In support of #PrivacyAwarenessWeek2026, OAIC, and #SmallBusinessWeek, our COO Bek Fraser reflects on her years running a consultancy.
"My clients trusted me with deeply sensitive information. I went with a mainstream provider because I didn't know what I didn't know."
The right email infrastructure shouldn't be a quick decision. It's central to the trust your clients place in you.
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/what-i-wish-i-knew-when-starting-a-small-business/
The OAIC's Privacy Awareness Week theme is about building trust when complaints are resolved.
True, but we think it starts earlier. Whether you scan your customers' mail. Whether you sell their data. Whether you build features around what they want, or what your shareholders want.
You're the customer here, not the product. Always have been.
Read more: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/privacy-awareness-week-2026/
Fastmail now has an MCP endpoint: https://api.fastmail.com/mcp.
MCP is an open standard, not tied to any one vendor. It sits alongside IMAP, CalDAV, and CardDAV as another way to connect to your email, calendar, and contacts. Optional, OAuth-gated, with read-only, write, and send permission levels.
You pick the client. Your data, your choice.
Read more: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/an-mcp-server-for-fastmail/
#NationalEmailDay #MCP #OpenStandards #Fastmail #EmailPrivacy #BetterEmail
"Free" business email is one of the most expensive choices a small business can make. Gmail is free because your data is the product. When you're handling client contracts and financial info, that's a real liability.
Fastmail gives your business custom domains, fast human support, and a privacy-first approach, without the enterprise-tier price tag. Your domain belongs to you. No lock-in.
Learn more: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/why-businesses-are-switching-to-fastmail/
#SmallBusiness #EmailPrivacy #Fastmail #Company #BetterEmail #Email
For #SaferInternetDay: Even with tracker blocking and a privacy-focused browser, using a surveillance-based search engine undermines your privacy stack.
We've joined Kagi's "Friends of Kagi" program. Kagi is a paid search engine with no tracking, no behavioural profiling, and no ad-based business model—aligned with our approach to sustainable, user-funded services.
Details on building a complete privacy stack: https://www.fastmail.com/blog/safer-internet-day-why-your-search-engine-matters-more-than-you-think/
Why don't you hear about Perl in the headlines? Because it works. And keeps working. Sometimes the best technology is the most boring.
🐪 Read more: https://www.perl.com/article/fastmail-donates-usd-10-000-to-the-perl-and-raku-foundation/
Today is Change Your Password Day 🔐
But changing passwords constantly doesn’t make you safer.
What does?
✔️ Unique passwords
✔️ Password managers
✔️ Passkeys (no passwords at all)
Why it matters →
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/change-your-password/
#Fastmail #Email #EmailMadeBetter #BetterEmail #PrivacySecurity
📅 When many isn’t better than one. If you’re constantly switching between calendars, you’re wasting time and mental energy. With Fastmail + Morgen, you can view all your schedules in one place, spending less time juggling and more time getting things done, without compromising your privacy.
👉 Read more:
https://www.fastmail.com/blog/when-many-isn-t-better-than-one-managing-your-life-with-fastmail-and-morgen/
#Fastmail #Productivity #Email #EmailMadeBetter #BetterEmail #CalDAV
It boggles my mind that there does not yet appear to be an email client that lets me block every single incoming email that (a) contains a certain word or phrase, (b) isn't from a whitelisted sender, or (c) doesn't include a specific tag in the subject line to let me know I approved it.
#techbrosruineverything #email #betteremail #wishlists #federatedcommunication
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Joe B. Wall