Software:Nylas Mail

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Nylas N1
Developer(s)Nylas
Written inElectron (software framework) (C++, JavaScript, etc.), React (JavaScript library)
Operating systemWindows, Linux and OS X
LicenseMIT

Nylas Mail is an open-source desktop email client by Nylas, known for its emphasis on user-contributed extensions. It was formerly known as Nylas N1 and was rebranded as Nylas Mail starting with the January 17, 2017 release.[1]

Nylas discontinued Nylas Mail, ceased further development, and made the code available under the MIT License on September 6, 2017.[2] One of the lead developers has continued development of the software on a fork named Mailspring.[3]

Features

Nylas Mail is compatible with multiple Gmail, Yahoo, Microsoft Exchange, and IMAP accounts, and is cross-platform on Linux, OS X, and Windows. The application accommodates user-written plugins. It has several layout styles in single or double panels, and has fullscreen and offline modes.[4] By default, its mail sync functions are processed in a cloud owned by Nylas, the company responsible for the project.[5] N1 added a unified inbox in February 2016[6] and PGP encryption support in June 2016.[7]

Reception

At the beginning of 2016, Macworld wrote that the software looked promising and had a better chance of enduring longer than past software—such as Sparrow and Mailbox—due to its open source license.[8] The Next Web highly praised N1's extensions features and wrote that it could become for email what Google Chrome is to web browsing.[9] N1 was the third most popular email desktop client among AppleInsider readers as of January 2016.[10]

See also

References

  1. Grinich, Michael. "🎉 Nylas Mail is now free!" (in en). https://www.nylas.com/company-blog/nylas-mail-is-now-free. 
  2. "Sunsetting Nylas Mail Development". September 6, 2017. https://www.nylas.com/blog/sunsetting-nylas-mail-development. 
  3. "Mailspring is a Powerful New (Semi Open Source) Email App". October 4, 2017. https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2017/10/mailspring-nylas-fork-released. 
  4. "N1 Email Client -- A User-Friendly Option". 2016-01-22. https://www.linux.com/learn/n1-email-client-user-friendly-option. 
  5. Sneddon, Joey-Elijah (October 5, 2015). "N1 Is A Beautiful Open Source Email App for Linux". http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2015/10/n1-open-source-email-app-linux. 
  6. "New Features Added to Nylas N1 Email Client". February 7, 2016. http://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2016/02/nylas-n1-email-client-4-4-features. 
  7. "How to use the Nylas PGP plugin to encrypt/decrypt N1 email". June 16, 2016. http://www.techrepublic.com/article/how-to-use-the-nylas-pgp-plugin-to-encryptdecrypt-n1-email/. 
  8. "Nylas N1 review: Open-source Mac email client shows promise". 2016-01-11. http://www.macworld.com/article/3021026/security/nylas-n1-review-open-source-mac-email-client-shows-promise.html. 
  9. Swanner, Nate (October 5, 2015). "This app could do for email what Google Chrome did for browsing the Web". https://thenextweb.com/apps/2015/10/05/nylas-n1-could-do-for-email-apps-what-google-chrome-did-for-browsing-the-web/. 
  10. "AI readers choose Airmail, Outlook and Nylas N1 as top email apps". January 13, 2016. http://appleinsider.com/articles/16/01/13/ai-readers-choose-airmail-outlook-and-nylas-n1-as-top-email-apps. 

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