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Mailbox, from Dropbox (plus 1 GB of space to your Dropbox)
- mattkrea 12y agoI 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.
- landr0id 12y agoAirmail 2 is pretty good. Kind of has some interesting bugs with the rules creator but it looks nice and functions well.
- statictype 12y agoI've been using Airmail for about 3 months. It's nice but has many frustrations in the UI - especially when dealing with large message threads.
- abdulqabiz 12y agoI have been using Airmail for about an year. It like it, and live with its issues such as slow startup (because I have many mailboxes), and irresponsive when network changes or when machine wakes from standby; I have to always force quit it.
- _neil 12y agoThat's basically the same list of issues that Sparrow had.
- gtf21 12y agoI'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).
- cvburgess 12y agoFor the most part I haven't had many issues, I hope they haven't given up.
- heynk 12y agoOn the topic of OSX clients, especially for Gmail, I've been really liking Mailplane after trying most of the options. All the benefits of the gmail.com interface (which I like) while I still get a native app with a badge icon.
- hhsnopek 12y agoI haven't had a single issue with the Mac client... Their primary concern isn't this application, but I agree it could probably use an update for stability
- jijojv 12y agoSweet thanks! just d/l client on phone and open it and click link to dropbox and you get the extra GB.
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- blfr 12y agoPretty cool. I wish it supported regular IMAP accounts. We could use a modern general mail client. Gmail is quite well-served already.
- FreakyT 12y agoDefinitely. Mailbox's only distinguishing feature is task-based email. By making it GMail only, there's not really much to set it apart from the official task-based Gmail client (Inbox). Inbox works really well, so I'm not sure what the purpose of Mailbox is at this point. General IMAP support would be a huge plus.
- _neil 12y agoAFAIK, Inbox still only supports @gmail.com addresses.
- flyingyeti 12y agoThe new Outlook iOS app is pretty slick, and works just fine with regular IMAP accounts.
- parisidau 12y agoHow do you add a regular IMAP account to it on iPhone? I don't see any options!
- jay_kyburz 12y agoWhy did Dropbox make an email client?
- ComputerGuru 12y agoThey didn't. They bought out a company that did, quite a while back actually.
- ComputerGuru 12y agoI 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? Outlook lets me do it, Mail.app lets me do it. It makes sense. So why not? Why force your beliefs and practices and methodologies on me? I have my reasons for keeping all my read mail in my inbox, and I'm not going to change that for a silly app.
- FreakyT 12y agoI get the impression that the primary purpose of of Mailbox was always to provide a task-based interface to Gmail -- if you just want a traditional mail client, why wouldn't you just use the official GMail client?
- goeric 12y agoIt's not like they're gone. They just in your archive, two taps away. It's a much more organized way to deal with email, at least for me.
- ComputerGuru 12y agoBut they're also moved upstream at the IMAP provider, no? Anway, the problem is that it doesn't work unless you exclusively use their client/their method..
- gtf21 12y agoMailbox 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.
- tgokh 12y agoAwesome thanks! I just got notified that nearly 50% of my current capacity is getting revoked because the giveaway from the college Space Race promotion was only for a limited time, so the extra gig is helpful! (And I'll try out Mailbox too, I guess...)
- cvburgess 12y agoReally, really wish they would add IMAP support for the rest of us that would prefer not to use Google for email. FastMail + Mailbox would be killer. ( I use Mailbox with my work email and love it )
- gwillen 12y agoGreat, 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.
- sanatgersappa 12y agoJust use Outlook. They have apps for iOS and Android now.
- getsat 12y agoAnd IMAP! I'm actually really impressed with Outlook. I signed up the other day.
- NeutronBoy 12y agoAnd ActiveSync!
- timguoqk 12y agoIt also supports iCloud
- pselbert 12y agoMy exact gripe with nearly all of the new wave in email clients. I'm aware most people are OK with Gmail, but I'm not--surely IMAP is worth supporting too!
- thought_alarm 12y agoA 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 because I said the Gmail iOS client is a piece of shit? Well, it really is unreliable and unusable garbage. If it wasn't then that's what we all would be using. Is it because I said mobile email is hard? Well, it is. That's why everyone here is looking for a better mobile email client. Is it because I said IMAP and POP3 don't cut it? There's never been a remotely decent mobile IMAP or POP3 client. If there was, that's what we'd all be using. It's 2015. Email has been around for 30+ years and everyone uses it, yet it remains an unsolved problem for many people.
- skynetv2 12y agoI tried Mailbox ... did not really work for me.
- alooPotato 12y agoanyone know whats new here, if anything?
- allworknoplay 12y agopretty sure absolutely nothing, it's really weird. millions and millions of people were on their waitlist when they launched, I'm pretty sure everyone knows about it.
- alq 12y agoold news indeed.
- caiob 12y agoWhere's IMAP support? FastMail + Mailbox would be killer.
- veidr 12y agoNot so much an "email client" as a "proprietary horseshit client", it seems: https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq0gam1fu1xx25k/Screenshot%202015-02-06%2011.32.12.png?dl=0 https://www.dropbox.com/s/pq0gam1fu1xx25k/Screenshot%202015-...
- thanksgiving 12y agoWhen Dropbox did the space race, did they say the space was only for two years? I see the message: >> Your Dropbox Space Race promotion expires on March 4. Here's a limited time offer! When I tried to look at your screenshot.
- andrewmunsell 12y agoYeah, somewhere they had a disclaimer. I explicitly remember thinking about whether I would still be using the space in 2 years.
- veidr 12y agoWow. really? That sucks, but I'm guessing it is a marketing fail on Dropbox's part. You were probably logged into Dropbox with the browser you were using? So they showed you some promo crap instead of what you were trying to see. The link is (supposed to be) a public link to a screenshot of their app that shows the "Add Account" dialog, with only two choices: Google and iCloud. EDIT: oops this was supposed to be a reply to thanksgiving
- fiatjaf 12y agoEmail is the most difficult protocol to manage that is still alive these days on the internet, so no one can implement it besides three or two companies. It is difficult to understand why people like having these @gmail or @outlook names.
- jfb 12y agoI don't use gmail, so mbsync + mu4e for me.
- hkarthik 12y agoI've been using Mailbox for quite a while, and I find the concepts and design of it to be quite good. It's just a shame that it's tied to gmail and forces you to use Dropbox. Makes it useless for many of us at work.
- arfliw 12y agoI'm confused. Is this the same Mailbox that I've been using on my iPhone for like two years? Why is this news?
- Pym 12y agoI was asking myself the same question and the answer is yes: nothing new to see here...
- ricardo 12y agoAs much as I love Mailbox's flow for handling my email, I can't get over the performance issues and random crashes with the app. After a few weeks of usage the app slows down on launch and becomes a chore to use. In contrast, Outlook (previously Acompli) is very stable. It may require more taps to do something like move an email to a specific label, but at least the app performs well and hasn't crashed on me once.
- jozzas 12y agoI don't personally see what problem this is solving. As with Carousel, Dropbox hasn't wowed me with their releases lately. What is compelling about this over the thousands of other mail clients / gmail skins out there?
- sigsergv 12y agoThe correct title should be: Plus 1 GB of Dropbox space (and Mailbox)