You can set the project, context, due date, and other stuff right from Airmail. AdvertisementĮnlarge / Adding a to-do item to OmniFocus is as simple as clicking on a little chevron. This sort of unreliability makes me angry. Or maybe some e-mails are being downloaded reliably while others go missing. When an e-mail client stops working, everything goes silent, and it can take a while to notice. When a word processor stops working, you know it, because three pages of unsaved text vanish into the ether. But, as with calendars, the e-mail client should be able to talk to my task list.įinally, an e-mail should be reliable. Combining this with an e-mail client blurs that line and allows the application to distract me from critical tasks. When I look at a task list, I want to have a specific project in mind. I should be able to handle meeting requests, but I want to be able to mix and match with apps I like rather than being forced to use an integrated option.Īs for to-do lists, task lists should be associated with projects. On the other hand, an e-mail client should not be completely divorced from my calendar application. This works especially well when I have more than a single screen available. If the applications are separate, I can put them side by side and get a much clearer view. Sure, you can usually get a mini-calendar to one side, but then you have to click through day-by-day. In an integrated client, I have to flip back and forth between tabs to really check those dates. This sounds strange, but I often find myself reading an e-mail that has a list of dates and times for a possible event. The first thing is that it should not be integrated with its own calendar or to-do list.

I don't mind paying for an e-mail client, but it has to do its job the way I want it to. There are many more that have briefly messed up my inbox and then gone. In Mac OS 9 days, I even tried out a client called Nisus Email. Bloop just released Airmail version 3.0 last month.īack in the day I used Eudora, but I've also used Thunderbird, Outlook, and Apple's own Mail client. A couple of years ago I stumbled upon Airmail and never looked back. Maybe I'm just picky, but I am an equal opportunity hater when it comes to email clients, and I've tried quite a few. Something I love is not necessarily something you love, and I'm okay with that. Links: Official website, Mac App Store, iOS App StoreĮ-mail clients are a personal thing.

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