[MlMt] Switching to Fastmail: some questions

[Ethan Schoonover]

My mistake on using that term. Fastmail has labels only. -Ethan

On 22 Jul 2021, at 12:33, Ralph Alvy wrote:

> Fastmail had Labels **AND** Tags? Or are are you using the word 'Tags' when you really mean 'Labels'?
>
> On 22 Jul 2021, at 11:11, Ethan Schoonover wrote:
>
>> I am a Fastmail (and obviously MailMate) user. Excellent service.
>>
>> ## Labels
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>> Until just now I’ve never used the labels feature on Fastmail. I tested it based on your question. Notes:
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>> 1. Labels on Fastmail are activated via Fastmail settings. The choice is between using Folders OR Lables (it’s a radio button toggle).
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>> 2. The choice is reversible (you may switch back and forth between labels and folders non destructively)
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>> 3. Switching between Labels and Tags in Fastmail is instantaneous. The UI and behavior changes (or reverts) instantly.
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>> 4. In the web UI for Fastmail, tags act just as Gmail tags do (in terms of user experience, not backend implementation). Messages may have multiple tags.
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>> 5. **These Fastmail tags show up as FOLDERS in MailMate**
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>> 6. I don’t see any way to utilize these as tags in MailMate (i.e. I see no way to assign a message to multiple folders when they are acting as tags in Fastmail)
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>> 7. While Fastmail is operating in “tag mode” - If you delete a tagged message in MailMate from one of the “tag folders”, the tag is removed from that message in the FastMail web UI
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>> 8. When you revert Fastmail to “folder mode” messages tagged with multiple tags are seen and act as unique messages.
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>> —
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>> ## Contacts
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>> In terms of contacts, I maintain most of my contacts in iCloud, but I have tested the contacts with Fastmail as well. It’s arbitrary as far as MailMate is concerned.
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>> One note about Fastmail contacts: you can create a shared contact book if you have multiple Fastmail users on your account. I do this and maintain a contact book that is “read only” for my kids so that I can keep certain contacts updated for them.
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>> We all then subscribe to this contact book in the macOS Contacts app.
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>>
>> Happy to answer more questions based on my experience with Fastmail.
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>> Cheers,
>> Ethan
>>
>>
>> On 22 Jul 2021, at 10:13, Ralph Alvy wrote:
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>>> Well, Tuffmail is sadly ending operations on January 1, so I'm seriously considering moving to Fastmail. That said, I have a couple questions.
>>>
>>> 1. I see that Fastmail supports its own version of Labels. Is there something in Mailmate that will recognize those Labels? Perhaps Mailmate Tags?
>>>
>>> 2. I see that Fastmail has its own Contacts module, but that doesn't support synchronization with Google Contacts. Will I need to import my Google Contacts into Fastmail Contacts for Mailmate to see my Contacts when composing a message? Or does Fastmail use my Mac Addressbook for this?_______________________________________________
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