I migrated to Fastmail a few weeks ago. I'm really happy with it and I wish I had done it years ago. Many features. The web interface and apps feel a lot faster than Gmail.
Pro-tip: use a custom domain so that you can easily switch e-mail providers in the future without vendor lock-in. It's also very easy to add aliases in Fastmail.
> Plus after the import is finished, it will still periodically bring over any new emails received to the Gmail account.
Another option is to let Gmail forward your email to the new address.
Another protip: fastmail lets you alias yourname@yourdomain.com as anything@yourname.yourdomain.com. You can use this feature to create a unique email address for every service you sign up for. This is really handy for filtering to folders, or blocking marketing spam.
Still on the G-Train. While I am thinking about migration back to my own hosted versions, I currently do this with Google Groups. I have many groups (amazon@..., newsletter@..., spam@...) for many different use cases. Though I have not yet created a catch all...
This thread prompted me to dig into it and I found a blog posting describing the process [1]. Will try this - while still digging deeper into the migration topic.
Pro-tip: use a custom domain so that you can easily switch e-mail providers in the future without vendor lock-in. It's also very easy to add aliases in Fastmail.
> Plus after the import is finished, it will still periodically bring over any new emails received to the Gmail account.
Another option is to let Gmail forward your email to the new address.