Spark also has a very cool Mail links feature. The standard Apple Mail app is pretty pathetic in how it occasionally might recommend a folder for filing, but that’s it (unless you buy third party add-ons for that). Even the standard Gmail app in iOS doesn’t have a way to do that, such as with shortcuts, as you can do via a web browser. That’s definitely a big plus.įiling messages in folders, which I do to keep things organized, is easiest in Spark.
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Unlike standard Mac Mail, Spark handles Gmail multi-labeling naturally and easily. Spark works well regardless of the account type, and it’s easy to set up new accounts.įor Gmail, Spark goes the extra mile. I have 6 main email accounts: three are Gmail (with custom domains), two are standard IMAP accounts on a hosted server, and one is my iCloud email. Spark stays in synch much better for some reason. Spark is more responsive than Apple Mail, which often gets bogged down with “loading” for the content of messages, and is often out of synch with the Gmail server. I recently started looking at Spark as a replacement for standard Mac Mail because of problems lately with the standard Mail app. On the down side, limitations in handling inline images also applies, so that is something to consider, and what keeps me from using Spark exclusively. I’ve previously written about Spark on iOS/iPadOS ( ) and it is my main email app there.Īll the things I mentioned in that article apply to the Mac app as well: better mail filing, better searching, useful FAQs, better message threads, better notifications, HTML signatures, etc. Spark is a viable alternative to the standard Mail app on the Mac, and also for the iPhone and iPad. It seemed it was missing a few features, like easy filing, and “send again.” Has that changed? Somebody here who was dissatisfied with Spark on the Mac mentioned Outlook. And their privacy policy states that my email is private.Ī timely topic! Here are my notes on using Spark the last couple of weeks, because of issues with Mac Mail synching in a timely fashion with Gmail. However, Fastmail allows for the use of true two factor authentication (but not texting). If the government wants to read my email and they have a warrant, I can’t stop them. However, to tune the spam filter, you either have to use their web client or their iOS client. I use my weintraub.name domain with a mailbox, and then I have seven other people who have their own email systems using aliasing with my domain, so they too can have a weintraub.name email address.įastmail works great with Apple Mail and other third party clients. Fastmail allows you to use your own domain and also allows you to create aliases with that domain, and will rewrite headers to stop spam filters from rejecting aliases email addresses. I then tried GoDaddy which really screwed everything up. I tried to get a paid Zoho account and couldn’t get anyone at Zoho to help me. I figured if I depend upon email, I better be a customer and not the product. I use to use Zoho which played better with Apple Mail, but wasn’t thrilled with their service. It works with the Gmail web interface and that’s about it. It sucks with almost all third party mail clients. It’s uses a proprietary standard that doesn’t play that nicely with IMAP configurations.