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This seems like a great tool I have been waiting for a while. As I understand, it is rather an IMAP client, but will you store my emails on your servers as well
by juriansluiman 14y ago
This seems like a great tool I have been waiting for a while. As I understand, it is rather an IMAP client, but will you store my emails on your servers as well? Or do you only connect to the GMail email storage?
Also, do you keep GMail's messages intact? Or are you authorized to update filters, apply labels and make a mess of my greatly organized emails?
Another question comes to mind: how about mobile? I read more than half of my emails on my phone or tablet. Is lightermail able to handle this as well? I haven't seen an app in the Google Playstore and there is no mention on your site. How do you think you will handle mobile access? (I see the sms text on a phone with a link to a lighermail.com page)
- Maascamp 14y agoGreat questions! I'll address them one at a time. We DO NOT store any of your emails on our servers. We scan only the from header when an email arrives and keep a reference to the message's unique ID if it should be acted upon. We also don't mess with your filters/labels. We strip the inbox label for deferred messages so they don't show up until you're ready for them, but all other labels are left intact. As for mobile, we built the site to be completely usable on smartphones. Mobile apps are in the cards, but we're still very young and have tried to make the mobile web experience first rate. Thanks for asking. Feel free to contact me any time (gordon AT lightermail DOT com) with questions or suggestions!
- Maascamp 14y agoOh, and while we connect via IMAP, we aren't a client in the sense of outlook/gmail web. You keep using your current client of choice for reading/handling email and Lightermail works in the background to help you stay organized.