94. How To Pick an Email Provider
Published on: Dec 19, 2025
Episode summary
You have an email account, but how did you pick your email provider? Do you use Gmail simply because that s what everyone you know uses?
I want your choice of email provider to be intentional, not accidental. Today is the first in a series of episodes where we ll examine my most important considerations when picking an email provider.
Some will be "micro" considerations: specific, individual features. Do they have tags or folders? A "Report Phishing" button? How many aliases do they allow?
Some of them will be "macro" considerations: bigger-picture sorts of questions. How do they make their money? What kind of customer support do they have? Are they working to improve the email ecosystem for everyone?
I m going to show you why I prefer Fastmail to Gmail and the other big free providers, like Microsoft, Yahoo, and Apple.
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