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Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

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Post by dingaling » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 8:43 AM UTC

thought_alarm wrote: post #37

gwillen wrote: post #16

Great, so now we don't even make email clients anymore; now we make Gmail clients. The open Internet sure is alive and well in the age of Google.

A lot of people use Gmail. A lot of people use iOS. The Gmail iOS client is pile of shit. That's an opportunity if I ever saw one. Mobile email is hard. Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. Now, if you're willing to hand over your IMAP or POP3 username and password to Microsoft or RIM, they'll be happy to run your private email through their servers to your phone. Edit: What's with the down votes? Is it b…

> Those old standard email protocols don't cut it.

IMAP IDLE works fine for me. Mail notification within milliseconds of arrival.

What do you feel is broken?

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

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Post by gtf21 » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 9:22 AM UTC

ComputerGuru wrote: post #8

I just don't want to take read/dealt-with emails out of my inbox. Which Mailbox can be configured to work with - only it shows 4,400 "unread" messages as a badge icon. The options available in-app are "always show 1," "show number of messages in inbox," and "never show any" I want to see the number of unread messages in the inbox only. Not the total number. Not an arbitrary number. Not zero. Is that too much to ask?…

Mailbox were always pretty clear that they have an "ideology" if you will. You don't have to subscribe to it, but the app is geared towards that, so if you don't want it, don't use that app. For my part, I find it extremely useful to stick to a zero inbox, which is my chief motivator for using Mailbox.

> Why force your beliefs and practices and methodologies on me?

Seriously, you don't have to use Mailbox, no guns were put to heads.

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

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Post by gtf21 » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 9:24 AM UTC

landr0id wrote: post #4

mattkrea wrote: post #2

I can't help but think they have given up on the Mac client. It's been at version 0.3.14 for an unbelievably long amount of time--so long that I've just gone back to Mac Mail.

Airmail 2 is pretty good. Kind of has some interesting bugs with the rules creator but it looks nice and functions well.

I've found Airmail 2 has improved massively, and I use it as my primary email client on my mac, but to be honest it's still behind where Sparrow was IMO.

There are a number of interface gripes I have, and it sometimes consumes about 1.5GB of RAM, but overall it's the best OSX email client I've used (that's being actively maintained).

Re: Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)

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Post by rakoo » Fri, Feb 06, 2015, 10:07 PM UTC

dingaling wrote: post #51

thought_alarm wrote: post #37

Earlier quoted context omitted.

A lot of people use Gmail. A lot of people use iOS. The Gmail iOS client is pile of shit. That's an opportunity if I ever saw one. Mobile email is hard. Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. Now, if you're willing to hand over your IMAP or POP3 username and password to Microsoft or RIM, they'll be happy to run your private email through their servers to your phone. Edit: What's with the down votes? Is it b…

> Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. IMAP IDLE works fine for me. Mail notification within milliseconds of arrival. What do you feel is broken?

The folder analogy is completely broken; tags have shown to be much more useful.

Disclaimer: I'm a maintainer of Sup, which is born on the same idea that tags + good search is much better than folders.