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Wondering what domain names mailbox provider Fastmail uses for their email service? You’ll never get an exact list, as customers can point their own domains at the service, but it turns out that Fastmail has a built-in list of 110 email domains that they offer up for client use.As of October 2022, those 110 domains are:123mail.org, 150mail.com, 150ml.com, 16mail.com, 2-mail.com, 4email.net, 50mail.com, airpost.net, allmail.net, cluemail.com, elitemail.org, emailcorner.net, emailengine.net, emailengine.org, emailgroups.net, emailplus.org, emailuser.net, eml.cc, f-m.fm, fast-email.com, fast-mail.org, fastem.com, fastemailer.com, fastest.cc, fastimap.com, fastmail.cn, fastmail.co.uk, fastmail.com, fastmail.com.au, fastmail.de, fastmail.es, fastmail.fm, fastmail.fr, fastmail.im, fastmail.in, fastmail.jp, fastmail.mx, fastmail.net, fastmail.nl, fastmail.org, fastmail.se, fastmail.to, fastmail.tw, fastmail.uk, fastmailbox.net, fastmessaging.com, fea.st, fmail.co.uk, fmailbox.com, fmgirl.com, fmguy.com, ftml.net, hailmail.net, imap-mail.com, imap.cc, imapmail.org, inoutbox.com, internet-e-mail.com, internet-mail.org, internetemails.net, internetmailing.net, jetemail.net, justemail.net, letterboxes.org, mail-central.com, mail-page.com, mailas.com, mailbolt.com, mailc.net, mailcan.com, mailforce.net, mailhaven.com, mailingaddress.org, mailite.com, mailmight.com, mailnew.com, mailsent.net, mailservice.ms, mailup.net, mailworks.org, ml1.net, mm.st, myfastmail.com, mymacmail.com, nospammail.net, ownmail.net, petml.com, postinbox.com, postpro.net, proinbox.com, promessage.com, realemail.net, reallyfast.biz, reallyfast.info, rushpost.com
Check it out — it’s our first taste of BIMI on iOS outside of beta. Apple iOS users who upgrade to iOS 16 can now see a BIMI logo associated with an email send, depending on what mailbox provider they use. All four of these CNN Newsletter signup emails were opened and viewed on the default Apple mail client in iOS 16.0.2, and as you can see, iCloud and Fastmail users get shown the BIMI logo for CNN! You’ll note that no logo is displayed for the Yahoo and Gmail subscribers, even though both platforms support BIMI (and CNN has the Gmail-required VMC in place). Why Fastmail and not Gmail or Yahoo? I suspect that Fastmail was quickest to implement an updated “authentication results” header that includes information about the BIMI logo checks, and I don’t think Gmail and Yahoo are including that information. Yet? It seems likely that they’ll catch
It’s time for another BIMI update, and this time it’s chock full of new details that you’ll want to know! So let’s get right to it.The Authindicators Working Group (the folks behind the BIMI spec) have just indicated that Apple plans BIMI support! The information published so far suggests that it’s coming this fall to both iOS and MacOS. Beyond that, details are light; so don’t ask me (or them) for greater definition just yet. I’m sure when they have details, they will share. And when they share, I will share.Where does that leave us today? Here’s your status update on ISP support for BIMI as of June, 2022.Yes: Which ISPs/MBPs/email applications support BIMI today or plan to support it in the near future: Apple (iOS and MacOS email clients), Fastmail, Gmail, and Yahoo Mail. (This also includes Pobox, AOL/Netscape, and Google for Business)Perhaps: Which ISPs are currently considering BIMI support:
It’s time for your periodic BIMI adoption status update. A quick overview of what this is all about: BIMI is a standard being adopted by multiple internet services providers (ISPs) to allow the display of a sender’s logo along side email messages, when displayed on a mobile device or in a webmail client. Some ISPs and mail clients have had a sender logo display function for a while now (one example is Gravatar), but BIMI is an attempt to standardize and regulate this mechanism across the email ecosystem.Adoption by senders seems a bit slow; but the spec only went public in 2019, which isn’t that long ago. Also, it suffers a bit from the “chicken and egg” problem — it’s hard to convince senders to adopt the standard if receivers haven’t adopted support for the standard. But now with two of the top three B2C mailbox providers (Yahoo and Gmail) having BIMI support, I’m…
The good people at email platform provider Fastmail (whom I’ve blogged about more than once previously) are dealing with a distributed denial-of-service (DDOS) attack. Not fun. I feel for them.From Twitter: Over the last two days, service has been interrupted several times. This is the result of an ongoing attack against Fastmail as well as other email providers. We’re working with network service providers and law enforcement to put an end to the problem.– @Fastmail – 9:31 PM – Oct 22, 2021Fastmail users and interested parties, you can find current status information on their system status site here. Their two most recent updates that I see (current as of 6:25 pm Chicago time on Saturday October 23rd) combine to say:”We have multiple mitigations in place against the DDOS attacks and we are continuing to monitor. No mail has been lost, your data remains safe and services are operational.” … “DDOS protection…
“It’s like Apple’s new Hide My Email feature, but it works everywhere,” according to The Verge. And it’s powered by email platform Fastmail, perhaps a bit of a niche provider, but I mean that in a good way. Founded in 1999, Fastmail hast a long history in the email space (unlike Hey.com) and they seem to know what they’re doing (look at their recent added support for BIMI). If you want to “hide my email” but don’t want to do it via the Apple ecosystem, it sounds like this is really worth checking out.Click here for more information on Masked Email from Fastmail and 1Password.Firefox Relay is another service with a similar aim, perhaps for those who are more into the Mozilla mindset, if there is such a thing. I actually haven’t heard of anybody expressing a lot of interest in this one, have you?The big question for me, for all…
It’s been a while since I’ve posted a BIMI status update, and things are changing! Things are standardizing! Things are getting good. So, let’s get right to it…