Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X?

Posted by cjbarber on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:06PM
from the ask-hn dept.

I'm looking for exactly mailbox, without bugs.

I love the swipe to archive/schedule. I use those features all the time.

Outlook on iOS is the perfect replacement. But what about OS X?

Prediction: Unless a startup comes out of nowhere and does this, MSFT will end up replacing Mailbox.app on OS X (hopefully!)

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by speg on Monday December 07, 2015 @04:49PM (#10692986)

I switched from Mailbox to Inbox a few months ago. Glad I did!

There is no desktop app, and the settings aren't as customizable but the bundling feature makes up for that.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by avitzurel on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:53PM (#10691151)

Right now I am using Airmail and I'm pretty happy about it. I have about 4 email accounts and it works well.

The shortcuts are Gmail compliant so you can use whatever you are used for with motion/archive/delete and more.

I've used Postbox, MailPlane3, Mailbox, Mail and a lot of others, Airmail is the best one so far.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by _neil on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:14PM (#10690792)

This is a bummer. Despite how incredibly buggy Mailbox is on OS X, it was still my favorite client since Sparrow. I might give Nylas[0] a try.

[0] https://www.nylas.com/n1

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by cjbarber on Monday December 07, 2015 @01:06PM (#10691257)

The (current) lack of 'swipe to snooze' is unfortunate with Nylas. Looks great otherwise though.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by goralph on Monday December 07, 2015 @09:01PM (#10694292)

I've basically tried them all, and the latest Airmail client works the best for me. It's fast, no lag in the animations, does what I want it to do, and even looks decent.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by sjs382 on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:17PM (#10690805)

I use Airmail and I like it, though my usage doesn't require anything out of the ordinary, beyond having different mailboxes for different accounts.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by microman on Monday December 07, 2015 @06:37PM (#10693644)

I use Postbox but I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has used both Postbox and Airmail to see if they prefer one over the other?

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by cjbarber on Monday December 07, 2015 @12:07PM (#10690752)

This seems especially relevant now that Mailbox is officially being shut down on Feb 26.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by Nilef on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @04:08PM (#10699541)

That's why he asked...

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by tbrock on Monday December 07, 2015 @08:04PM (#10694070)

I still miss sparrow. It felt so much lighter weight than airmail on OSX.

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Re:Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X? by kishansundar on Tuesday December 08, 2015 @08:40AM (#10696237)

Airmail 2

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