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Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by moonlighter »

overcast wrote: post #18
moonlighter wrote: post #14

After trying different email clients (Sparrow, Mailbox, Airmail, etc) just to see most of them getting abandoned, I've decided to simply stick to the native email clients provided by OS X and iOS and use fastmail.com with a custom domain name. Fastmail is about as flexible as it can get, their IMAP support for OS X mail.app is fantastic and their push notification service is actually better than Apple's (Fastmail pus…

Seriously, try https://www.uniboxapp.com/ . I've been using it on my Mac since beta, and now they have an iOS version. I haven't looked back since. It organizes email by person, like text messaging.

Thanks! Looks like a neat app for personal use; doesn't seem to be geared for my own use case though (multiple domains/companies). And while they might or might not stay in business, I'm reasonably sure that mail.app won't be abandoned by Apple.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by krmmalik »

overcast wrote: post #18
moonlighter wrote: post #14

After trying different email clients (Sparrow, Mailbox, Airmail, etc) just to see most of them getting abandoned, I've decided to simply stick to the native email clients provided by OS X and iOS and use fastmail.com with a custom domain name. Fastmail is about as flexible as it can get, their IMAP support for OS X mail.app is fantastic and their push notification service is actually better than Apple's (Fastmail pus…

Seriously, try https://www.uniboxapp.com/ . I've been using it on my Mac since beta, and now they have an iOS version. I haven't looked back since. It organizes email by person, like text messaging.

Does it have email tracking, snooze/read it later functions? Site seems to be sparse on details. I've been quite happy with Polymail thus far, but organising emails by person would be amazing.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by Fastidious »

alain94040 wrote: post #10

[call for ideas] Got any idea for what an email client should do? Add yours to the list of issues on https://github.com/alain94040/coolbox

I will drop by and write some of my ideas. What I absolutely do not want is for the client to rely on, yet another, third party servers/services.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by actsasbuffoon »

The mobile apps are free. How does that work? Developing an app takes time (especially one that looks this polished), and running servers costs money. I don't see any ads in the client, so you must be making money some other way.

Combined with the fact that my emails would have to pass through your server, that makes me uncomfortable.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by evergre »

actsasbuffoon wrote: post #25

The mobile apps are free. How does that work? Developing an app takes time (especially one that looks this polished), and running servers costs money. I don't see any ads in the client, so you must be making money some other way. Combined with the fact that my emails would have to pass through your server, that makes me uncomfortable.

Yes, mobile apps would be free, serving as 'trials' for the desktop app, which is paid.

CloudMagic Mac app has already reached #2 in Top Paid App on Mac App Store within hours of launch.

Over a period of time, we'll introduce more power features like email tracking, CRM integrations, etc.

I think we are building a ethical independent business here.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by actsasbuffoon »

evergre wrote: post #26
actsasbuffoon wrote: post #25

The mobile apps are free. How does that work? Developing an app takes time (especially one that looks this polished), and running servers costs money. I don't see any ads in the client, so you must be making money some other way. Combined with the fact that my emails would have to pass through your server, that makes me uncomfortable.

Yes, mobile apps would be free, serving as 'trials' for the desktop app, which is paid. CloudMagic Mac app has already reached #2 in Top Paid App on Mac App Store within hours of launch. Over a period of time, we'll introduce more power features like email tracking, CRM integrations, etc. I think we are building a ethical independent business here.

Your privacy policy makes some of that apparent, and it's clearly worded. I appreciate that.

I didn't initially notice your privacy policy because there doesn't seem to be a link from the Mac app page. I had to go to the homepage by deleting the path from the URL in my browser, since I couldn't find a link to the main page on the Mac app page. I scrolled to the bottom of the page, as that's where these things usually are, but all I found was a trio of social media buttons. I scrolled back up and noticed the three-horizontal-lines symbol, which I correctly assumed would bring up a menu. I found the privacy policy under that.

I can only speak for myself, but I would have found it valuable to have an obvious link to the privacy policy on every page. I really wanted to find the privacy policy, because I felt a bit guilty about how tersely worded my previous comment to you was. Had I not been so motivated, I might have just looked at the page, thought it looked nice, then closed it when I couldn't find an obvious link to a privacy policy.

Anyway, thanks for answering my question. I hope I didn't come across as rude. I feel like a parent sending my kid to a sleep-over. I just want to make sure my data will be safe while it stays with people I don't know.

Re: Show HN: CloudMagic Email for Mac

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Post by evergre »

actsasbuffoon wrote: post #27
evergre wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Yes, mobile apps would be free, serving as 'trials' for the desktop app, which is paid. CloudMagic Mac app has already reached #2 in Top Paid App on Mac App Store within hours of launch. Over a period of time, we'll introduce more power features like email tracking, CRM integrations, etc. I think we are building a ethical independent business here.

Your privacy policy makes some of that apparent, and it's clearly worded. I appreciate that. I didn't initially notice your privacy policy because there doesn't seem to be a link from the Mac app page. I had to go to the homepage by deleting the path from the URL in my browser, since I couldn't find a link to the main page on the Mac app page. I scrolled to the bottom of the page, as that's where these things usually…

I will forward your comment to by website team. This is definitely something we can improve. Thanks and have a great day.
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