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Re:Thunderbird for iOS on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:17AM (#50088961)
I (founder of Marco) also use a custom iCloud email domain, and have found Apple Mail to be an abysmal product. It belongs in the 2010s.

Local search should be single digit ms, for example.

Re:Thunderbird for iOS on Wednesday October 14, 2026 @11:15AM (#50088930)
Hate to break it to you, but it's a multi billion dollar TAM. Have a look at Superhuman. Yes, it's the definition of MiTM. Especially if your content is being chucked into OpenAI with no regard.
Re:Thunderbird for iOS on Tuesday October 13, 2026 @07:20PM (#50080333)
For those seeking a non-profit alternative that syncs between iOS and Mac OS, give Marco a try. We support proper offline-first behaviour and instant push notifications, among many other features.

I built this for myself out of frustration with Apple Mail and cover all operational costs. Privacy and speed are two of our most important pillars.

https://marcoapp.io

Re:Sites in ChatGPT on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:45PM (#49959129)
Indeed. What a horrible way to treat colleagues or friends.
Re:Agents don't need memory. They need documentation on Sunday October 04, 2026 @07:32PM (#49959040)
Yes, they do. Feel free to give it a try. Not shilling or trying to promote anything. Just sharing what has been a huge boost for my productivity.
Re:Agents don't need memory. They need documentation on Saturday October 03, 2026 @07:04PM (#49948648)
I wrote this, after many iterations consulting for various companies. Documentation is queryable in single digit ms, append only log, etc. Has worked exceptionally well for my projects

https://github.com/isaachinman/encephalon

Re:Tell HN: Codex Is Down [fixed] on Friday September 25, 2026 @08:23PM (#49851841)
Do you have proof of this?
Shame this is AWS specific and not just a Docker image
Interesting project. Direct Tanstack integration would convince me to give it a go. No users are going to swap over to your bespoke routing API
What level of reasoning do you run Luna at?
Re:I'd not buy a LG monitor on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @09:49PM (#49092503)
Dell ultrawide is the way to go!
iPhone 15 Pro is a reasonable size, in my opinion. Still large compared to years past.
Re:Modern email can be built from borrowed parts on Tuesday July 28, 2026 @09:35PM (#49092377)
Will fast track these requests on Marco.
Re:Modern email can be built from borrowed parts on Monday July 27, 2026 @08:48PM (#49077812)
Can you provide more feedback? What do you hate so much about current GUIs? (Working in this exact space)
Re:Modern email can be built from borrowed parts on Monday July 27, 2026 @08:46PM (#49077802)
Working in this exact space with marcoapp.io

We all deserve better, even self-hosted IMAP servers

Not asking for any specific strategies, but what exchanges are you using, and what is your P&L?
This is a really important question. If true, it could end a lot of Electron wastefulness.
What the hell?

Make your website static and host it on a CDN. There's nothing expensive or thankless about it.

Stop over engineering.

Re:GPT-5.6 on Thursday July 09, 2026 @08:23PM (#48854263)
Noticed this as well. You have to go into keyboard shortcuts and set it manually.
How is a static blog being scraped a problem? Do you not use a CDN?
Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive on Thursday April 09, 2026 @06:49PM (#47711299)
What features do you think it lacks? I'm not talking about AI slop. Surely it's IMAP feature complete.
Yes, we have an annual price of $40.
Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive on Thursday April 09, 2026 @06:07AM (#47701537)
Sorry, isn't Thunderbird meant to be "true FOSS" and essentially feature complete?
Great feature request. Will put it on the roadmap immediately.
Not intentional! Thank you for pointing that out. I'll get a fallback in place within the next 24 hours.
Fair enough, I've recently had similar thoughts about pricing. Will adjust soon. Please (extended to anyone reading this) ping me directly for a few months free.
Yes, absolutely. If it would give users more confidence, I'd be happy to.
Yes, Marco does this (disclaimer, I'm the solo founder):

https://marcoapp.io

Contacts populate alongside email threads in search results. If you click on a contact, it will take you to a dedicated contact screen with every thread you've ever had with that contact, as well as every attachment they've ever sent you.

Cool project! IMAP can truly be a pain in the ass.
We may add a "bring your own API key" approach to AI features in the future, but yeah for now there are plenty of other competitors in the "automatically generate an email draft" space.

I simply just set out to build the most robust (and indeed offline-first) foundation I could. Privacy is paramount for me and I don't want my emails piped to OpenAI.

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