I’m trying out @fastmail but because they don’t offer a widget or a standalone app for the calendar, it takes 4 taps (edit: 2 if you enable the bottom menu) to simply check my calendar for the day 💀
1) Open #Fastmail app
2) Open side menu
3) Open drop-down menu
4) Finally switch to calendar view
I submitted a ticket to make sure I wasn’t missing anything (edit: workaround is to use #iOS Calendar app) but is anyone successfully using Fastmail as a #Google Calendar replacement? My current setup:
@grumpygamer @fastmail One reason why I switched to #fastmail is because it works relatively well with MacOS and iOS native Mail, Calendar, Contacts and even Reminders. You just need to go to Settings > Privacy and Security > Manage App Passwords and Access and if you create app password for iPhone or iPad it will generate a profile that you can import (even on MacOS) and that will set up everything automatically.
Today is a day when I canceled my #Fastmail subscription in favor of #Infomaniak email service.
I also started migrating domains from #cloudflare to #Infomaniak.
I'm planning to deploy #Pangolin on a VPS once I need to set up tunnels.
Hey, that could be a nice tag: #LessUSmoreEU
🚀 Fastmail’s IMAP just got faster.
We’ve rolled out TWOM — a new database format with smarter storage, fewer slowdowns, and better performance. It’s live across all servers now. #Fastmail
🔒 Privacy fatigue is real, but you don’t have to do it all at once.
This #PrivacyAwarenessWeek, start with one easy win: use a password manager. Small steps = better control of your digital life. #Fastmail #PAW2025
Read more: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/addressing-privacy-fatigue/
Developing the twom database for Cyrus IMAP,
by Bron Gondwana at Fastmail (@fastmail).
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TIL: fcntl isn’t fair. Releasing the lock didn’t magically let a waiting writer proceed, the same process would often pick up the lock again without giving another process a chance. On busy files, writers could entirely starve.
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"Introducing the twom database format" #fastmail #technology
Concernant la gestion de mes #mails, #fastmail est toujours à mon avis le meilleur service.
Mais, actuellement, j'utilise au quotidien #heymail et je suis enthousiaste ! J'aime le concept, et je prends plaisir à l'utiliser tous les jours. C'est vraiment bien fichu.
(On ne peut cependant comparer tout à fait avec Fastmail qui offre davantage de possibilités, et qui est, détail important, moins cher à l'usage).
I am eternally dissatisfied and disappointed user. I am satisfied with #fastmail .
I saw it mentioned on the #Joplin app's website that my #Fastmail account gives me a #WebDAV service that the app can use as a sync location.
A quick sync setup guide that's ONLY safe if you haven't sync'd anywhere else previously:
- (optional) turn on E2E encryption in Joplin
- create an FM "app password"
- in FM's "files" section, create a folder (e.g. "Joplin")
- enable WebDAV sync inside Joplin:
- URL: https://webdav.fastmail.com/[localpart].[domain]/files/Joplin/
- user: [localpart]#[domain]
- pass: [app password]
- enable sync
📝 Despite the warnings, I tried self-hosting my email #Development #Webdev #Fastmail #Tech #Email
I've been moving more and more of the infrastructure I run and host on to my own servers. One thing led to another and nearly all of what I used was there: analytics, photo storage, music, RSS, saved links and on and on. I got the itch to try this with email.
https://www.coryd.dev/posts/2025/despite-the-warnings-i-tried-self-hosting-my-email
Anyone out there use #fastmail and #thunderbird on #android? Do you run in to your fast mail account failing auth repeatedly and needing to sign in every few hours?
I've tried with my main password AND app specific passwords and they both just flake out after like 4 hours
Help!
So the only two providers from a dozen I tried where notifications work as I need are obv #iCloud which I already pay for to backup iPhones and iPads and store photos and #fastmail. I enrolled to #fastmail which is not cheap and I am bit worried as they seem to hike prices per what I found. Compared to #iCloud they have much better filtering rules (which is not that hard).
Just finished moving my email from Proton to Fastmail. The documentation for this makes it sound like the only option for importing your email from Proton is by hand via .eml files in batches of 1,000. :yikes:
But I was able to use Thunderbird, connected via Proton Bridge, to create MBOX files for each folder and then use the "HEY" import feature in Fastmail. Much easier.
Thunderbird has an Export tool called "ImportExport Tools NG" that made this possible. Hooray!
If you are considering a paid alternative to Google for mail, I’d like to suggest Fastmail. They’re based in Australia, and costs me about $100 a year. It’s dead easy to set up, a nice web interface, and — I cannot emphasize this enough — great spam filtering. Check ‘em out!
Sourcehut created a plain text email guide.
CONTENTS
Recommended email clients for plain text users.
How to set up plain text with other email clients.
Etiquette recommendations for plain text emails.
Why is plain text better than HTML?
Recommendations for software which sends emails.
Website: https://useplaintext.email
#PlainText #Email #PlainTextEmail #Privacy #InfoSec #CyberSecurity #ClawsMail #KMail #Thunderbird #Roundcube #Evolution #Fastmail #UsePlainTextEmail
Nice touch from @fastmail. Several of my setups just exploded because they finally shut down a few of their deprecated domain names.
I got an automated email from them asking whether I needed help setting up my mail clients, after they persisted in using old domain names / passwords.
What I _needed_ was to pay more attention to their deprecation warnings 😜 But the detection of the problem, and automated offering of help, was a nice touch and appreciated 💖
#CyrusIMAP 3.12.0 has been released (#CyrusIMAPd / #Cyrus / #IMAPd / #MailServer / #MessageDeliveryAgent / #IMAP / #InternetMessageAccessProtocol / #POP3 / #PostOfficeProtocol / #JMAP / #JSONMetaApplicationProtocol / #SASL / #CyrusSASL / #CarnegieMellonUniversity / #Fastmail) https://cyrusimap.org/
@alansuspect when I asked the Aus based #Fastmail boss “is email subjected to Aus Intel snooping” (paraphrased & asked when increased Aus overreach happened post 2010), the answer was no. They’ll ask the US Intel to do it.
I’ll have to find the email I sent because the last time I looked their data storage was Aus based. Now I’m wondering how it’s stored? Encrypted or plain text (not that it matters as EM is sent via mail servers and (to my knowledge) plaintext over HTTPS.
