If you're looking for a more traditional email client, I'd recommend MailMate[1]. It's a no-fuss email client designed for power user (GPG support, Markdown support, advanced filtering, text-only mode, etc.) I've been using it for half a year with Fastmail (personal) and Gmail (work) and pretty happy with it.
The author also maintains a blog[2] where he post quirks about several IMAP implementations. For example, Yahoo IMAP[3] or Gmail labels[4]. The app itself also handled all these edge cases very well.
I was very close to jumping ship with Mailmate 2 or 3 times. But the only reason that kept me from doing so is that it does not offer an option for local backups.
Not sure what you meant by local backups, but all messages retrieved by MailMate are stored in a plain directory as RFC 822-based EML file in ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages (which is relocatable from within the app). It also downloads all emails by default (but not the attachment).
Wait - you mean it is possible to properly archive messages on my mac now? Without having to run a local IMAP server? If I remember correctly that was the only solution at the time. Time to take another look it seems.
yes. It's your email. If you're in the market for improving how you interface with one of your number one communication mechanisms, you'll probably look at investing a tiny amount of money into it.
Compared to most other mail apps mentioned, $50 isn't tiny by a factor of about 4-5x. Is that a lifetime license? While it may be nothing to you, $50 is significant money for a lot of people!
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If you're looking for a more traditional email client, I'd recommend MailMate[1]. It's a no-fuss email client designed for power user (GPG support, Markdown support, advanced filtering, text-only mode, etc.) I've been using it for half a year with Fastmail (personal) and Gmail (work) and pretty happy with it.
The author also maintains a blog[2] where he post quirks about several IMAP implementations. For example, Yahoo IMAP[3] or Gmail labels[4]. The app itself also handled all these edge cases very well.
[1]: https://freron.com
[2]: https://blog.freron.com
[3]: https://blog.freron.com/2017/slow-descent-into-madness-yahoo...
[4]: https://blog.freron.com/2013/mavericks-gmail-apple-mail-and-...
I was very close to jumping ship with Mailmate 2 or 3 times. But the only reason that kept me from doing so is that it does not offer an option for local backups.
Not sure what you meant by local backups, but all messages retrieved by MailMate are stored in a plain directory as RFC 822-based EML file in ~/Library/Application Support/MailMate/Messages (which is relocatable from within the app). It also downloads all emails by default (but not the attachment).
Wait - you mean it is possible to properly archive messages on my mac now? Without having to run a local IMAP server? If I remember correctly that was the only solution at the time. Time to take another look it seems.
$50!?
yes. It's your email. If you're in the market for improving how you interface with one of your number one communication mechanisms, you'll probably look at investing a tiny amount of money into it.
Compared to most other mail apps mentioned, $50 isn't tiny by a factor of about 4-5x. Is that a lifetime license? While it may be nothing to you, $50 is significant money for a lot of people!