I've spent the last two years building a new email client

Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by abeiz on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:58AM (#16975128)

Looks great! I'm always curious what it means when people say they've worked x years on something. Was this a full time project @ 40/h a week every week, or more of a few hours on the weekends, or maybe something in the middle?

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by muszc-master on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @04:59AM (#16975132)

Hello! It has been full-time for the last 2 years!

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by yani on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:23AM (#16975266)

Did someone review your code? 2 years working on your own sounds like a caveman.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by muszc-master on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:27AM (#16975289)

Yes, I was basically a caveman, and I'm currently looking for more developers

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by nhooyr on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @02:46PM (#16979988)

Haha, that's awesome man!

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by newscracker on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @07:43AM (#16975973)

Please don’t take this negatively. The “bus factor” here is 1. That’d be a concern for many users (especially ones who have used corporate email systems and have higher expectations on the longevity of a client). More so when combined with the other feedback I gave on having export options for the mail to standard formats.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by _RedPanda on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:02AM (#16975147)

This probably means that the software is not going to be free, right?

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by discordance on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:08AM (#16975175)

I hope it's paid. This guy deserves to get paid for his awesome work, and I will trust it more if I'm paying $.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by Boulth on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:07AM (#16976489)

I agree! I'm frequently paying for software even if I won't use it after a year just to test how well it works. Unpaid is not sustainable. But having source code (Maybe GPL?) is also important.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by red_admiral on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:10AM (#16975191)

If the choice is between paying with money and paying with my personal data, managing my e-mail is one of the things where I'm happy to pull out the credit card. (That's why my e-mail accounts are on places like fastmail instead of gmail.)

I get paid money for the software I develop too, after all.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by SyneRyder on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:18AM (#16975239)

For some of us, email is so important that we are prepared to pay a LOT for a really great client. I'm currently paying around $150/year for Photoshop - email is more important to me than Photoshop. For the right program, I would happily pay $99 for a major release. I think that's what I used to pay for Eudora many years ago.

Postbox currently only charges $40 for a lifetime free-upgrades license. In my case, they are definitely leaving money on the table, I would've paid a lot more.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by SmellyGeekBoy on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:07AM (#16976485)

Well I was having a good day until you had to go and remind me about the demise of Eudora... ;)

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by dotancohen on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @09:04AM (#16976469)

What features of Postbox do you use that are not available in Claws (or derivatives) or Thunderbird? Serious question, I've love a better email experience.

In any case Postbox is not available on Linux, but I'd still like to know.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by SyneRyder on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @10:19AM (#16977096)

It's so long since I've switched that I'm not sure anymore, but Postbox tried to be more Mac-like and had native integration with macOS Contacts instead of separate address books. I think it had some filter rules Thunderbird didn't have, and faster indexed search.

But now, I use the keyboard driven Tagging & Quick Move features [1] a lot. They work a bit like Alfred [2]. To file a message in my Filtered folder, I type "v fil Enter" and by the time I've typed v, an Alfred-like window pops up that autocompletes the full folder names as I type - so by the time I get to 'fil', it's autocompleted to the right one and I can hit enter. Standard keyboard shortcuts too like j to junk, a to archive, etc. I'm sure Thunderbird also has these via extensions, but I like having it in the core product supported by the core developers.

There's a word count warning feature that I use a lot too, because I tend to type a lot. The word count turns red when I go over my suggested self-imposed limit, or you can set a timer for when you've been composing one email for too long.

EDIT: I saw you asked elsewhere about editing the From field, Postbox has a pulldown menu on each message you compose where you can choose from a list of profiles / aliases you create. Each can even have their own SMTP server details & default signatures & are separate from inbox accounts. You can switch signatures on individual messages too.

[1] https://www.postbox-inc.com/features

[2] https://www.alfredapp.com/

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by dotancohen on Thursday May 03, 2018 @12:57AM (#16983449)

Thanks. In fact the time-limits on writing an email is a great idea! I should generalize that into a timer app for writing email, browsing HN, Wikipedia, etc.

Alfred looks interesting. Other than the workflows, almost everything it does is already integrated into KDE. However it looks easy to use and I will definitely check it out if I move to one of the company Macbooks. Thank you!

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by progx on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:14AM (#16975210)

No problem for paying a good mail-client. I use it every day and if it saves me time (e.g. conversiation view, or better search) i will pay for it.

Would be nice if a bigger company sponsors such a project, then a greater audience will use it and the Developer could concentrate on developing and not on selling.

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Re:I've spent the last two years building a new email client by vijaybritto on Wednesday May 02, 2018 @05:12AM (#16975198)

I hope you make it paid by freemium method!

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