I have found Mail on both iPhone and MacBook to be enough for my use. Otherwise I use and prefer Thunderbird on other operating systems.
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I never used mail and always deleted it immediately, but i give it a try
Inbox was so good, made email so easy. Can’t believe how long it’s been and no one has been able to replicate it. Still mad at Google for killing it off.
amen!
amen!
Mimestream was promising in beta. The subscription model is too much for me though.
Outlook is good. Apple mail is good. But I still like Spark the best, I think. But I dislike Spark’s terms of service and feel like they don’t respect my privacy or data.
I’ve tried them all and feel that Outlook (for Mac options) is probably the best. $2/mo is acceptable, and it’s free with light ads. It surfaces cal and shipping info in the email list, and the focus inbox algo it has is solid.
I was using Spark for years and was fine paying them money (I wanted to pay them because their old app was great), but their pivot to the new app was just really disrespectful to users and turned me off. It came with condescending BS like the Home Screen that does not show my email when I open an email app*. They released a massively underbaked app, and took 6 months to reach parity with their old app. I paid for a year, will not renew.
Yeah I was just thinking the same thing. I really enjoy spark on both iOS and Mac OS. But as I am learning and adapting more into the fediverse and FOSS I am considering looking for an alternative client.
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Gonna pop out the controversial opinion here and say I like the default mail app. It’s quick, simple, and does everything I need. The only thing I don’t like is that gmail doesn’t get push mail, but Google did that not Apple.
I hate that unlike iOS, mail does not run in the background on Mac though.
I require a functional snooze feature so Apple Mail is out. Outlook randomly deletes iCloud emails and Canary is too slow. So I am left with Spark on both Mac and iOS.
same for me, snooze is a must have
What does Snooze do?
The same thing it does on your alarm clock.
Is Snooze different than the Remind Me feature in Apple Mail? I want to commit fully to Apple Mail but Snooze is the one of the few quality of life things I love about Spark, but if Remind Me basically does the same thing then I’m all in.
Remind Me doesn’t remove the mail from your inbox, so a non starter for people that strive for inbox zero.
Good to know, thanks!
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I switch between apps often, but I tend to use Spark more often than Apple Mail/Outlook/gmail.
Big fan of Spark on both desktop and mobile. I like the feature set of the original app. Haven't tried the free trial of the new AI feature.
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It’s Outlook for me. Trialed a bunch, disliked the data/privacy deets on many, and MS already worked it’s way into my heart via corporate America.
It does a nice job of pinning, snoozing, combining inboxes, and working cross-platform. FO FREE ;-)
can't stand outlook and it never worked that smooth for me
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Thunderbird on PC
Default Mail app on Mac and iPhone
I prefer using the default mail app.
Some of the Google Inbox people did rebuild Inbox as "Shortwave" https://www.shortwave.com/blog/introducing-shortwave/
Which is available as both an iOS app and PWA. For those unaware, Outlook is also becoming a PWA.
I just wish the IMAP standard would expand to include contacts and calendar.
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I use Mimestream. It’s a beautiful, well-made Mac app (for now, iOS coming soon) by a developer who clearly cares about making a quality product that adheres to the platform’s design language and usage idioms.
I absolutely do not begrudge him for wanting to make a living from it, and currently subscription is one of the only effective ways to do that for small devs.
I also don’t begrudge anyone who doesn’t like it. We all get to use our money how we see fit.
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If you're on Gmail, buy Mimestream for Mac and never look back.
If you're not using Google for your email, and/or you're looking for something on iPhone then it's a tougher choice. I wrote an extensive review of the options not too long ago and landed on Spark, but your priorities may be different from mine. Have a look and see what you think: https://kevinyank.com/posts/email-apps/
You can't buy Mimestream, you can only subscribe to it.
Thunderbird on desktop for my Gmail accounts and own domain. Built-in iOS mail app for those on mobile. Outlook web interface for work desktop, and Outlook iOS app on mobile to keep work and personal emails separate.
I don’t like how gmail shows ads even if you subscribe to Google One (I suppose this isn’t a problem on workspace accounts). I do like it’s rules to auto tag emails and the ability to set your own tags and rules.
Outlook app is a little bloated but it’s more functional than the native iOS mail.
Gmail is probably my favorite but since I transferred my domain to cloudflare after Google domains sold to square space, I’ve decided to use iOS mail again with my custom domain
Mail.app on iPad , iPhone and Mac. I see no need to change it. I wish the search was a touch better but it’s rarely an issue.
Thunderbird on desktop, canary or stock mail on mobile
will take a look at canary :)
Yeah, I love thunderbird and hope the iOS app release gets some news soon. Supposed to be releasing this year but nothing yet ¯\_(ツ)_/¯
I use Apple's Mail.app on both macOS and iOS (on Linux I use KMail). I keep hearing people don't like it, but it does the job for me. The only thing I'm missing from it is GPG signing/encryption support and having it automatically format what I write to 72 columns, but I can live without those.
(If I may ask, why do people not like Mail.app?)
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Spark is the closest to how Inbox use to be. At least in my experience so that's what I'm using these days.
Spark for personal and Outlook for work. Really wish Outlook had the option to show pinned emails at the top like Spark does though.
I use Spark on Mac and iPhone. Multiple accounts with only one login is nice. Also being able to "done" (not a fan of the verbiage) all Newsletter emails at once is a must-have for me. I do miss Inbox though.
On iOS/Android/Mac I like Spark most
Gmail for web, Thunderbird for client and Bluemail for Android.
I still use Gmail over the native app because I instantly get the email when it comes in vs every 15 minutes or whatever it is without manually refreshing
Using Outlook on iOS for its multi account support. Work is Office 365 based so it makes sense. I can use a unified or separate inboxes and switch between them at will.
Has anyone tried Vivaldi’s mail client? I use Mail right now, but the snooze function not working is kind of bugging me. Oddly enough, I lived without it up to now. Somehow, since they added it I expect it to actually work!
I use outlook on the iPhone and the gmail and outlook websites on my desktop.
Outlook does a good job of presorting my mail so I’m not bombarded with all the read at your leisure emails.
I was forced to use Outlook at my new job. Hated it at first but now I prefer it to anything else.
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