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Great, 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.

by gwillen 12y ago

sanatgersappa 12y ago
Just use Outlook. They have apps for iOS and Android now.
- getsat 12y ago
  And IMAP! I'm actually really impressed with Outlook. I signed up the other day.
  - NeutronBoy 12y ago
    And ActiveSync!
timguoqk 12y ago
It also supports iCloud
pselbert 12y ago
My 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 ago
A 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.
- dingaling 12y ago
  > Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. IMAP IDLE works fine for me. Mail notification within milliseconds of arrival. What do you feel is broken?
  - rakoo 12y ago
    The folder analogy is completely broken; tags have shown to be much more useful. Disclaimer: I'm a maintainer of Sup, which is born on the same idea that tags + good search is much better than folders.
bdcravens 12y ago
Cloud Magic handles pretty much everything (except POP3) and has much of the same UI of Mailbox.
forgotpasswd3x 12y ago
You're certainly free to make an email app too, and you can make it support anything you'd like. Google isn't stopping you.

Great, 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.

by gwillen 12y ago

Great, 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 ago

Just use Outlook. They have apps for iOS and Android now.

getsat 12y ago
And IMAP! I'm actually really impressed with Outlook. I signed up the other day.
- NeutronBoy 12y ago
  And ActiveSync!

timguoqk 12y ago

It also supports iCloud

pselbert 12y ago

My 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 ago

A 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.

dingaling 12y ago
> Those old standard email protocols don't cut it. IMAP IDLE works fine for me. Mail notification within milliseconds of arrival. What do you feel is broken?
- rakoo 12y ago
  The folder analogy is completely broken; tags have shown to be much more useful. Disclaimer: I'm a maintainer of Sup, which is born on the same idea that tags + good search is much better than folders.

bdcravens 12y ago

Cloud Magic handles pretty much everything (except POP3) and has much of the same UI of Mailbox.

forgotpasswd3x 12y ago

You're certainly free to make an email app too, and you can make it support anything you'd like. Google isn't stopping you.