Recommendations you can check.
by Fastmail
Who uses, recommends or left Fastmail, in their own words: each a verbatim quote with a link to where it was said.
5 people
Email: Fastmail (referral link). I love it. The UI, the company's style, the calendar interface, the integration with 1Password.
His /uses page, updated 29 May 2026, listing the computer, peripherals and software he works with and the gear he carries.
2026-05-29·macwright.com ↗
I use Fastmail to host my emails. I'm picky about email clients, but I like theirs.
His post "Uses (September 2025)", listing the tools, services and equipment he uses day to day.
2025-09-06·duncanmcclean.com ↗
Or if you don’t want to run your own email server, use Mailbox.org or Fastmail but only by using your own domain name.
His undated evergreen "Tech Independence" guide to running your own server, website and email; first archived by the Wayback Machine 2023-04-21.
So heading into the new year, I’m moving back to Fastmail and using Apple Mail.
His annual post locking in the tools he will use for the coming year, app by app, with the reasoning for each choice.
2026-01-31·macsparky.com ↗
On the web, I use Fastmail and DDG, as the 2 websites I use the most.
The Setup (usesthis.com) interview: the laptop, distro and programs behind his VLC work.
2019-08-27·usesthis.com ↗
Every entry is a verbatim quote and a link to the public post it came from. Nothing is paraphrased. If it is not on record somewhere public, it is not here.
The verdict is what they actually said: loved and liked are explicit; recommended means they told others to get it; uses means they only say they use it; read is a book on their public shelf with no verdict; mixed and disliked are kept too.
A dashed affiliate link, sponsored or their own label means the post disclosed a relationship. It is shown, never hidden.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is for its kind of thing.
The shading behind a date shows how dated a recommendation is, for its kind of thing. Fully green is recent. It drains a quarter at a time as the post gets older, and is empty once it reads as dated.
What counts as old depends on the thing. A laptop praised four years ago has been replaced twice; a book loved twenty years ago is probably still loved. The shading is gone after about:
Stripes mean the post carries no date and the date shown is an estimate. No date at all, no shading.