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Old 1 Sep 2021, 09:29 AM   #1
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Searching for and Removing duplicates from folder...

There used to be an option to search for and remove duplicate messages from folders...

Is this now gone?

Thanks

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Old 1 Sep 2021, 02:46 PM   #2
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As you write, it does appear to be gone.

By default, Fastmail will suppress duplicates within a folder on delivery. I appreciate that this is not the same functionality. I believe the ability to find duplicates ought to be available within advanced search (but it is not). I cannot find any way of doing this through the Fastmail interface now.

If you really need to do a dedup, you will need to do it from a client. Thunderbird has this functionality. If you have no other use for a mail client, there is a Python tool that can do it. That would probably be my choice.
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Old 1 Sep 2021, 11:36 PM   #3
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Hmmm.... This is disappointing. Fastmail has sold me on the whole 'webmail' experience, and I use webmail and their app exclusively. I don't know what it might take to do a search across 20 years of emails, 100,000 in my primary archive alone, to find duplicates...

Again, that the functionality is gone, is disappointing.
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Old 2 Sep 2021, 08:49 AM   #4
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Curiously, I found that if you follow this link

https://www.fastmail.com/go/cleanfolders

It leads you back to the login page.
After logging in, the old page with delete/archive/remove duplicates appears.
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Old 2 Sep 2021, 09:01 AM   #5
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Again, that the functionality is gone, is disappointing.
Not for the first time. Quietly, Fastmail is phasing out features, which are not widely used. Fastmail is becoming more and more a common e-mail provider for the average user.
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Old 12 Feb 2022, 07:33 PM   #6
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How do I see the duplicates identified?

Just found this useful thread, I have run the Fastmail tool as in the link above, I ran it and it has identified duplicates however I cant see them.

I would like to see them before I delete them, am I missing something obvious ??

TIA
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Old 12 Feb 2022, 08:43 PM   #7
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Just found this useful thread, I have run the Fastmail tool as in the link above, I ran it and it has identified duplicates however I cant see them.

I would like to see them before I delete them, am I missing something obvious ??

TIA
Use the option to pin duplicates. Then, go to the message list and choose to see only pinned messages. This will only work if you do not use pinning of messages for long periods for other reasons. I personally only ever pin messages for a short while when I want to be able to easily access them later.
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Old 28 Jan 2023, 12:55 AM   #8
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Curiously, I found that if you follow this link

https://www.fastmail.com/go/cleanfolders

It leads you back to the login page.
After logging in, the old page with delete/archive/remove duplicates appears.
404

This might not be a feature you use everyday but it comes handy when things happened. Like recently I accidentally turned on gmail's pop3 once again and my inbox got swarmed by thousands of messages, most of which belonged to the Trash. Unfortunately the conversation view in mf FM was turned on when I deleted the old gmail messages, so the ones I archived carefully in various folders were also moved to trash. I restored the ones sent to the said gmail account but I ended up with many duplicates, not to mention the junks that got retrieved back from gmail.
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Old 28 Jan 2023, 01:05 AM   #9
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DOH! Someone email support and ask if this functionality still exists!!!
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Old 28 Jan 2023, 10:11 AM   #10
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DOH! Someone email support and ask if this functionality still exists!!!
Just did! Hope they bring it back, or maybe, like before, open up the old interface for people who prefer it.
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Old 9 Feb 2023, 10:03 PM   #11
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Not for the first time. Quietly, Fastmail is phasing out features, which are not widely used. Fastmail is becoming more and more a common e-mail provider for the average user._
Hi,

I've been doing a research on email providers and got on this forum. Could you guys recommend any other provider except Fastmail/Gmail? I'm looking for a fully-encrypted mailbox that could have a monthly fee -I'm ok with that. Just want to have all the features like calendar, tasks, etc., but without tracking and ads

Thanks.
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Old 10 Feb 2023, 12:36 AM   #12
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Hi,

I've been doing a research on email providers and got on this forum. Could you guys recommend any other provider except Fastmail/Gmail? I'm looking for a fully-encrypted mailbox that could have a monthly fee -I'm ok with that. Just want to have all the features like calendar, tasks, etc., but without tracking and ads

Thanks.

https://www.privacytools.io/privacy-email
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