Gmail and FastMail) or use FastMail's IMAP migration tool. Whichever way you choose to do it, you may well end up needing to do some deduplication (which FastMail partially automates) because of the somewhat eccentric nature of Gmail's IMAP support. It is a pain, but a one time process.
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14 May 2018, 02:51 AM | #5 | |
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But I understand what you say and so I need to use IMAP with Thunderbird for example to do it. I thought it could be automatic or so. Thanks a lot. |
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14 May 2018, 03:34 AM | #6 | |
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Now you are wanting to transfer the sending/receiving of e-mails (not the domain from the registrar Gandi) to FastMail. Are you then amending the NS or just MX records in Gandi to point to FastMail? If so, and because you mention aliases that have previously been created in Gandi, I would suggest that you record your current settings in Gandi. I have done this a few times, and what I have done is take screen caps of all the settings (aliases, etc) in Gandi, then I have them to refer to when setting them up again in FastMail. As for the e-mails currently with Gandi, if you are keeping your domain registered with them you can keep the e-mail accounts and the e-mails stored there, unless you really do want/need to transfer them over to your FastMail account. |
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14 May 2018, 04:02 AM | #7 | |
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About your last words: after upgrading my account to use my domain with Fastmail, if the records now are pointing to Fastmail, is it possible to login as always with Gandi email too?. I suppose that it's not possible because now all points to Fastmail and so I can't check those messages stored there and the emails. Maybe I am wrong. |
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14 May 2018, 04:04 AM | #8 |
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Oops, sorry. Guess it might be time for me to get glasses!
FastMail's IMAP migration tool would probably work. I personally prefer to use an external email client because it gives me the illusion of greater control. |
14 May 2018, 04:05 AM | #9 |
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14 May 2018, 04:13 AM | #10 | |
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You could still send from them, but I would suggest that your SPF record(s) would include the Gandi servers in addition to the FastMail servers. |
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14 May 2018, 04:16 AM | #11 | |
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Fred, after reading again slowly your previous answer, are you saying that I could use my emails in Gandi through Fastmail without needing to register the domain, only pointing records?. I'm not using a domain in Fastmail now, so how can I create in FM the identity or email account with the domain I currently have in Gandi? |
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14 May 2018, 04:30 AM | #12 | |
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14 May 2018, 04:38 AM | #13 | |
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I suppose that it's possible with the email accounts (creating new identities in Fastmail), but not with the aliases in those accounts. |
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14 May 2018, 04:47 AM | #14 |
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And I don't know how to create those Gandi email accounts in Fastmail to receive my emails in Fastmail. The identities seem to be only to send emails.
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14 May 2018, 04:51 AM | #15 |
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Here's Fastmail's support page with step-by-step instructions on how to set up your domain at Gandi for email via Fastmail.
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