After signing up for Nylas Mail, I started getting daily "marketing email" (spam) from them. It really added insult to the injury already caused by the Linux app being horribly slow, buggy, and power-hungry.
Nylas Mail is now free
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#32Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's still a paid version (in fact I think this is a price bump?) - but there's now a free tier too.
Yeah, maybe if author would charge 7 bucks in total instead of 7 bucks per month he would not have this problem.
$12 per month is steep for an email client.
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#3320xfaster than what?
0.05 of the speed.
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#34Re: Nylas Mail is now free
#35Earlier quoted context omitted.
You actually can add any IMAP server. We just haven't tested all of them, so we're only officially supporting a few at launch. Here's how to do it: http://imgur.com/a/WBdXe (I work at Nylas.)
So it's closed source, by a US company (subject to NSLs, violating foreigners rights etc) and they get a copy of all my mails? At least that's what it sounds like.
It's open source, at least most of it https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine
Re: Nylas Mail is now free
#36Earlier quoted context omitted.
You actually can add any IMAP server. We just haven't tested all of them, so we're only officially supporting a few at launch. Here's how to do it: http://imgur.com/a/WBdXe (I work at Nylas.)
So it's closed source, by a US company (subject to NSLs, violating foreigners rights etc) and they get a copy of all my mails? At least that's what it sounds like.
This is an absurd comment venting your personal gripes with US Law onto someone's product.
Which supported service is not already running in the USA and subject to NSLs? In what way is Nylas reducing your privacy?
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#37I use Nylas but I recently had to move from a 2013 MBP to a 2008 MBP and it shows how unresponsive the UI is. I'd like to use something such as mutt but I find it very unfriendly.
Yeah we haven't done much testing on 9 year old laptops. It seems fast enough on machines from the last 3-4 years.
So much for people saying "machines now are good enough for most basic uses and don't need upgrading anymore"... I guess Intel should be thankful for The Rise Of Electron Apps.
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#38I really wanted an Email client for Linux which isn't power hungry but unfortunately last I tried Nylas - it was always top app in `powertop`. An always running app has to be low on power consumption IMO, but because so many apps are being built on top of webkit/electron most of them pretty much suck when it comes to battery usage. Another case in point is slack app. On Linux, it is probably the worst app. :(
The trouble isn't electron/webkit, it's the tonne of JavaScript frameworks that are used to emulate what HTTP already does very efficiently (pages, links, requests, responses, etc.). One day someone will build a good Electron app.
> One day someone will build a good Electron app.
Visual Studio Code is very good in my opinion. It can be done.
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#39Is there a build available which doesn't require users to sign up for a Nylas ID?
The support page states that "If you’re using N1 against our open source sync engine, you’ll still need to create a Nylas ID."
Given the privacy policy says that Nylas shares information with third parties and that they can "make a copy of the entire contents of the applicable email inbox, calendar, and contact book", it doesn't feel like a traditional email client to me.
https://support.nylas.com/hc/en-us/articles/220974588-How-is...
Re: Nylas Mail is now free
#40Earlier quoted context omitted.
There's still a paid version (in fact I think this is a price bump?) - but there's now a free tier too.
Yeah, maybe if author would charge 7 bucks in total instead of 7 bucks per month he would not have this problem.
I have not used Nylas but if email is a tool that is integral to your productivity, paying for a tool that helps you is not a far-fetched idea. It's the same as with text editors. There are plenty available for free but if there's one that happens to help you in your work, paying less than 0.1% of your income can hardly qualify as excessive.
At $7/month, if this tool saves you 10 minutes a month, it's worth it.