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Y-bar • yesterday at 6:30 PM • 2 replies • view on HN

I have already begun using my proton-domain email address with real people. They have just started learning it (or have finally updated my contact info). That’s one hurdle.

Another hurdle is I see no other good alternative. I used Fastmail for a while, but it was a bit laggy due to network requests across the Atlantic Ocean. Also it is under US jurisdiction. That company is no longer relevant to me.

I still think it is a valuable use of my time to make my voice heard to the company.

What good alternative can you recommend for me?


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nsagent • yesterday at 6:34 PM

Weird. FastMail is many times faster than Proton ever was for me. FastMail is also headquartered in Australia, not the US. Fastmail also now has European servers.

https://www.fastmail.com/blog/fastmail-offers-eu-data-region...

EDIT: Re-reading your comment, maybe you meant the fact that the servers were exclusively in the US (until very recently).

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bigstrat2003 • yesterday at 6:55 PM

If you haven't already, it's a good time to pay for a domain. That way, no matter what host you may choose to use in the future, people will still be able to email you with the address they already know. It does add some additional cost, but imo it's well worth it.