A fast native email client

Every ask, newest first

Each line is an AI paraphrase of what the writer wanted. The link goes to their own words on Hacker News.

Reader’s note. Often triggered by Apple Mail or Outlook regressions.

1. Apr 2026Wants recommendations for a good Linux email client as a backup to Thunderbird. Read it: a comment in “Help Keep Thunderbird Alive”
2. Oct 2025Wants a better mail client for Google Workspace than Gmail's app, which pushes Chrome and breaks login flows. Read it: a comment in “uBlock Origin Lite in Apple App Store”
3. Mar 2025Wants an alternative to the iOS Mail app, which shows false errors and lost an unsent message. Read it: a comment in “Apple's Software Quality Crisis”
4. May 2023Wants a replacement for Mail.app on macOS, whose search is broken and UI is declining. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: What email do you use?”
5. Sep 2022Wants an alternative to Spark with a consistent look across iOS and macOS. Read it: a comment in “Integrating with Fastmail”
6. Sep 2022Would pay for a cheaper Superhuman-like email client, without committing to recurring payments yet. Read it: a comment in “Show HN: Distributed JMAP and IMAP Servers in Rust”
7. Aug 2022Wants an Android email client other than K-9. Read it: a comment in “Email doesn't suck – it's email clients that need improving”
8. Apr 2022Wants an IMAP client that offers a hey.com style workflow. Read it: a comment in “K-9 Mail 6.000”
9. Oct 2021Asks why no better alternative to Microsoft Outlook exists. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: Why isn't there a better alternative to MS Outlook?”
10. Mar 2021Wants Thunderbird on Android, the only email project they trust on a phone. Read it: a comment in “Thunderbird 2020 Financial Report”
11. Dec 2020Wants a macOS IMAP email client that keeps credentials off vendor servers, replacing buggy Apple Mail. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: How much do you trust web based email clients?”
12. Jul 2020Wants a good macOS desktop email app to replace Mail.app with its search problems. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: What's the worst piece of software you use everyday?”
13. May 2020Wants a Linux email client free of show-stopping bugs, such as drafts not syncing to the server. Read it: a comment in “How I recovered a lost email from my email client’s memory”
14. Sep 2019Wants a non-Apple iOS IMAP client that does all processing locally. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: How to make iOS more private and secure?”
15. Nov 2018Wants a touch-friendly Windows mail app, since the built-in one now shows ads. Read it: a comment in “Microsoft Is Putting Ads on the Mail App in Windows 10”
16. Oct 2018Wants a trustworthy Android email app better than K-9 for Fastmail, with offline support. Read it: a post: “Ask HN: What's the best privacy friendly Android email app?”
17. Sep 2018Wants an open source email client with Gmail-style conversation view and automatic labelling. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: Best alternative to Gmail?”
18. Dec 2017Wants an open source email solution with labels, full-text search and Gmail-like browser use. Read it: a comment in “New Thunderbird Releases and New Thunderbird Staff”
19. Dec 2017Wants an open source replacement for Mailspring's sync engine so no hidden code touches their mail. Read it: a comment in “New Thunderbird Releases and New Thunderbird Staff”
20. Sep 2016Wants a Gmail-native style app that works as smoothly as Gmail, especially search, rather than Outlook. Read it: a comment in “Gmail will now support CSS media queries”
21. Feb 2015Wants a well-designed alternative to Mail or Airmail. Read it: a comment in “SlideMail – an email app that can think”
22. Dec 2013Wishes for a better email client than Outlook, with fewer Mail.app bugs and no PST quirks. Read it: a comment in “Guide to Leaving your Mac”
23. Oct 2013Wants a Mac email client with remind or save-for-later, multi-account support and notifications. Read it: a comment in “How Mavericks ruined Apple Mail for Gmail users”
24. Oct 2012Would pay for a fast email client that handles 10k+ messages across five inboxes without lag. Read it: a comment in “Ask HN: Is there room for another e-mail client?”
25. Apr 2012Sees an opportunity for email done right for people frustrated by the Gmail redesign, and would happily pay. Read it: a comment in “How to cope with the Gmail redesign”