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FastMail.FM is an e-mail service offered by the Messaging Engine company of Parkville, Victoria, Australia.[1] Its servers are located in New York City with a backup in Norway.
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History
The provider's sole product line remained email services (and included accessories), until its 2010 purchase by Opera Software.[2][3][4][5]
When first established in 1999, the service was intended to differentiate itself through providing features that were not yet available from other market players. Early on, this included the ease and speed of e-mail transport and access, personalities and IMAP[6] and SSL[7] support, and an independent public forum[8] and wiki among user support options. Over the years, these features became commonplace, but features such as WebDAV, secure LDAP, opportunistic inter-server encryption, reliability via minimization of single points of failure, and highly customizable filtering via Sieve are current differentiators, and other enhancements typically appear on pace with the market.
Technology
The site developers are among the most active contributors to the widely-used Cyrus IMAP open source software project[9] and include the lead developer and maintainer of Perl module Mail::IMAPTalk.[10]
FastMail.FM offers free and paid e-mail accounts for individuals and organizational accounts, with varying service levels and prices.
See also
References
- ^ Wright, Charles (2002-10-7). "FastMail reinvents a slicker, quicker wheel". The Age (Melbourne). http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/10/07/1033538891792.html. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ "Opera targets mobile with email acquisition". The Register. http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/04/30/fastmail_fm_opera/. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ^ "Opera Software purchases Melbourne-based email provider - opera software, FastMail.fm - ARN". http://www.arnnet.com.au/article/345171/opera_software_purchases_melbourne-based_email_provider/?fp=4&fpid=56736. Retrieved 16 September 2010.
- ^ http://www.opera.com/press/releases/2010/04/30/
- ^ "FastMail.FM has been acquired by Opera Software". http://blog.fastmail.fm/2010/04/30/fastmail-fm-has-been-acquired-by-opera-software/. Retrieved 21 August 2010.
- ^ Wright, Charles (10-17-2002). "The host with the most". The Sydney Morning Herald. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/10/17/1034561201555.html. Retrieved 10 September 2010.
- ^ Fleishman, Glenn. Take Control of Your AirPort Network. http://books.google.com/books?id=V7M4ZQ8f408C&lpg=PA106&dq=%22FastMail.FM%22&pg=PA106#v=onepage&q=%22FastMail.FM%22&f=false.
- ^ "Welcome to the Fastmail.FM General Discussions Forum". http://www.emaildiscussions.com/showthread.php?t=15141.
- ^ http://www.emailserviceguide.com/2009/10/interview-with-jeremy-howard-of-fastmail-fm/
- ^ Blank-Edelman, David N. (2009). Automating system administration with Perl. p. 288. ISBN 9780596006396. http://books.google.com/books?id=daks78g9Pg0C&pg=PA288.
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