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Gandi kills free email service effective 30.11.2023

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I've used Gandi as a registrar and for personal email for about a decade.

I've received no email/notifications about any changes in regards to my services so this FAQ about a new mailbox service that I never knew existed is rather confusing.

i received the email today, so i expect yours is on the way.

as far as i can tell the new mailbox service is not available yet. the FAQ says there should be a convert option, but it's not there yet, nor can i find any information on the cost or features of the new mail service.

the cost is at the end of the new price list after the domains.

Prix mensuel de la nouvelle offre mailbox / new mailbox offer montly prices

         HT/VAT excl

standard 3,99 € / $3.99

premium 5,99 € / $5.99

respectively 4,79€ and 7,19€ TTC/VAT incl.

It's insane. So with 2 mails boxes, that were not free but included in the price/package of the domain. I will have to pay 2121.2*3.99=115€/year for a basic e-mail service that was included until now. It feels like a breach of contract.

https://www.gandi.net/static/documents/2023-july-eur-renew-p... https://www.gandi.net/static/documents/2023-july-usd-renew-p...

Yeah got the email today, had to go digging in the PDF on my phone still seems very poorly communicated IMHO.

I’m glad that when I was migrating from Gmail three years ago, I decided to go with paid Fastmail instead of Gandi’s free offering.

Can anyone recommend a good registrar based in the EU?

Same question for e-mail hosting services.

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