Fastmail had Labels **AND** Tags? Or are are you using the word 'Tags'
when you really mean 'Labels'?
On 22 Jul 2021, at 11:11, Ethan Schoonover wrote:
I am a Fastmail (and obviously MailMate) user. Excellent service.
## Labels
Until just now I’ve never used the labels feature on Fastmail. I
tested it based on your question. Notes:
1. Labels on Fastmail are activated via Fastmail settings. The choice
is between using Folders OR Lables (it’s a radio button toggle).
2. The choice is reversible (you may switch back and forth between
labels and folders non destructively)
3. Switching between Labels and Tags in Fastmail is instantaneous. The
UI and behavior changes (or reverts) instantly.
4. In the web UI for Fastmail, tags act just as Gmail tags do (in
terms of user experience, not backend implementation). Messages may
have multiple tags.
5. **These Fastmail tags show up as FOLDERS in MailMate**
6. I don’t see any way to utilize these as tags in MailMate (i.e. I
see no way to assign a message to multiple folders when they are
acting as tags in Fastmail)
7. While Fastmail is operating in “tag mode” - If you delete a
tagged message in MailMate from one of the “tag folders”, the tag
is removed from that message in the FastMail web UI
8. When you revert Fastmail to “folder mode” messages tagged with
multiple tags are seen and act as unique messages.
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## Contacts
In terms of contacts, I maintain most of my contacts in iCloud, but I
have tested the contacts with Fastmail as well. It’s arbitrary as
far as MailMate is concerned.
One note about Fastmail contacts: you can create a shared contact book
if you have multiple Fastmail users on your account. I do this and
maintain a contact book that is “read only” for my kids so that I
can keep certain contacts updated for them.
We all then subscribe to this contact book in the macOS Contacts app.
Happy to answer more questions based on my experience with Fastmail.
Cheers,
Ethan
On 22 Jul 2021, at 10:13, Ralph Alvy wrote:
Well, Tuffmail is sadly ending operations on January 1, so I'm
seriously considering moving to Fastmail. That said, I have a couple
questions.
1. I see that Fastmail supports its own version of Labels. Is there
something in Mailmate that will recognize those Labels? Perhaps
Mailmate Tags?
2. I see that Fastmail has its own Contacts module, but that doesn't
support synchronization with Google Contacts. Will I need to import
my Google Contacts into Fastmail Contacts for Mailmate to see my
Contacts when composing a message? Or does Fastmail use my Mac
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