+ Far more configurable
+ Sieve scripts
+ The web interface is faster
+ Easy to access their engineers (hang around on emaildiscussions.com)
+ The contribute to Cyrus, etc.
+ Family/business accounts where not everyone needs to be an an expensive tier.
+ Standard IMAP, so works a lot better with most clients.
+ Some Dropbox integration.
- Mail gets blocked more often (e.g. there seem to be ongoing issues with Craigslist).
- They don't support labels. If you have a label-driven workflow, you are going to be frustrated.
- Extra storage space is much more expensive than Google Apps (which has e.g. 1TB for $10 per month).
- No real 2-factor auth, there is always an account with full access. Not a possibility to make a restricted IMAP account.
- Obviously fewer apps than Google Apps.
- Relatively slow support times (though I have never contacted Google Apps support).
- The Google Mail client is still much better than the Fastmail client (e.g. reflowing text, when the internet connection is spotty).
o Australian company with servers in the US (and Iceland). So, no real advantage wrt. the NSA et al.
+ Far more configurable
+ Sieve scripts
+ The web interface is faster
+ Easy to access their engineers (hang around on emaildiscussions.com)
+ The contribute to Cyrus, etc.
+ Family/business accounts where not everyone needs to be an an expensive tier.
+ Standard IMAP, so works a lot better with most clients.
+ Some Dropbox integration.
- Mail gets blocked more often (e.g. there seem to be ongoing issues with Craigslist).
- They don't support labels. If you have a label-driven workflow, you are going to be frustrated.
- Extra storage space is much more expensive than Google Apps (which has e.g. 1TB for $10 per month).
- No real 2-factor auth, there is always an account with full access. Not a possibility to make a restricted IMAP account.
- Obviously fewer apps than Google Apps.
- Relatively slow support times (though I have never contacted Google Apps support).
- The Google Mail client is still much better than the Fastmail client (e.g. reflowing text, when the internet connection is spotty).
o Australian company with servers in the US (and Iceland). So, no real advantage wrt. the NSA et al.