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Airmail 1.2 for iOS is out with notification enhancements & other improvements

Christian Zibreg ∙ September 6, 2016

Airmail, a powerful email client for iOS and macOS, has received a feature-packed update on the App Store, bringing a number of new capabilities to iPhone and iPad owners. Airmail 1.2 for iOS, a free update, is more useful with a brand new Apple Watch complication for your watch face, Dynamic Type support on iPhone and iPad, smart notifications with a scheduler, alerts based on location, auto-refreshing Read status in alerts and more.

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AllInboxesFilter lets you exclude email accounts from ‘All Inboxes’ in the Mail app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ August 5, 2016

Your iOS device's Mail app includes a unified mailbox feature that lets you see the content of all of your email account inboxes in a single mailbox. It's accessed by tapping on the All Inboxes cell from the Mail app on your device.

In some cases, you may want to see all of the emails from two or more of your email accounts, but not all of them, and this is where a new jailbreak tweak called AllInboxesFilter is going to come in handy for heavy email users with jailbroken devices.

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Airmail 3 for Mac gains new snooze actions, unified VIPs, reply reminders & other new features

Christian Zibreg ∙ July 18, 2016

Following its major revamp of the Mac app, the powerful email client Airmail 3 has now received its first point update on the Mac App Store, bringing out a few missing features. In Airmail 3.0.1 for macOS, a free update for existing users of the app, you can take advantage of a brand new Unified VIP feature which brings together emails from the app's built-in VIP contacts received across all your accounts. BusyCal 3 users will appreciate the ability to connect their calendars from within Airmail 3 and everyone will love many other features available in this release.

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Spark for iPhone is locking some people out of their Apple IDs, Readdle blames server issues

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 13, 2018

Reports surfaced yesterday on Reddit that some users of Readdle's excellent free mobile email client, Spark for iPhone, got locked out of their Apple ID account. Some of the affected people were able to re-gain access by performing a password reset on their Apple ID. It would appear that an error on Spark's servers has caused this behavior though Readdle assured customers that there was no breach or data leak.

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Tip: customizing the toolbar of your Mac’s Mail app

Anthony Bouchard ∙ Updated November 11, 2020

Your Mac's Mail app is a powerful email client, and for many, the default app configuration in plenty for getting day-to-day email tasks done.

But for those who demand more power and functionality, it's a great idea to customize the toolbar at the top of the Mail app so you have quick and easy access to the functions you use the most.

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to customize the toolbar at the top of your Mac's Mail app so you can get more out of it.

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iOS 10 tidbit: unsubscribe from mailing lists from the Mail app

Andrew O'Hara ∙ June 17, 2016

Lately, I feel like all I get is spam email. This is very frustrating and I've taken to using apps like Unroll.Me that make it easy to unsubscribe from the bevy of email lists I've somehow wound up on. That being said, it appears Apple has baked the ability to unsubscribe from mailing lists straight from the native Mail app in iOS 10.

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Weed through your emails with natural gestures in Morning Mail for iPhone

Christian Zibreg ∙ Updated October 16, 2018

Instead of waking up to tons of unread messages, most of which are probably spam, wouldn't it be nice if your email client separated new messages from the other ones, so that weeding through your inbox in the morning were a breeze?

That's exactly the problem that a free iPhone app by Moscow-based developer Andrey Usoltsev, aptly named Morning Mail, solves efficiently with its focus on natural gestures and simplicity.

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Airmail 3 for OS X is here, brings best features from its iOS edition to the Mac

Christian Zibreg ∙ May 23, 2016

Developer Bloop on Monday issued a major update to its excellent OS X email client on the Mac App Store, Airmail. Available as a free upgrade for existing users, Airmail 3 brings some of the best features from its iPhone and iPad edition to the Mac.

In addition to improved handling of your VIP contacts and the ability to quickly reply to emails from a notification, Airmail 3 includes a rich set of options for customizing your menus, gestures, keyboard shortcuts and folders.

The app now integrates with your calendar, has a lot faster message rendering engine, will sync more settings via iCloud between OS X and iOS editions (rules, VIP contacts and Smart Folders) and more.

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Tip: quickly choose between Archive and Trash email

Sébastien Page ∙ May 10, 2016

Last week I shared with you how Gmail and Google Apps users can easily stop their iPhone from archiving emails by changing a single feature inside the Mail app's settings. Today, I want to show you something similar, but different.

We're going to stay on topic with this quick tip that allows you to choose on a per email basis whether you want to send it to the trash, or archive it.

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