(the two that have issues are the two most recently added) 3) The HTML/WYSIWYG editor is not completely reliable sometimes when I press enter, the editor shows two line-breaks (ie. The main issues: 1) The 'unread' status of emails gets desynced frequently thus, the 'unread' section keeps getting cluttered with tons of messages that have in fact been read! 2) Keeps having issues syncing mail for two of my Gmail accounts! (even after attempted re-sign-in) I suspect the Mailspring client just cannot handle more than 3 accounts without getting unstable. Mimestream is free right now while it’s in beta form, but it’ll be a paid app once development is complete.Venryx's Experience For a couple years I have been using Mailspring, but there are a few key annoyances that have been severe enough that I've finally switched (as of today) to Mozilla Thunderbird. Right now Mimestream is available on for Mac, but an iPhone and iPad version of the app is planned. New features are planned for the future as well, with Google Drive support on the list. But with native Gmail features like labels, advanced search, and even synced aliases this is definitely not Mail. That might be why Mimestream looks similar.

It’s actually being developed by Neik Jhaveri, a former Apple engineer who worked on the Mail app that lives in macOS. The app is built using AppKit and SwiftUI and runs as a native Mac app. In addition, your account’s access tokens stay on your device.” “Mimestream communicates directly from your device to Google’s APIs, without using an intermediary server. “Mimestream follows the model of a traditional e-mail client: a cache of your recent messages are stored on your device, and the originals remain on the Gmail server,” the client website explains. That’s a win for privacy-focused users right there.

There are also plenty of third-party email apps out there that support Gmail, but many of them try to over-complicate matters by adding their own features.Īccording to a new report from MacRumors, Mimestream is a new email app that tries to bridge the gap – it looks similar to Mail, but is built especially for Gmail.ĭesigned by Neil Jhaveri, a former Apple engineer who also worked on the company’s default Mail app, Mimestream connects directly to Google’s servers as well – your data doesn’t go anywhere other than your computer, and Google.

While Apple’s Mail app does support Gmail, the experience can be decent at best. A former Apple engineer has designed a Mac app specifically for Gmail.

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