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Alternative email clients for Sparrow on the iPhone

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 29th, 2012)

Sparrow announced late last week that it had been acquired by Google. In its announcement, the company said it will continue to make both the Mac and iOS versions of the Sparrow email client available and provide support for its customers. This means that iPhone owners can continue to use the ...

Email client alternatives to Sparrow for the Mac

by Kelly Hodgkins (Jul 24th, 2012)

Sparrow announced late last week that the company had been acquired by Google; that means that the Sparrow email clients have been put into maintenance mode, with no new features expected going forward. Many customers, like me, who enjoyed using the email client are now contemplating the task ...

Sparrow for iPhone will wow with its design, but lacks push notification

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 15th, 2012)

After a long wait, Sparrow for iOS made its debut in the App Store on Wednesday. Similar to the desktop version, the iOS mail client promises to provide you with an efficient and pleasant mailing experience, and the app mostly delivers on this promise. Sparrow supports Gmail, iCloud and IMAP, but ...

Sparrow chirps out feature list for version 1.1

by Steven Sande (Mar 15th, 2011)

Several of the bloggers here at TUAW, including myself, are big fans of Sparrow. It's a very Twitter-like Mac email app that is fast, feature filled and has a clean user interface -- and it doesn't have a Quick Bar. Today the Sparrow team announced that Sparrow 1.1 will be submitted to the Mac ...

Yahoo! fixes iPhone IMAP data leak

by Kelly Hodgkins (Mar 15th, 2011)

Earlier this year, a report surfaced that suggested Yahoo! Mail was the cause of spurious data usage by Windows Phone and iPhone owners. The root cause was the Yahoo! IMAP mail servers, which were transmitting more data than was necessary for each email request. Occasional email checking was ...

Sparrow for Mac beta 7 adds Gmail shortcuts, quick labeling, more

by Kelly Hodgkins (Dec 21st, 2010)

Sparrow, a minimalist email program for Mac OS X, has been updated to beta version 7. This latest version includes several bug fixes including one that addresses the crashing problem plaguing Leopard users. Sparrow has also added several new features such as a progress bar, quick labels, Gmail ...

Google app gets updated with push notification for Gmail

by Keith M (Aug 23rd, 2010)

After many months of users having to resort to third-party or jailbroken apps to get push notifications from Gmail, Google has finally released an updated version of its iPhone app that now handily does that all for you. The update -- which is now freely available in the App Store -- allows you ...

Ask TUAW: Case-sensitive file system, writing apps, universal remotes, and more

by Mat Lu (Jul 15th, 2009)

Welcome back to Ask TUAW, our weekly Mac troubleshooting Q&A column! This time we've got questions on using a case sensitive file system in OS X, applications focused on writing, controlling a Mac with a universal remote control, push email, using a MacBook with an external display, and more. ...

iMapIdle simulates push email on the iPhone

by Mat Lu (Nov 7th, 2007)

The IMAP IDLE protocol allows an IMAP email server to send out notification of new emails to a client. This means its a great way to implement a "push" email system that automatically sends messages out, instead of having to wait for the email client to poll the server (this is what happens, for ...

The perfect iPhone email setup

by Mike Schramm (Aug 15th, 2007)

As you may have read previously, I haven't taken the plunge on an iPhone yet (although I heard McNulty did the other day, which means I might be the only one left at TUAW). But I have been considering it a lot (more than is healthy, probably), and one of my considerations is email. Just a few months ...

Kiwi IMAP email client goes closed source

by Mike Schramm (Jul 11th, 2007)

Developer (and sometime TUAW commenter) Matt Ronge has announced he's closing the source of the upcoming IMAP email client Kiwi he's been working on. It's a decision that's been a long time coming, he says, and most of the feedback he's gotten has been positive towards closing the source, so he's ...

Mystery Solved? 10.4.10, Yahoo!, and the iPhone

by Dan Lurie (Jun 21st, 2007)

The addition of a Yahoo! sync framework in 10.4.10 certainly seems a bit puzzling on the surface, but after some grinding of my mental cogs, I think I've figured it out. If you will think back to MacWorld 2007 and the announcement of the iPhone, you'll remember that Steve Jobs brought three special ...

Access Gmail through IMAP in Mail.app

by David Chartier (Aug 12th, 2006)

Hawk Wings is at it again, and this time Tim Gaden has tracked down a method for using Gmail with IMAP in Mail.app. It might not be pretty - it's a Perl module that needs a little bit of finagling - but it apparently works. I can't even begin to fake that I know a lick about Perl, so I'm just going ...

WiLMa - location-based settings

by David Chartier (Aug 3rd, 2006)

WiLMa is a utility for adjusting various settings like Mail servers, default printers and even desktop wallpaper based on which Location you're using (check your Apple menu if you're unfamiliar with the Location menu). WiLMa can even open and close applications and set a default network to join. If ...

Thunderbird 1.5 RC2 released, gets shinier

by David Chartier (Dec 27th, 2005)

Ok so I lied: Thunderbird isn't really any shinier, I just thought that headline might make C.K. download it faster on his quest for a Mail replacement. But seriously, it sounds like they've made some significant updates with RC2, when I thought release clients were simply about squashing bugs. ...