Ask HN: Mailbox alternatives for OS X?

5 points·cjbarber··11 comments

I'm looking for exactly mailbox, without bugs.

I love the swipe to archive/schedule. I use those features all the time.

Outlook on iOS is the perfect replacement. But what about OS X?

Prediction: Unless a startup comes out of nowhere and does this, MSFT will end up replacing Mailbox.app on OS X (hopefully!)

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I switched from Mailbox to Inbox a few months ago. Glad I did!

There is no desktop app, and the settings aren't as customizable but the bundling feature makes up for that.

Right now I am using Airmail and I'm pretty happy about it. I have about 4 email accounts and it works well.

The shortcuts are Gmail compliant so you can use whatever you are used for with motion/archive/delete and more.

I've used Postbox, MailPlane3, Mailbox, Mail and a lot of others, Airmail is the best one so far.

This is a bummer. Despite how incredibly buggy Mailbox is on OS X, it was still my favorite client since Sparrow. I might give Nylas[0] a try.

[0] https://www.nylas.com/n1

The (current) lack of 'swipe to snooze' is unfortunate with Nylas. Looks great otherwise though.

I've basically tried them all, and the latest Airmail client works the best for me. It's fast, no lag in the animations, does what I want it to do, and even looks decent.

I use Airmail and I like it, though my usage doesn't require anything out of the ordinary, beyond having different mailboxes for different accounts.

I use Postbox but I'd be interested in hearing from anyone who has used both Postbox and Airmail to see if they prefer one over the other?

This seems especially relevant now that Mailbox is officially being shut down on Feb 26.

That's why he asked...

I still miss sparrow. It felt so much lighter weight than airmail on OSX.

Airmail 2

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