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What are the best cross-platform mobile email apps?
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Best cross-platform mobile email apps
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BlueMail
FREE
Windows 10/macOS/Linux/Android/iOS/Amazon FireOS
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Gmail
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Newton
$49.99/YR
Android / iOS/MacOS/Echo
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Nine
$15
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Airmail
$9.99
MacOS, iOS
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BlueMail
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BlueMail
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BlueMail
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Experiences
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Pros
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Cons
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Unified inbox
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Loss of G mail should be a pro
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EmbiggenedAsbolus's Experience
Android stock email was slow, gmail would not default to a unified inbox on startup so I looked and found this. Fast and pretty on both Android and Windows in what is a perfect layout for me (ex Outlook user and Thunderbird style hater). I hope it comes to Linux too!
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Platforms:
Windows 10/macOS/Linux/Android/iOS/Amazon FireOS
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
Yes
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Supports multiple e-mail accounts
Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, Alto, iCloud, Office 365, IMAP, POP, etc.
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A GMail account can't be added to anything other than stock ROMs
A GMail account can't be added to anything other than stock ROMs...Or not on CM11/12/13 etc. Doesn't work. So one gets stuck with GMAIL and BlueMail for email, so two email clients running instead of one.
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Clustering of e-mails by sender
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Integrated calendar
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Outperforms both stock Android email and Gmail clients if you have multiple accounts
Fast, slick and pretty on Android and Windows platforms.
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Feature-rich interface with excellent use of space
BlueMail offers two UI layout schemes which both offer full access to all features while still maintaining excellent readability for e-mails
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Autoconfiguration for Gmail, Outlook, Office 365 and Yahoo!/AOL/iCloud
All you need to know are your e-mail address and password for supported services and the app handles server discovery and security protocol identification.
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Gmail
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Gmail
My Recommendation for
Gmail
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1
Pros
10
Cons
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Incredibly fast, advanced & predictive search
Gmail brings much of the functionality and power of Google's search engine to the app's search. You can use operators such as label:, is:, OR, has: among others, define date ranges, limit search to specific groups and so on. And, you can do it all amazingly fast. The search will also try to predict what you're trying to search for before you've even finished your query and offer up those results.
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Very limited HTML composing
Composing of HTML formatted mails is very limited. No inline images and only some basic text formatting options.
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Yanis's Experience
Gmail is the best, what else !
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Specs
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
Yes
POP3:
Yes
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Google Calendar integration
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Con
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No easy way to add aliases, an essential feature, and no reply to using aliases, only new email
There is no easy way to add aliases, an essential feature, (and a standard feature across email clients) and no way to reply to emails using aliases once you've set them up through your browser. You can only use aliases for new email. That means you need an email account for every address. Disastrous.
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Threaded conversations
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Cluttered
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Integrated Chat service
Gmail integrates chat service named Google hangout.
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Sorting mail by Unread is unintuitive
Nearly every other mail app has a clear way to sort mail by Unread. In Gmail app you can do that only by typing “label:unread” in the search field.
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Comes bundled with Android for free
Not only is the application free, it comes bundled with the Android OS by default so you don't even have to bother downloading it.
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Not really cross-platform
Only works as an app in Android or IOS, and as a web site in browsers.
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Tabs to automatically organize your e-mail
Gmail offers the ability to automatically organize your mail into specific categories: Primary Social Promotions Updates Priority Each of the categories can be disabled and you can move your mail around from category to category or set your own rules which sender should be put in which category.
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Best support for Gmail features
Since both the Gmail Android app and Gmail itself is made by Google, the app supports all features Gmail offers (like labeling/starring) and gets new features implemented early - usually as soon as they are announced.
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Smart Compose
As the title suggests, it predicts while we type the message and it is a quite useful and time-saving feature.
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Google Drive integration
The app allows inserting files from Drive straight to email or uploading attachments to Drive before sending them out. It will also notify if the person you're sending the file can open the file our should you change the sharing settings for that file beforehand. Finally, you can choose which one of your Google accounts you want visible in the app.
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Safely automatically displays images
The app does not require a confirmation to show images as Google now hosts the images on their own servers making it safe. You can still disable the automatic displaying of images in the settings if you wish.
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Newton
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Newton
My Recommendation for
Newton
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20
Experiences
3
Pros
12
Cons
4
Specs
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Pro
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Great search
The app is capable of searching through all of your email and cloud accounts to find specific information. The results show up as they are typed in.
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Con
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Doesn't sync well
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Kevin Black's Experience
I used this product until (overnight) it became a US$49.99 / year subscription. With all the (very good) free multi-platform apps (Spark, PolyMail, Atom etc etc) why spend that for an application that has no significantly differentiating features.
