I’m the one who likes email, prefer it over many other forms of communication, feels like I have a good handle on it, believes that it should be at a domain I own, hosted by a hosting provider, and accessed via IMAP by a client application.
I don’t understand FastHeyGProtonMail.
@patrickrhone “at a domain I own, hosted by a hosting provider, and accessed via IMAP by a client application” is what I get from Fastmail…
@sexyhermit Noted. Like I said, I didn’t understand it. I assumed it was browser based like Gmail, HEY, etc.
@patrickrhone There certainly are a lot of web-first-imap-as-afterthought-if-youre-lucky services, but I've always thought of Fastmail as imap-first-but-also-has-usable-webmail-if-you-need-it-in-a-pinch.
@patrickrhone 99% agree. But just to disagree a bit, Fastmail is exactly that. Plus a nice web client if you want.
@tgray So I was told after posting by another. Like I said, didn’t understand it. Now, I do.
I also have used the same “productivity system” for 15 years.
I’m a Luddite I guess.
@patrickrhone Fastmail is built on open standards. Mail, calendars and contacts all can be used via standard protocols(CalDav, CardDav and IMAP). They participate in pushing the IMAP standard forward and are developing JMAP for better interop with the web and client apps. Due to a deal with Apple, they are one of the few IMAP providers that do true push notifications with IOS. It really is a fantastic service.