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Part 1: I understand your worry. It's perfectly within the realm of reason. Please allow me to help alleviate your worries. The following are a list of the perm

Part 1: I understand your worry. It's perfectly within the realm of reason. Please allow me to help alleviate your worries. The following are a list of the permissions DarwinMail requests of you. PS: WE NEVER store any email data that belongs to you. Google has verified our compliance via a lengthy audit! Manage mailbox labels — this allows DarwinMail to add and remove labels (inbox, snoozed, spam, etc) to your emails. Manage your sensitive mail settings — this allows DarwinMail to update settings such as your forwarding address and aliases. Manage you basic mail settings — this allows DarwinMail to update settings such as your signature and out of office reply. View and modify but not delete your email — this allows DarwinMail to create your email (when you use the compose functionality), modify you email, and send your email (when you click the send button). This also allows you to update and save drafts. Please feel free to check out the following official documentation from Google for further reading. https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopes https://developers.google.com/gmail/api/auth/scopes

ddalex 7y ago
Thanks for the pointers. I understand well how the OAuth scopes work. What I don't understand is - if the server doesn't handle my email, why does this need to be hosted on a server? Package it as a browser extension and this way I can be sure that my email is not leaked.
- DarwinMailApp 7y ago
  Wow. This is an eye-opening comment. I like your point. It's fascinating. Right now, I need to look into the implications of running DarwinMail as a browser extension would be. To be sure your security would be maintained, the core functionality is not lost and DarwinMail remains usable (landing page with about, features, testimonials, pricing etc). Thank you for your suggestion!
  - ddalex 7y ago
    So the actual problem is that it seems to you you that one can't SELL a product as a browser extension. However Grammarly is a beautiful showcase of an actual product as an extension, with payment and everything you need (landing, testimonials, upsells, etc).
    - DarwinMailApp 7y ago
      But browser extensions can't be used on mobile?
      - ddalex 7y ago
        perhaps not on mobile chrome (it's been a while since I've tried) but certainly on mobile firefox and mobile samsung (which is chrome rebadged). I'd not say - go and build this as an extension on mobile; but if you have the code built to run as an extension, it should be fairly quick to repackage it as a standalone mobile app, i.e. get a dedicated instance of the browser that runs your app). Another successful example of this model is LastPass - they deliver the functionality via browser extensions and mobile apps, but they handle all the payment and marketing and CRM via their own product site.
        DarwinMailApp 7y ago
        That is a very good point! Thank you for the feedback!

ddalex 7y ago

Thanks for the pointers. I understand well how the OAuth scopes work. What I don't understand is - if the server doesn't handle my email, why does this need to be hosted on a server? Package it as a browser extension and this way I can be sure that my email is not leaked.

DarwinMailApp 7y ago
Wow. This is an eye-opening comment. I like your point. It's fascinating. Right now, I need to look into the implications of running DarwinMail as a browser extension would be. To be sure your security would be maintained, the core functionality is not lost and DarwinMail remains usable (landing page with about, features, testimonials, pricing etc). Thank you for your suggestion!
- ddalex 7y ago
  So the actual problem is that it seems to you you that one can't SELL a product as a browser extension. However Grammarly is a beautiful showcase of an actual product as an extension, with payment and everything you need (landing, testimonials, upsells, etc).
  - DarwinMailApp 7y ago
    But browser extensions can't be used on mobile?
    - ddalex 7y ago
      perhaps not on mobile chrome (it's been a while since I've tried) but certainly on mobile firefox and mobile samsung (which is chrome rebadged). I'd not say - go and build this as an extension on mobile; but if you have the code built to run as an extension, it should be fairly quick to repackage it as a standalone mobile app, i.e. get a dedicated instance of the browser that runs your app). Another successful example of this model is LastPass - they deliver the functionality via browser extensions and mobile apps, but they handle all the payment and marketing and CRM via their own product site.
      - DarwinMailApp 7y ago
        That is a very good point! Thank you for the feedback!