Possibly selling user data to third parties. CloudMagic/Newton said they don't do that yet but I'm skeptical.
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Readdle Expands Popular 'Spark' Email App to the Mac [Update: Now Available]
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Possibly selling user data to third parties. CloudMagic/Newton said they don't do that yet but I'm skeptical.
Just tried it.
No "Rules", Conversation/Threaded view only (AFAIK), no customizable "smart" folders and I don't think it's remembering the size of the columns after I resize them.
No "Rules", Conversation/Threaded view only (AFAIK), no customizable "smart" folders and I don't think it's remembering the size of the columns after I resize them.
I just tried it. Currently I use Airmail and find it okay. Airmail's inability to Command+F inside an email is very annoying. Spark looks promising.
It has some peculiar behaviors that I do not like. It tries to reach out to a bunch of places, such as smartmailcloud.com, amplitude.com, and cloudapp.net. During first run I let it do this, but then it sent me email as part of the first run experience. Which means that it grabs my email address when I add an account, sends it to its own servers, and then sends me email. Which I find to be a bit of a breach of trust. An email application should only communicate with the email hosts you add, and only over pre-defined ports (993, 465).
Additionally it seems like it used my email address to subscribe me to their email newsletter. Which I am very annoyed about. I emailed them and asked for clarification on that because I am not 100% sure.
I blocked its communication with any servers other than the my email hosts and it seems to run fine still... so we'll see.
It has some peculiar behaviors that I do not like. It tries to reach out to a bunch of places, such as smartmailcloud.com, amplitude.com, and cloudapp.net. During first run I let it do this, but then it sent me email as part of the first run experience. Which means that it grabs my email address when I add an account, sends it to its own servers, and then sends me email. Which I find to be a bit of a breach of trust. An email application should only communicate with the email hosts you add, and only over pre-defined ports (993, 465).
Additionally it seems like it used my email address to subscribe me to their email newsletter. Which I am very annoyed about. I emailed them and asked for clarification on that because I am not 100% sure.
I blocked its communication with any servers other than the my email hosts and it seems to run fine still... so we'll see.
I know, but other folks were chiming in about Mail
Meanwhile I am still using Gmail web app. No native client can beat that.
Same. I've tried everything else out there, but always come back to Mail because it integrates so well with the Mac.
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Until you find yourself without internet access.
The same developer is offering several other paid apps, on Mac there's PDF Expert and this app is like an ad for their paid apps, or maybe a future integration will tempt you to pay for PDF Expert.
I've been using it since 10.4 and my biggest complaint with it right now is that the mobile version absolutely sucks which means I miss out on handoff features because I use... Spark on my mobile devices.
If iOS Mail just supported decent push notifications (IMAP IDLE) I might use it, but polling is terrible.
Inline annotation is something I use just about daily.
Might try this out as the mobile app is fantastic. I tried CloudMagic when they released their desktop app and... bleh. Terrible.
But for visual aid you need to manually curate every single contact. Airmail automatically tries to download favicons for senders, and even gives them a colored letter if it couldn't find a logo. Very useful to quickly glance through a sea of emails IMO.
I agree, when Mail works, it's perfect for me. But in El Capitan, Mail couldn't send or receive emails for me so I was in desperate need of a mail client (ideally free because I'd return to Mail as soon as it got fixed). And then it was indeed fixed in Sierra, so of course now that I don't need it anymore one is immediately released for free. But it's good to have, who knows, Mail could stop working again one day!
Good point, but this almost never happens to me. Even on mobile (where I use a native app) I am always connected.
I don't know if I'm a digital hoarder or what, but I always run Mail because I'm SURE that the moment I don't have a connection, I'm going to need some email or attachment I don't have.
I've been writing and updating a mega-thread about Spark for Mac, since I've been a beta tester for long before the public release and am very involved in helping the development (probably two dozen detailed bug reports personally so far).
This image from the latest Spark version (1.0.0.189) says more than 1000 words about why I do not use Spark for Mac yet:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-end-of-the-year.2013631/page-2#post-24010708
This image from the latest Spark version (1.0.0.189) says more than 1000 words about why I do not use Spark for Mac yet:
https://forums.macrumors.com/thread...-end-of-the-year.2013631/page-2#post-24010708
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Been using Spark on iOS for about a year and have to say that it's amazing.
Readdle today announced that its popular Spark email client for iOS devices is expanding to Apple's Mac lineup with the launch of Spark for Mac.
Like Spark for iOS, Spark for Mac includes a Smart Inbox feature, which intelligently organizes email into different categories (Personal, Notification, and Newsletters), to make sure important messages are always highlighted first.
Learning capabilities allow Spark to be told when an email is important, and the next time a similar message is received, it'll send a notification. Spark's Smart Notifications are designed to make sure you only get a notification when you get a message worth being alerted about.
Spark for Mac includes natural language search, so it responds to commands like "Find all my emails with PDFs," or "Find the email from Eric last Tuesday," and there are deep customization tools for personalizing Spark to meet your needs.
Other Spark features include Quick Replies, Touch Bar support, snooze capabilities, and cross-device syncing.
Spark for Mac is available from the Mac App Store starting today. Like Spark for iOS, Spark for Mac is a free app. [Direct Link]
Update: Readdle says the launch has been delayed, as Apple's approval of Spark for Mac is still pending.
Update 2: Spark for Mac is now available for download from the Mac App Store.
Article Link: Readdle Expands Popular 'Spark' Email App to the Mac [Update: Now Available]
Hey! We are working on Spark for Teams as a monetization model
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Thank you!
Hey! We are working on Spark for Teams as a monetization model
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Thank you!
Support for EAS under macOS will be a great feature. I read it's coming in the future, I just can't wait!
