Airmail for iOS — One of the best Mac email clients, now on iPhone

@andym_dc .

@andym_dc yes .

@andym_dc How is Polymail on mac? I've heard it's pretty much the spiritual successor to Mailbox, while Airmail feels more like Sparrow. What do you think?

@xoalexo I didn't have the pleasure of trying Mailbox or Sparrow. It wasn't until I left a government job and went back to school that I really needed an email app. That being said, Polymail really has what I want/need. Send later is huge for me, as I like to work late, but don't want to have my emails arriving to folks at 3:30am or something. Also, email tracking for a number of reasons, not the least of which is that with all the letters in my last name, I've found that sometimes emails from me go into spam folders! So, it helps me know if/when I should follow up. Anyway, I digress. I also think outlook for Mac is solid. Powerful and well organized. But compared with everything else, Polymail stands tall among its competitors.

@andym_dc @xoalexo The product are much different, we do no store user messages

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@zaccoffman Is iPad support in the works?

@ravivyas84 that it is!

@zaccoffman Does Airmail offer smart notifications like Spark does? I'm a BIG Airmail user on my Mac but when it comes to iOS I like how Spark gives me only the notifications I need. I wear a Pebble watch so that's another reason I like less notifications. My wrist doesn't buzz all the time for everything arriving. Thanks in advance for reading my question!

@aaroncrocco Not sure how Spark does their notifications, let me travel to the dark side :-p once things die down a little to see

@zaccoffman Thanks! Essentially Spark analyses my email on my phone (not server side) and decides if the incoming message should trigger a new mail notification. This stops all the things I want to get (Storium, newsletters, etc) from cluttering my lock screen / Pebble. However if an email comes from my Mom, it can tell it's from a person or important & then notify me.

@melissamonteee Even a video showing various functionalities in action would convince me to shell out cash for another mail app. I look at the long list of features which 1) is overwhelming and 2) doesn't explain *why* I should want Airmail over others. The only reason why I know about the superior swipe gestures is this thread.

@tess_y @melissamonteee Airmail help you to find a way to manage the email like You want. The flexible customisation of actions, that can be a simple Move to Trash, Apply a label, archive or Create a calendar event, or save the attachments to Dropbox for instance. There are many actions that can be done and others will come.

@tess_y @melissamonteee I searched for video reviews but couldn't find even one. Anyone up to create a short review?

@ravivyas84 I was surprised as well at first, but my second thought was, well, Mailbox was free and look what happened. At least by charging they make the case that they're here to stay and are self-sufficient. After Sparrow and Mailbox I want a client that is going to last longer.

@ravivyas84 It's $5. For an app that you would use all the time, that's pretty inexpensive.

@xoalexo Agree there, but they are competing with Microsoft & Google who are providing free clients. Also they need to reach a critical mass to survive while being a paid app.

@manigandham Not for a majority of folks from India & China. Just to clarify I did buy the iOS App too. But most of my developers friends here don't pay for apps.

@ravivyas84 I'd love to hear from the makers on this. My guess is they've taken a look at the whole field of email apps (I know Boxer is also 4.99) and decided premium is the market they want to reach.

@ourielohayon
we did spot that... a little too late.

@xoalexo does it provide swipe gestures? That and Mailbox's speed is what I miss the most.

@happygezim yes, it provides swipe gestures very well! Speed is fast as well

@xoalexo Does the iOS and Mac app provide swipe gestures to create a to do list or reminder like mailbox? I need a simple solution for this I have the mac app, but can't really imagine investing another 5$ on the iOS app if they're still underdeveloped and don't really support the features I needed

@ericdiepeveen You still need to enter your passwords

@ericdiepeveen On the bright side, the login page has 1Password integration. Win!

@ravivyas84 @ericdiepeveen This was one of the BIG requests from our beta testers, personally I feel all apps should be integrating 1Password.

@zaccoffman @ravivyas84 @ericdiepeveen would be nice if that 1Password integration was also on the services login pages like OneDrive and such :)

@stayallive @ravivyas84 @ericdiepeveen Touche ;) - @leonardo_4473

@rustydingo could you elaborate on what customization you like here over Outlook?

@rananava the biggest thing for me right now are the short and long swipe gestures that I got familiar with in Mailbox. Right now I have Archive, Snooze, Star and Trash. For how I like to tackle email, I appreciate being able to customize those gestures to what I want. The ability to customize the snooze times is also quite helpful for me. Also appreciate being able to customize the actions that are available to me. Being able to color my accounts helps me scan my unified inbox better. As an afterthought I was thinking about how some folks might be overwhelmed by the customization here, however email is something that each person out there deals with email in their own unique way. This app gives users the ability to craft their own workflow.

@rustydingo awesome, thanks for sharing that. I hope the makers re-write their app description to explain these benefits clearly.

@tomflemming This could be very interesting

@roamlocally Hey Paul, sorry for the delay - just now saw this. I assume you're referring to the awesome little bundling filters that Gmail offers? Currently at this time, Google doesn't offer any API for this -- there are hacked together workarounds you may have seen on other apps. We'd love to offer them, but also prefer to stick to playing by the rules as this assures keeping email partners happy

@borickard is planned thanks

@leonardo_4473 Thanks! Found a bug, by the way. The "Editor" label in the settings. http://imgur.com/q0zSQLS

@sashk Yes we use tokens when possible or credentials, the processing is minimal, and after the push is sent the messages are discarded. If the user does not enable push no server processing is used.

@leonardo_4473 Just got added to iOS beta. Do you have a Slack group for me to send feedback on that you can add me to?

@okonetchnikov Thanks for the compliments Andrey!

@bramk was more to get it out in the wild. Rumor has it that may be expanded

@tomeversley Thanks Tom! Feel free to shoot over any questions/comments you may have.