In my continued quest for simplification, but without self-hosting, I also needed to change my email system from Google Workspace to…something else. I don’t need a suite of anything, just email, and the following required features:

  • Use my domain
  • Speed and simplicity of interface
  • Basic data privacy and ownership
  • Folders, search, and filters
  • Undo send
  • Good spam filtering
  • A solid set of keyboard shortcuts
  • SPEED

Some nice, but not strictly necessary features:

  • Catch-all option(s)
  • Pinning and snoozing
  • Integration with password manager (1password, specifically)
  • Mobile app

After plenty of due-diligence, I chose Fastmail which meets has all the options, required and nice-to-have, is really fast, and reasonably priced.