> And look, I'm not an engineer, but this seems like a really bad plan. When I launch Sparrow, the only way my email doesn't come through is if Gmail itself goe

> And look, I'm not an engineer, but this seems like a really bad plan. When I launch Sparrow, the only way my email doesn't come through is if Gmail itself goes down. With Mailbox, I'm adding a second point of failure. The first and most likely point of failure is network issues (i.e. no Wifi or 3G access).