![]() ![]() To get the Pro version to enable, I just had to quit the program and open it again. I quickly hit the limit of the free version (3 accounts) and bought the pro version. When adding an account, all it took was my email address and password to properly hook up the mailbox via IMAP, unlike Outlook which is a painful process of editing ports and mail servers. Today I’ve got 8 accounts loaded up (ignoring a few) and am using the client full time.Īll of my accounts are Google Apps based and setup went pretty smooth. The first thing I did on Monday morning was download the client again and purchase the Pro subscription to give it a fair shot. On Thanksgiving day, Mailbird announced it was delivering Multi-Account support at long last. Sadly the development effort proved much more difficult than anticipated and the released date was pushed out many months. Mailbird reps promised that Multi-Account support was under development and coming within a few weeks. This meant I couldn’t use it unless I wanted to run two email clients, which I did not. Unfortunately I am responsible for more than ten separate email accounts and Mailbird only allowed me to connect one. I liked almost everything about it save some minor bugs and I really wanted to use it. My first go with Mailbird left me frustrated. Unlike the traditional email client front runners - outlook, thunderbird, postbox - Mailbird is a modern platform aimed squarely at gmail and ymail users looking for a desktop client. It’s filled with powerful keyboard shortcuts and helpful/intuitive UI elements. The interface is designed to get out of your way and help you process emails as quickly as possible. Mailbird is a Windows email client geared toward reducing friction when it comes to handling your messages. ![]() At the time the deal breaker was that it couldn’t handle multiple accounts, but last week Mailbird remedied that. ![]() ![]() In my never ending quest to find an email program I like, and one that can handle the absurd amount of email I get, I gave Mailbird a shot about 12 months back. ![]()
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