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With N1, you can run the entire stack yourself, or use our hosted version. Plus, N1 is built to be extended by developers using JavaScript, so you can build anything you want into it.
More here: https://nylas.com/n1
(I work at Nylas.)
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The absolutely dreadful UI?
I've switched to Google Inbox rather than Gmail but I'd still be happier with Gmail than any other webmail - and nearly any desktop mail client (although I've seen a few glimpses of next-gen clients that have the potential to change my mind). How would you justify that it's 'dreadful'? Am I just deluded?
No support for JMAP accounts?
I assume that under the hood, they've just set up Gmail as an IMAP client that accesses your other account?
So mixed messages again. Is 'Inbox' the next-gen Gmail interface or a hobby project that will get closed down in a year? Momentum has slowed and I've become so dependent on it's workflow I'd be gutted if this was the case. However - I don't believe Google will maintain two email clients in perpetuity. On past experience - they'll fold the functionality of one into the other - partially and imperfectly leaving users i…
I got a toast notification in gmail that asked me to permanently redirect Gmail to Inbox. I believe that answered the questions for myself what direction that are heading.
If folks are looking for an open source alternative to this, you should consider N1 and the Nylas sync engine. With N1, you can run the entire stack yourself, or use our hosted version. Plus, N1 is built to be extended by developers using JavaScript, so you can build anything you want into it. More here: https://nylas.com/n1 (I work at Nylas.)
After reading this I tried to install an exchange account on my gmail app. It asked for a bunch of extra permissions for the specific exchange account, including the permission to "Erase all data" from the telephone, resetting it to factory settings. Not gonna happen. From what I gather those permissions were requested by the exchange server, so my university would be the one to blame. Why a server would ask for this…
Default permissions are the ability erase everything. It actually requires work to remove those permissions. Probably just your exchange admin doesnt have an incentive to change the settings.
No they aren't. You get no permissions by default. You have to do work to get any.
What's likely is Device Administration was added as a feature for exchange admins to remotely erase compromised/old/whatever phones.
If folks are looking for an open source alternative to this, you should consider N1 and the Nylas sync engine. With N1, you can run the entire stack yourself, or use our hosted version. Plus, N1 is built to be extended by developers using JavaScript, so you can build anything you want into it. More here: https://nylas.com/n1 (I work at Nylas.)
That really looks sweet! But glancing over the FAQ, it's not clear to me if it doesn't do IMAP&SMTP with the big players, or if it doesn't feature IMAP&SMTP at all?
If folks are looking for an open source alternative to this, you should consider N1 and the Nylas sync engine. With N1, you can run the entire stack yourself, or use our hosted version. Plus, N1 is built to be extended by developers using JavaScript, so you can build anything you want into it. More here: https://nylas.com/n1 (I work at Nylas.)
That really looks sweet! But glancing over the FAQ, it's not clear to me if it doesn't do IMAP&SMTP with the big players, or if it doesn't feature IMAP&SMTP at all?