Thanks to both Ethan and Glenn. Very helpful answers.
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On July 22, 2021 12:35:17 PM Ethan Schoonover <e...@ethanschoonover.com> wrote:
My mistake on using that term. Fastmail has labels only. -Ethan
On 22 Jul 2021, at 12:33, Ralph Alvy wrote:
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 Addressbook for
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