![]() I knew it was time to make the most of an imperfect situation by cobbling together a hybrid solution that I hope will provide readers with some pointers on how they can improve how they manage email too. However, what started as patience as I waited for Apple to modernize Mail or a third-party developer to build something better, began to feel like stubborn inflexibility on my part. I don’t abandon that approach lightly because I don’t like the mental overhead of juggling multiple apps with different features to accomplish the same task. This is a problem and conversation that goes back to the early days AppStories, and really, long before even that.Īs 2021 came to a close, I knew something had to change and that I’d have to let go of my longstanding preference of using the same app across all of my devices. The trouble is that a lot of MacStories readers could say the same thing but would pick an entirely different set of features they care about the most. Even so, the features I value in an email app are ones that I care about a lot. On one level, that’s surprising because I don’t think my email needs are unique or complex. ![]() No matter which app I picked, I was never satisfied. I’ve been revisiting my approach to email every year for what seems like forever. I'd just use the web client if I wasnt at home or using my mobile device.Editor’s Note: Why I Abandoned the Search for the Perfect Email App and Am Making Do With a Hybrid Approach is part of the MacStories Starter Pack, a collection of ready-to-use shortcuts, apps, workflows, and more that we’ve created to help you get the most out of your Mac, iPhone, and iPad. Thunderbird was easy to setup, and that is what I use on my laptop.Īs far as access outside of your home network, I am not technically proficient to answer that. ![]() ![]() I had a devil of a time getting Outlook to work, as the newfangled look does not allow you to set up the connection properly, so you have to revert to the classic interface. However, once you get it going, it really is seamless, as in I never see the Bridge app unless it updates itself. It must be noted that you have to pay to use the Bridge App, or you are stuck using the web interface on macOS. I wish they would make a desktop app, but its so far down the list of priorities as to be something that will never realistically happen. If someone has gotten Spark working in this instance, please speak up! As far as I was given to understand, Proton imposes this restriction. I would LOVE to be able to use Spark again, but that is a no go, as far as I understand. You only get Mail, Thunderbird, or Outlook as your email clients in this situation. On macOS (for me), I run the Proton Bridge app that points at Thunderbird(it literally points at your own IP). But I do support them, and watch closely as they roll out secure calendar and storage services in addition to email.Īs has been touched upon before, iOS has its own client, so you use that. And I do keep a gmail account linked too, but it's mostly for trash. So I've got multiple email accounts listed up and down the left column of my client and several of them are ProtonMail email accounts on various domains that I control. I've cycled through several email clients through the years and have more recently settled on Outlook (gasp) mostly because all my clients and 'employers' seem to standardize on that. I've been using ProtonMail across platforms (without need for web based UI) probably since they became a thing with absolutely no issues. But then of course those emails become local to that particular machine and are not synced across devices unless a redundant copy is left on the Proton IMAP server. If I want certain emails saved locally I just archive them to a local folder. Most of my emails (inbox, sent, custom folders, etc) are maintained on Proton servers so I don't need to fuss with VPN connections, dynamic DNS, or any always-on systems. I haven't tried ProtonMail service with Elm or Pine but it does work perfectly well with Thunderbird, Outlook, and likely any client that can point at an IMAP/SMTP provider. That port is only exposed to the respective desktop device, so no need for anything complicated. On desktop devices I run and just point it at the localhost port that the bridge process opens. On mobile devices (mostly iOS) I use the native apps that Proton provides.
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