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Specs
Platforms:
Android / iOS/MacOS/Echo
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
Yes
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Pro
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Complete support for drafts
CloudMagic not only supports local drafts, it also syncs draft emails in any account and makes it available in the app.
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Con
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Company (Essential) is shutting down in April
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ThoroughRaweno's Experience
absolutely great till they announced they are shutting it down.WTF
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Email tracking
Get notified when the recipient reads the e-mail.
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Expensive
Newton's web site doesn't display pricing in any obvious way, but a review indicates it costs $50/year. If so, it's wicked expensive.
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ReceptiveTelesphorus's Experience
Newton is the best but the company is shutting down 4/30 :(
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Can snooze emails
It's possible to "hide" a message for a set amount of time, which gets the message out of your way until you're ready to deal with it.
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Not completely cross-platform
Works as an app on Android, IOS, MacOS, Echo, and Windows. Not Linux.
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Helps deal with emails quickly
It's possible to archive, delete or mark emails as read from the notification tray or with swipe gestures.
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Emails can be downloaded locally on a per-folder basis
A feature called "sync" allows downloading emails locally on a per-folder basis. That will allow accessing them while offline, keep them always up to date, provide faster search, show unread email count and show push notifications as soon as new messages in those folders pop up.
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Unified inbox
Option to view one inbox for all your email accounts.
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Beautiful, clean design
Intuitive, easy to use user interface.
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Synchronizes settings across devices
CloudMagic saves settings in the cloud. When you switch devices, the app simply pulls your setting from the cloud.
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Multi-account support
Gmail, Yahoo Mail, Outlook, iCloud, Google Apps, OWA, Microsoft Exchange, Office 365, AOL and other IMAP accounts.
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Lightning fast search
This app shows results as the search terms are written.
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Multi-accounts support
Works with Gmail, Exchange, Yahoo, Outlook, iCloud, Google Apps, Office 365 and any IMAP account.
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$49.99/YR
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Nine
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Nine
My Recommendation for
Nine
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8
Pros
6
Cons
2
Top
Pro
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Can adjust color themes for each account.
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Not free
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Supports ActiveSync protocols
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Con
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Not Cross-platform at all
Only has an Android app. No Windows, Mac versions available.
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Pro
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Convenient theme options
The black theme is easy on the battery and eyes.
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Good customization
But not so many you have to read and dig through documentation to do what you want.
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Supports Outlook category colors, Outlook for Android doesn't
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Very reliable
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$15
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Airmail
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Airmail
My Recommendation for
Airmail
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5
Pros
1
Cons
3
Specs
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Pro
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Automatically syncs settings between devices
If you are using Airmail in different devices (either MacOS or iOS), you can automatically sync settings through iCloud.
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Con
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Copying/moving mails unreliable
Doesn't work most of the time even though the operation is reported as successful. Even has lost emails when moving. Support was not too much use either.
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Specs
Platforms:
MacOS, iOS
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Search:
Yes
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Con
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Inability to turn off auto-creation of labels
Version 3 does not allow it while version 2 did.
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iOS app requires a subscription to enable incoming mail notifications
The iOS app now requires a subscription to enable incoming mail notifications. This makes the iOS app very unattractive and there's little point installing the Mac desktop client for users who want to sync accounts between devices.
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$9.99
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Spark
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Spark
My Recommendation for
Spark
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12
Experiences
1
Pros
5
Cons
5
Specs
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Pro
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Smart Inbox
Smart Inbox, separating mails from people, newsletters, notifications and "seen".
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Con
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Doesn't detect attachment is missing
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ProudVagitanus's Experience
Works nicely across all platforms except Windows (for now, working on it). Great WatchOS App. Change settings immediately sync across to all other devices. Provides special features for cooperation in teams. Smart Inbox, separating mails from people, newsletters, notifications and "seen". Snoozed mails return with clear marking.
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Specs
Platforms:
Android, iOS, Mac OS
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
Yes
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Pro
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Syncs across devices
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Con
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Doesn't have mail filtering
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Custom quick swipe features
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Horrible privacy policy
Sends statistical data to several services known for bad privacy policies (Google, Facebook), also there's no way to opt out. Automatically creates an acount with the first address entered and subscribes you to their newsletter. Stores credentials for your email accounts on their servers. Stores your emails on their servers to push them to your devices. Server infrastructure seems to be located in the US.
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Free
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Doesn't support many services
Many services such as Spam filters, Pocket, and other apps are not supported.
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Free snooze options
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Doesn't show the counts of emails next to the folders
On the Mac platform will show +999 for the folder that contains more than 1000 emails. On the iPhone, the platform will not show the counts next to the folder unless they are new emails.
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ProtonMail
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ProtonMail
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ProtonMail
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8
Pros
7
Specs
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Pro
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Proton Bridge
Can add other email providers to bridge for same encryption
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Specs
End-to-end encryption:
Yes
Free tier:
Yes
Open source:
Yes
Web interface:
Yes
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Free option
Free option is fine for light personal use
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Mobile apps
Apps for Android and iOS available.
