Email - Polymail

After replacing the default Mail app with Polymail around a year ago, Polymail has been my daily mail driver since. The easily-accessible UI, email tracking, and simple but clean design keep me from transitioning to another email client. However, there are moments in which I ponder the thought of downloading another email app due to certain bugs that persistently reappear. The main issue being Polymail’s glitchy synchronization when deleting mail. One of the major features that drives me to continue using Polymail is its 3D Touch feature during the lock screen. You can immediately delete, archive, or set an email to remind-you-later without opening the mail itself. However, I find myself re-deleting mail I had already deleted using the 3D feature. It has become an annoyance deleting all the mail from my lock screen AGAIN and ruins the point of having the feature. Polymail’s email badge also does not synchronize properly because of the above reason and it’s an eyesore to see. But other than the synchronize issue (which I hope is solved in a future update), I believe I will continue using Polymail until another email client improves the swipe-actions better.

I so wanted to make this my email app. Loved it on the trial run (and I greatly appreciate the free trial). There are some bugs. It often loads mail extremely slowly (so much so that sometimes, the notification pops up before the message is available). Badges are unreliable. Folders are inflexible. All that was dwarfed, though, by the excellent sender profile feature, especially the ability to access all files a contact has ever sent you in a single list just by opening the profile window, which in turn can be opened through any message from that contact. So for that, and the beautiful interface, I could have lived with the bugs in the hopes they would work them out eventually. But no support for Exchange is a deal breaker. One of my employers uses Exchange, it can’t be configured as IMAP, and Polymail could give no definitive answer as to when Exchange support would be forthcoming, though they’ve been talking about it since 2016. I have four jobs, which is an immense amount of information to keep organized; I need all my mail in one place. I’m finally making the jump from Mac Mail, but it won’t be to this. It’s not ready yet.

And I never thought a mail app would be almost exciting to try. I hate the apple mail app, always have. But as far as mobile mail I couldn't complain too much it does the job. I downloaded this first on my MacBook Pro, and I couldn't believe that I actually love a mail app enough to know I'm going to sign up once the trim is over. I can't go back. It's really that good. The features are amazing, ive never seen a mail app have them, and the interface is easy and very modern looking, not cumbersome in the least, especially considering how nice they've managed to design it on top of it all. Email is now fun. At least for now. I'm switching desktop apps from outlook 2016, which I thought was perfect until I tried this... i don't even know if I need the features but I have a feeling they'll be nice to have for some occasion. I send links to an article I've written to various editors and with this app, I can now see if my content is being read, shared, ignored, so I can get a better idea on various writing styles and which are more well-received. In short: get the desktop and phone app and do away with all the email clients we've all used by default, this email app beats them all.

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I thought I give Polymail another try after I was really not happy with it a year ago but I was really surprised to discover that my same complaints are still valid: How can it be that I can't paste my account password in the login screen but have to enter it manually instead?? This is a hugr security risk as it promotes usage of passwords that are easy to remember rather than relying on a password manager. I use 30+ letter/digit/number passwords and not being able to paste them is a no-go for me from the get-go. As I did want to try Polymail though, I did enter the password manually (real pain…) only to discover that I still cannot display folders/labels by account but that they are rather grouped together. Such a mess… I have 13 accounts but I stopped after three as it became unmanageable. I realize that 13 accounts is an edge case but even with three accounts and lots of folders, this is unacceptable. I surely hope that these bugs/oversights can/will be fixed but until then, Polymail remains a merely ok email app.

I've been around Technology for over 20 plus years, and this email application truly gets the complete job of needed requirements done. You do not have to search any longer for an email application that gives you all the features you need. As a CTO for over 20 years and now retired... but still consulting for 2 of the U.S. Government 3 letter Agencies in the areas of cyber security and quantum computing I can tell you that I have seen it all. So for what it's worth... I highly recommend this email application if you are looking for a fully featured email application for your device. (Period)... 5-Plus Stars for sure. And BTW I am not affiliated in anyway with the folks behind this email application or their company.