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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.
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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.
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Features
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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.
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By default, its mail sync functions are processed in a cloud owned by Nylas, the company responsible for the project.
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N1 added a unified inbox in February 2016
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and PGP encryption support in June 2016.
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Reception
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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.
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N1 was the third most popular email desktop client among
AppleInsider
readers as of January 2016.
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See also
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References
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Grinich, Michael.
"?? Nylas Mail is now free!"
. Retrieved
July 24,
2017
.
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"Sunsetting Nylas Mail Development"
. September 6, 2017
. Retrieved
December 19,
2017
.
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"Mailspring is a Powerful New (Semi Open Source) Email App"
. October 4, 2017
. Retrieved
March 28,
2021
.
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"N1 Email Client -- A User-Friendly Option"
. January 22, 2016.
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Sneddon, Joey-Elijah (October 5, 2015).
"N1 Is A Beautiful Open Source Email App for Linux"
.
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"New Features Added to Nylas N1 Email Client"
. February 7, 2016.
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"How to use the Nylas PGP plugin to encrypt/decrypt N1 email"
. June 16, 2016.
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"Nylas N1 review: Open-source Mac email client shows promise"
. January 11, 2016.
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Swanner, Nate (October 5, 2015).
"This app could do for email what Google Chrome did for browsing the Web"
.
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"AI readers choose Airmail, Outlook and Nylas N1 as top email apps"
. January 13, 2016.
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