over 6 years ago from Tony Gines, Señor Designer
I'm always looking for the best email app for my everyday purposes and was just curious as to what my fellow DNers are using.
Here's the poll: http://www.strawpoll.me/11539951
Extra credit: Why do you love the app you use?
Primarily inbox.google.com but also sometimes Mail.app. Inbox is super simple and works super well in the browser and on my phone.
Mail app on macOS and iOS
It just works
Still using Sparrow.
My sparrow app recently refused to work with my iCloud email, so I had to leave it behind :(
Sparrow here too.
Airmail! Both iOS and MacOS
Same best experience on iOS and macOS. Like this app!
+1 Airmail on both, but I still want Mailbox back.
Airmail for the win. On MacOS only though. Using Inbox on Android.
I live for the snooze functions.
I use Polymail, it combines the best of Mailbox for iOS (which I still dearly miss) and Nylas. It even has some of Nylas’s features like schedule sending, read receipts, pretty attachments. The only thing that it lacks is the ability to flag/star emails, and the way it handles lists is really primitive.
I was using it for a while, but for me it handled long image heavy emails terribly (like newsletters etc) so I switched to Airmal - have you had any problems with it?
No problems with it so far, works like a charm.
+1 for Polymail. Best I've found so far. Works perfect for me, even heavy e-mails.
Same here. Love Polymail, especially the read receipts and clean layout.
+1. Some occasional issues, but overall a very good client.
Not heard of it before, but actually love it now :)
does it support multiple gmail accounts? meaning - can i use it to read, and write, from 3 different accounts without delays?
Yeah you can. I linked up 6 Gmail accounts to mine, all loading with no problem. They also sync to one master account so you get the same experience wherever you use it, which Outlook doesn’t seem to do.
I want to like polymail as I think its features are great and it looks great. but Its really slow. also ive tried everything but I cant seem to download any inline images. has anyone figured out how to fix this problem? also their settings is very basic and glitchy, and their support is useless.
Good ol' Mail.app. Lately, I've tried:
And I'm on the Superhuman beta wait list. But I keep coming back to (and mostly love) Mail.app because:
Honestly, if I had better typographic control over display, I'd have virtually no complaints. Email is mostly / primarily a text reading task, and yet I have less control than the Notes.app. The fact that I can't increase the size of the text in the central source column is criminal.
I use Postbox. Been a supporter for a long time. It doesn't have a lot of the newer features like snoozing etc, but it's a fairly solid option if you're just used to basic Gmail features.
Airmail's also good, but I just feel Postbox is more polished.
When Spark comes out for Mac though… I'll probably be an instant convert.
I like Postbox a lot, used it years ago when I was on Windows. Just recently (within the last 2 months) switched back to Postbox on Mac from Airmail. I hate that Airmail (and Spark) creates IMAP folders for their features. I like having a pristine inbox.
Mail.app on the Mac. Can't miss out on any progressive WebKit supported enhancements. #emailgeeks
Superhuman: https://superhuman.com/. It's the best!
Is there a way I can get early access? I signed up ages ago but haven't gotten anything yet.
I don't know. Try reaching out their team on Twitter.
Why would they put checkboxes for the single choice? Just why?
Mail.app cus no other client has Rules.
I use wmail for full google inbox wrapper and Mia for Gmail for quick gmail menubar notifier
Tried Nylas, then Polymail, and now currently using CloudMagic/Newton. On the fence about upgrading for $50/yr but of those 3 it's the one I feel the best about. Using it for a mix of Exchange + Gmail accounts.
Mail app. Still missing Sparrow app though.
Airmail. Best of the bunch, but still too clunky.
Still miss Sparrow and Mailbox, but inbox.google.com has become my default. It's become too much of a mental barrier to use different apps on different platforms, and Inbox is stupid simple across iOS/Web
I found this interesting one a while a go - Plain
Has a super minimal ui, purely focused on clearing an overflowing inbox. Wouldn't use it day to day, but it is interesting concept.
I've tried them all. Airmail seems to work the best for me. I have quite a few emails so it handles multiple accounts nicely. I also prefer markdown when writing so that's a nice perk.
Polymail seems to be the only one that support Gmail Label. That makes it my first choice for now.
Outlook on my Surface.
I use Franz to act as a "standalone app" substitute for Google Inbox, so that I don't have to keep the tab in the browser. It's electron-based app and it works very well (plus I utilize it for Whatsapp/Messenger as well).
After trying a couple, eM Client (win) it's the right one for me. It's simple and has a modern interface,
Gmail on desktop. Inbox on mobile.
Sparrow R.I.P. </3
Gmail webapp unfortunately. I did sales in a previous lifetime and cannot for the life of me quit all the gmail plugins I used. Specifically:
Nylas looks like it's going to meet my needs soon, but the app is just slows my old MacBook air down too much.
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