Postbox for Mac

User Reviews

• Good features, annoyingly slow.

  alexelzMay 31, 2017

  Pros

  I appreciate all new features that came with version 5 and would be happy but for... look cons.

  Cons

  Practically everything takes some or a lot of time. I have MacBook Pro, 8GB RAM, 500GB hybrid disk, which should be OK. Version 3 was working faster, but didn't have some features I need. In version 5 going from one email to another is slow, displaying email -slow, deleting an email usually (not always), any action - you name it is slow. Their troubleshooting suggestion make things better for a short while, then everything is slow again. Interface: Icons changed from accepted standard ones to their own. They are bleak and not user friendly. Highlighting for selected email or selected box is light blue and so light that it's hard to notice. If there is a way to tweak the highlighting, I haven't found it.

  Summary

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• WAS JUST THREATENED BY A POSTBOX SUPPORT EMPLOYEE!

  sbsmithjax@gmail.comFebruary 17, 2017

  Pros

  They do not support this product. When you tell them about a bug, they threaten to cut off your support account!

  Cons

  WAS JUST THREATENED BY A POSTBOX SUPPORT EMPLOYEE! Never again use Postbox, not working correctly and won't provider min support!

  Summary

  Do Not Buy This Mail Program. Period.

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• Very good but for one bug

  rloschMarch 12, 2016

  Pros

  Very similar to Mail -- easy to use and it has a simple interface.

  Cons

  It does not like deleting emails. Frequently when I delete an item it pops right back into the Inbox as a new unread email. Often if I leave Postbox and come back to it later they are gone, but often some are still there.

  Summary

  I went to Postbox because Mail frequently would load HTML emails as text, despite the settings being set for HTML. This started after I upgraded to El Capitan, although all the experts say that is just a coincidence. Postbox displays all my mail beautifully.

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• PostBox 4.0.X crashes frequently...

  JimInSanDiegoOctober 18, 2015

  Pros

  Fast Generally good user interface.

  Cons

  Crashes frequently when I try to delete Junk. Fails to save copies of outgoing mail. Re-indexing the data base solves this temporarily. Online manual woefully inaccurate. Accounts need to be deleted and recreated often when PostBox won't connect to them.

  Summary

  In all honesty, I am disappointed with Postbox 4.0.X. It frequently crashes when I try to delete spam from the Junk folder. It looses the ability to save copies of outgoing emails a lot. I generally have to reset indexing several times a week to get it working again. The online manual is woefully wrong in many parts. For example, there are directions on how to get colored icons to display on the Mac version but the menu choices they instruct you to try don't exist. And why in 2015 are colored icons not a default item. Several times I have been forced to delete an account and recreate it because it will not connect to the server. This has happened with gmail, yahoo and iCloud accounts. Fortunately I always store my emails at the source or I would loose everything. I have reported all of the issues to PostBox many times. I have followed their suggestions to fix things but even after completely trashing the ~/Library/Application Support/PostBox folder and starting from scratch, these issue rapidly occur again. I switched from Apple Mail to PostBox to avoid email troubles. I wonder now if I should have spent the money on PostBox. Jim

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• Wasted 3 hours - no support, no dedicated user forum

  manofdogzFebruary 14, 2015

  Pros

  Looks good, useful features, feels snappy, imports accounts from Mail (although didn't import my iCloud account for some reason - despite importing 3 other accounts very quickly)

  Cons

  Refused to recognise Gmail password despite doing all the google confirmations Couldn't see how to assign individual SMTP servers to multiple accounts Keeps asking for passwords on re-boot Very frustrating that there is only 'pay per incident' support and no dedicated forum

  Summary

  Ran the trial with Yosemite 10.10.2, spent best part of an afternoon and it only partially worked. Could not resolve the issues I had so have decided to stick with Apple Mail - which I was looking to ditch due to current 'thread mix up' issues. Should add that I'm a web designer by trade and am very used to setting up hosting with emails in all email clients - Mac and PC. I would be very happy to pay more if there was some means of getting problems sorted or even a dedicated forum but the lack of proper support is no good. The advice for confirming accounts with Google (to solve issue of Google not recognising password) is out of date and frankly of no use - this would not happen with a dedicated forum. Shame I had high hopes

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• OK, but no support.

  hawkimanMarch 19, 2014

  Pros

  Works slightly better than Thunderbird which the code was forked from.

  Cons

  No support. I have several issues that I wanted help with. Nothing on there web site. No forum. The only way to get help is to pay $30 for one-on-one. Personally I think that is unacceptable. Why not offer a forum with some level of moderation (really don't think it would take that much or your precious time)

  Summary

  Too many other apps that offer support.

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• Overcome Apple Mail's shortcomings.

  RustyIronFebruary 9, 2014

  Pros

  The BIG reason I moved to Postbox was because of the elegant arrangement of accounts and folders as opposed to Mail's ugliness. Now all my folders are arranged the way I want them, and there is no extra "flagged" or "vip" folders that I'm forced to see. Wading through mail is now MUCH easier. HTML signatures just WORK, with no silly hoops to jump though. Works with add-ons, such as Spamsieve.

  Cons

  Rules/filters are not as powerful as Mail's. Specifically, Postbox needs to be able to send notifications as part of a rule. VIP integration would be good, too. Lookup in dictionary doesn't work as smoothly as in Mail. Resizing images in an mail changes the displayed size, but not the number of bytes of the file.

  Summary

  If you're fed up with the lack of flexibility built into Apple Mail, then Postbox might be for you. It's free to try and will configure itself according to Mail's settings, but you'll have to spend a little time tweaking everything to make it run perfectly. The first time you run the software and download all your old mail, it will take a little while to index all those messages for later searching. Postbox might seem slow and unresponsive at this time, but let it go for a while; the wait is worth it.

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• POST BOX is SLOW

  bhuvJanuary 29, 2014

  Pros

  The interfaces are very nice -- and syncing features with Google are better than Mail -- once deleted, email remain deleted unlike Mail

  Cons

  Search is not ass good as in Apole mail-- can definitely improved. Apple mail provides some nice drop down options while entering search terms. Postbox keep sort of freezing up -- particularly after I delete a couple of messages -- and is definitely slow to sync new messages compared to Mail and Opera - that i have used. Overall - getting tired of this -- planning to go back to Opera.

  Summary

  This speed issues needs to be addressed. Lack of a feedback point in PostBox is definitely frustrating. Getting disappointed with the performance day by day.

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• Pretty nice but one major pet peave

  artbaySeptember 6, 2012

  Pros

  Nice interface Relatively easy to use Pretty Fast

  Cons

  NO CUSTOMER SUPPORT I can understand not having full time live support. But when a paid app has no support of any kind what so ever, then something is out of whack. The manual and FAQ is fine up to a point, but no one is perfect, and they have no process for resolving issues, to me is just a bad idea. As an example I am trying to figure out how to put a signature above the reply. The manual shows options that are not actually in the program itself. Can't find a reference to it, and can't find a way to contact Postbox to ask them directly. I think that any company that is selling an app and offers no direct contact, is doing a big disservice to their customer base. Hope they change their policy.

  Summary

  Good product, bad company attitude with no direct contact possible. Shame

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• The Only email client I'm going to pay for!

  ilgaarNovember 30, 2010

  Pros

  Fast, simple and user friendly interface, much less buggier than thunderbird, extra useful functions. And best of all Mac friendly :)

  Cons

  It's a bit too expensive! if they only lowered their prices a little it would have been perfect.

  Summary

  overall it is a good application and I think if you are looking for a professional email client, this is the right one.

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