![]() ![]() If you’re a Gmail user, Mimestream will be a revelation. But as someone whose top priority was a better Gmail app on macOS, Mimestream was a perfect fit for me on day one-or, technically, two years before day one. I do think the app should definitely expand its remit, because it’s very good. ![]() I asked Jhaveri what he meant when he said the company will be “turning its attention a bit broader” in the future, and he told me that while the company needed to focus in order to launch a compelling new app, “our mission is to just be the best general-purpose prosumer email client on the market.” That will take time, and the next step is probably an iOS version.Īs for support for IMAP email services, it’s also on Mimestream’s to-do list, but right now the app shines because it is a Gmail client through and through, so adding support for the very different IMAP metaphor will need to be done with a lot of care. If you don’t use Gmail as your mail service or need to use the same app across Mac and iOS, Mimestream isn’t for you- yet. After a few years in open beta development, on Monday Mimestream 1.0 was officially released. After an appropriate period of mourning (which included using Apple Mail regularly for the first time in years), I was desperate for an email app that worked the way I wanted it to.Īnd the solution presented itself! Neil Jhaveri, who previously worked on the engineering team for Apple Mail itself, founded a company to build a new email app: Mimestream. A couple of years ago, my favorite Mac email app-the Gmail web wrapper app Mailplane-was discontinued.
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