# Is the fastmail.fm domain banned?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fastmail-fm-domain-banned/667229>\
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**Created:** [August 26, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fastmail-fm-domain-banned/667229 "2013-08-26T18:39:09Z")\
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**Author:** ![gracefulfatsheba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/a3d4f5/32.png) [@gracefulfatsheba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/gracefulfatsheba)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 6:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fastmail-fm-domain-banned/667229/1 "2013-08-26T18:39:09Z")

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If so, why? It’s a legitimate domain. I was told my email was banned when trying to register but never had used it before.

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**Author:** ![Marley23](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/45deac/32.png) [@Marley23](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Marley23)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 7:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fastmail-fm-domain-banned/667229/2 "2013-08-26T19:03:34Z")

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Yes, it’s banned. A bunch of spammers and other ne’er-do-wells were using it. I’m sorry if this an inconvenience to you, **gracefulfatsheba**.

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**Author:** ![TubaDiva](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tubadiva/32/507_2.png) [@TubaDiva](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TubaDiva)\
**Post date:** [August 26, 2013, 8:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/is-the-fastmail-fm-domain-banned/667229/3 "2013-08-26T20:15:16Z")

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Also on the ban list:

> **[Free email accounts | Register today at mail.com](https://www.mail.com/)**
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> Email how it is supposed to be: ✔ Free, simple and secure ✔ Manage multiple mail accounts in one place, from any device ✔ Sign up today!

[y.com](http://y.com)

> **[Outlook – free personal email and calendar from Microsoft](https://outlook.live.com/owa/)**
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> Get free Outlook email and calendar, plus Office Online apps like Word, Excel and PowerPoint. Sign in to access your Outlook, Hotmail or Live email account.

hushmail

And a buncha others.

These have all been so spam-ridden that we found it easier to ban them.

Sorry for any inconvenience this might cause – we’re good (so far) with the more traditional free email services like hotmail and yahoo and gmail.