What happened to Pobox
- Fastmail, Pobox’s owner since 2015, ended Pobox as a separate service and moved every customer to its platform in November 2024.
- Each Pobox plan became a Fastmail plan (Pobox Basic became Fastmail Lite, for example), keeping the renewal date. A custom domain on Pobox carries over to Fastmail at no extra cost; more domains need a higher plan.
- New Fastmail accounts can still get a
@pobox.comaddress.
Side by side
| mxproxy | Fastmail (where Pobox went) | |
|---|---|---|
| What it is | A forwarder: the domain’s email goes to the inbox you already use | A full mailbox: email, calendar and contacts |
| Own domain | On every plan | On the plans that allow it; Basic does not |
| Free plan | Yes: 1 domain, catch-all only, 10 messages/month | No; free trial with no card |
| Entry price | Personal: $4.00/month or $30.00/year | Paid plans per user, on its pricing page |
| Reply as the domain | From Gmail or Outlook, through our SMTP (from Personal up) | From the Fastmail mailbox itself |
| @pobox.com address | No: only your domain | Yes |
Fastmail facts checked on October 20, 2026.
When Fastmail is better
- You want to switch mailboxes, not only forward: Fastmail keeps your email, with calendar and contacts.
- You use a
@pobox.comaddress: it lives on there.
When mxproxy is better
- You want to stay on Gmail, Outlook or the inbox you already use, and only need the domain’s email to arrive there.
- An address has to reach several inboxes at once, with a catch-all for typos.
- You want to reply as the domain from inside Gmail, with DKIM, without changing inboxes.
Moving to mxproxy
Create the addresses at mxproxy (the dashboard imports a list), replace the domain’s MX with ours and the SPF with the one the dashboard shows, and check with the checker. Keep the old account until DNS propagates. Each DNS provider’s step by step is in Guides.