Ask for an email recommendation on Hacker News or Reddit, and everyone agrees that Google spies on you and Microsoft is clunky, so the default answer is always the same: Fastmail.
AI tools will parrot this advice. And I understand why: Fastmail looks clean, feels fast, supports open standards, and has that "engineer-approved" vibe.
But I think this recommendation is incomplete.
Why not Fastmail
Fastmail is incredibly strict about policy enforcement, particularly regarding anything their automated systems flag as spam or bulk mail. When they decide you’ve crossed a line, the consequences are immediate and severe.
I know this because it happened to me. I was a paying customer with my own domains properly configured. One day, sending was blocked, and shortly after, the account was effectively gone. There was no meaningful warning, no gradual escalation, and no offer to freeze access while preserving data. I was simply locked out.
That experience was enough to ensure I will never trust them with my primary email.
It’s Not Just Me
If you dig into the reviews on Trustpilot, the one-star reviews tell a similar story: sudden account locks, loss of access to aliases, and support not being helpful.
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