![]() I wish things were different surrounding email on the desktop, but here we are I suppose. This used to be one of the most recommended email apps on both iOS and macOS, but the developers recently made the decision to stick a ridiculously overpriced subscription on the app which has caused many people to leave the app behind. Thus, it makes it incredibly difficult for third party developers to recoup any development costs they incur on an email app since putting a subscription on email gives many people a bad taste in their mouth. However, the general public has grown up with the idea that email is a free communication medium (even though there are considerable costs on the backend that Microsoft and Google front in exchange for your information). Hell, it took Apple how long to implement basic features like send later and mail snooze to their app? Microsoft itself just got around to updating their native email client, and even that is just going to end up as a gimped version of their existing Outlook application.ģ) Developers typically need to make money in order to pay the bills. On desktop this is particularly relevant since so many apps and services have been migrated to the web browser in the last 4-5 years.Ģ) Microsoft and Apple have not really put in much effort into making their default email clients good. I feel like the biggest roadblocks here come from three things:ġ) The major mail providers (Google, Microsoft, Verizon/Yahoo etc) try to steer people towards their own first party apps or websites. It's been around for a bit, development is continuous and it freaking WORKS! Further, if you buy the iOS version for a measly $4.99, there is no setup!!!! Literally! No tweaking individual accounts, settings or signatures! The app pulls all that in from iCloud!!! While I don't see the super necessary feature of templated snippets, I have submitted the feature request and am hopeful it will be implemented soon.To be fair, the mail app scene on Windows isn’t much better than it is on the Mac. $40!!! I opted for Canary for a few reasons. That said, everyday use with six email accounts (multiple lines of business) became as I said earlier slow, boring, cumbersome and I'll even add on, seriously problematic. Even have placeholders that are customizable on the fly. ![]() Slow, boring and cumbersome, I still put up with it because of the templated snippets or "Responses", as they are called within PostBox, that allowed for repeated use. LifeUnleashed's Experience I've been using PostBox for years. You can have a gmail account, but use their app(s). So from my experience, if you are in Tim Cook's hermit kingdom, just use their products if available. I'm not a Tim Cook fan, I think Apple succeeds despite him not because of him, I am not a fanboy, BUT it's hard to go past the. Some may think it's ugly, that is purely a personal preference and subjective, I don't. A colleague said just use the mail app, it works and is secure (by comparison) AND your mail is local, available on iPhone and iPad and plays well with Apple hardware. I don't think they 'got in', but they were certainly piggy backing of my email address. Recently I was invaded by one or more Russians (I assume Russian, addressees of svetlana and ivan and cyrillic alphabet) using my gmail address to relay a gazillion emails. ![]() ![]() I've tried most of the other clients and always came back. Kevin Black's Experience I was using the Gmail web app (I had it wrapped up using fluid so it looked like a simple app). ![]()
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