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Ask HN: Have you had trouble with using alternative email providers?

9 pointsby tmoaadover 4 years ago
A year ago I finally said most of my goodbyes to gmail and moved over to a more private email provider (Hushmail).<p>Yesterday, I went to go signup for Repl.it and for the first time I was told to go grovel via email to prove that my email is valid and that I&#x27;m actually a human. Sure, I stop what I&#x27;m doing and send an email. I get a reply back saying (summed up with the anger of watching the internet burn down around you) &quot;go to our support forum and grovel publicly but if you&#x27;re actually trying to reach someone send another email and we might take it seriously&quot;.<p>...is this really what awaits those of us who choose not to be with the largest email providers (Gmail&#x2F;Hotmail&#x2F;Yahoo) or refuse to use SSO (Google&#x2F;Github&#x2F;FB Login)?

6 comments

amasadover 4 years ago
Hi, Repl.it CEO&#x2F;founder here. Are you saying we asked you to send us an email? You should only have gotten a &quot;Verify your email&quot; link.
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torqu3eover 4 years ago
Fastmail does email for my personal domain which is what I&#x27;ve been primarily using for not sure how many years and literally not once have I had any issues. Know at least a few other users in the same boat and never heard a complain.
mistermithrasover 4 years ago
May I suggest <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cotse.net&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.cotse.net&#x2F;</a> ? They don&#x27;t do this kind of stuff. I&#x27;m a long-time user&#x2F;fan of them.
replwoacauseover 4 years ago
I recently switched to Fastmail after finally getting paranoid enough about Google arbitrarily snuffing out my account access. I have been very happy with the switch 4 months in.
HomeDeLaPotover 4 years ago
I&#x27;ve been happy with Fastmail so far. Very smooth experience with their web and Android apps. Want to try using them with my own domain soon.
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