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Open Source
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Privacy respecting
User data is protected by strict privacy laws because all servers are located in Switzerland.
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Built-in end-to-end encryption
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Proton Bridge
Can add other email providers to bridge for same encryption
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Polymail
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Polymail
My Recommendation for
Polymail
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7
Pros
5
Cons
2
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Pro
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One-click unsubscribe
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Con
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Only works on Windows, MacOS and iOS right now
Android is under development.
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Supports snoozing emails
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Expensive
Subscription service. Cheapest plan is $120 per year.
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Supports multiple accounts
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Scheduled follow-ups
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Free tracking option
Using a tracking pixel that will allow the user to know if an email has been opened.
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Microsoft Outlook
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Microsoft Outlook
My Recommendation for
Microsoft Outlook
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18
Pros
8
Cons
9
Specs
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Con
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Frustrating user experience
The "Clean Interface" approach means that normal and necessary user interface elements have been removed, such as certain scroll bars, and even the "replied to" indicator. This program becomes more frustrating with each new update.
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Integrates with Microsoft services
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Specs
Platforms:
MacOS, Windows, Android
Exchange Support:
Yes
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
Yes
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Con
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Says it supports POP but doesn't
Only for future add ons. Can't sync certain emails, like AOL.
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Good built-in calendar
The calendar includes agenda, day and three-day views.
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Con
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Does not Sync across devices
If you have two phones and a PC you need to configure each one separate.....
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Helps prioritize email
The app will automatically attempt to figure out which emails are important to you and surface those. The priority emails will show up in your inbox in a tab called Focused, with other emails in a tab called Other. It aims to separate spam and promotional emails from the important emails.
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The UI is outdated
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Quick swipe features
Microsoft Outlook comes with quick swipe features where users can quickly swipe the thread either from left (to schedule) or right (to delete or archive). Additionally, users can also customize the swipe actions to, for example, set swipe from left to archive or swipe from right to delete.
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Overloaded interface
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Available in cross-platform
Available in iOS, Android, Windows 10 and Mac.
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Slow
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Integrates with cloud storage services
Microsoft Outlook comes with built-in cloud storage browser allowing you to attach files directly from services such as Dropbox, Box, Google Drive or OneDrive to emails and directly open attached files without the need for the main cloud storage app.
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Outlook Android App doesn't support category colors
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Supports multiple e-mail services
Microsoft Outlook not only can support Outlook under Exchange / Office 365 or Outlook.com, but it can also supports other mail services such as GMail, Yahoo, iCloud, IMAP, POP etc.
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Doesn't follow security guidelines
The app stores user information and credentials on outside servers which is a violation of ActiveSync password requirement policies. These security concerns have been enough of an issue that European Parliament has banned its members from using the app out of fear that it might lead to leaking sensitive information.
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Good built-in contacts
In addition to showing contact information, the People section of Outlook can show all conversations you've had with a person. Moreover, if you're looking for someone that's not in your contact's list, but is in your company's or school's directory, Outlook can pull that information through integration with Global Address List (GAL).
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Limited iCloud connectivity
Though the desktop version of Outlook (for both Windows and Mac), does allow connection to an iCloud email account, it will not connect to the contacts, calendar or reminders on the Mac version. And to connect to these on Windows, you have to use the iCloud app for syncing. This lack of coherence between platforms, and the fact that this has been an issue for a very long time, makes liking Outlook problematic at best for people who live between the Windows and Mac universes.
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Postbox
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Postbox
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4
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1
Cons
2
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Pro
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One Inbox for all accounts
All messages in one place. But you can select to show only messages from each account either.
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Con
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No sync between devices
Well it's possible but not easy, because settings are not saved while the app is open you can't run simultaneously on more machines.
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Platforms:
MacOS, Windows
IMAP:
Yes
Search:
Yes
POP3:
Yes
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Font / Signature management is bad
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Wavebox
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Wavebox
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2
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1
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Con
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No mobile version
No version for ios and Android
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MacOS, Windows, Linux
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Yahoo! Mail
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Yahoo! Mail
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Yahoo! Mail
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4
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3
Specs
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Pro
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Security
You can add additional protection to your account, having the account alert you and provide a code to input whenever you sign in to a new location (or when someone else tries to).
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Specs
Platforms:
Android / iOS / Browser
Exchange Support:
No
IMAP:
Yes
Multi-Account:
No
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Accessability
With Yahoo! mail, you are able to link multiple mailboxes to one sign in including Yahoo, Aol, Google, and Outlook.
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Tabs
With this Yahoo! Mail feature users can open any e-mail in a new tab and get back to the mail list without having to close the e-mail that the user is currently reading.
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