On Fri, Sep 14, 2012, at 10:58 PM, James E. LaBarre wrote: > On 09/14/2012 08:06 PM, Mark Donoghue wrote: > > I recently had a similar conversation on #mhvlug. After weighing the > > options I decided to go with a fastmail.fm account for my family's > > email. Like Sean my email address has been the same for about a decade > > and I also didn't want to run a mail server. > > > Which plan had you gone with on fastmail.fm? Closing my BestWeb.net > account has been put off for a little longer, partially since I didn't > have a non-ISP-dependent solution that didn't involve GMail or AOL (I > have those accounts, and use them where appropriate, but really would > prefer something not potentially dependent on "data mining" to fund > itself). BestWeb does sell an email-only service, but the technical > quality of their services has seriously degraded in the 15 or so years > I've used them. > > I'd need 3 accounts currently (mine, my wife & my brother; my 6-year old > can wait until she actually *needs* email for school before getting an > address), right now IMAP is needed since my brother and I both work with > email on multiple machines. > >
I went with two "Everyday" accounts for my wife and myself. 800 MB is plenty for me even with switching to IMAP since I don't keep emails around for long. -Mark _______________________________________________ Mid-Hudson Valley Linux Users Group http://mhvlug.org http://mhvlug.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/mhvlug Upcoming Meetings (6pm - 8pm) Vassar College Oct 3 - Mobile Web Development Nov 7 - Typography: Physical Art to Digital Art Dec 5 - Sysadmin Panel
