I believe the desktop app just maintains a socket with the Exchange server. I've eliminated one of my Canary Mail objections - the need to give credentials to a third party for "push".Īs it turns out, this is NOT needed for desktop connection to an Exchange server. Strange that they only provide a link to download, not to the documentation or information page.Ĭanary Mail at least has built-in Markdown, as well as built-in encryption support.
The "labs"/addon-ons page is a bit confusing - you can enable add-ons from PostBox (only one right now is some cloud service connector) or download add-ons from third parties. Markdown Here is not supported, and I see that is a dead project anyway. I see PostBox 7 now does support third-party add-ons, but I think they have to be "approved". I downloaded the current PostBox, but disappointed it has no built-in Markdown capability, nor is there a Markdown add-on. So, I put Canary Mail back in the running. Most important thing for desktop is ability to do quick search locally and have all messages downloaded locally. Maybe I should just swallow hard and use Outlook? I do already have an Office 365 subscription, and do use Word/Excel on Mac.ĭoes Outlook support encrypted mail? Markdown? Reliable push is desired for the Exchange ActiveSync accounts, but not important for the others.
Not very familiar with how encrypted mail works, I assume you establish trust via either some secure exchange or (most often) via URL published in signature, and then after that it knows to encrypt mail to that correspondent, right? As a software developer, i should be doing this, as well as signing my git commits, I think I need to get that Round Tuit. But willing to go with some other spam solution.Įncrypted mail would be great, which is why I was looking at Canary Mail.
(I think, though, one can configure SpamSieve as a local filtering server). It might be nice if the desktop version supports SpamSieve. As well, it at least needs to support Markdown either inherently or via a plugin. Would love it if there were an app for both Mac desktop and iOS that will support Exchange ActiveSync and doesn't require handing over credentials to a third party. This would typically either be a GMail account or an Outlook or Exchange account - usually "branded" with their domain. As well, from time to time a client might give me one of their company accounts for doing business.
for Android development, for my Android test devices, for some "login with Google" sites, etc.
And I use IBM Cloud for some backend stuff.īesides my primary personal and business accounts, I have a couple of GMail accounts that I don't use actively, but are required e.g. I am a mobile app developer, I write iOS and Android apps using a hybrid platform.
I wouldn't trust a third-party service, but I could install something on IBM Cloud. But maybe I should consider a cloud solution for additional spam filtering. SpamSieve was good for dealing with the spam that got through the Rackspace filtering, and it worked for me since my Mini is "always on". Really, I only used a couple of Postbox plugins - Markdown Here, and SpamSieve. I currently use Apple Mail on iPhone and iPad. And they have decent spam filtering, though not quite enough. I like that I can set up some filtering on their server, and have mail moved to different folders based on keywords. On my Mac Mini, I'm currently just using their WebMail, which is not a great experience. I have work and personal email hosted by Rackspace which I am happy with, and it support Exchange ActiveSync. I kept the old version, but a rebuild of my Mac Mini (my SSD that I'd replaced the original Fusion drive with died, I put in a new 2TB SSD) put the nail in the coffin, and I never reinstalled Postbox. Was pretty happy with Postbox until their recent rewrite which left out 3rd-party plugins. I've been a long-time user of Postbox in the past, having gone to Postbox from Eudora.