Is this project dead?

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#21

I can maybe shed a little bit of light on some of the questions.

For the pro features the are some servers running. The subscription money is used to pay the server rent and for the most part to cover necessary certificates/checks for Google & macOS. The sole maintainer is dependent on his full time job to live. You can find don’t more information about this here: A free, open-source future for Mailspring

I started contributing to see some features like color-coded mail accounts as the Thunderbird plugin I used for this use case was discontinued and I war looking for some mail software that I liked. I try to fix the bugs and minor issues that I see, but I also depend on my paid work and I don’t have the knowledge to fix any sync related bugs. So anybody who wants to chip in there is highly welcome.

So Mailspring is sometimes a bit slower than might be wished, but definitely still alive.

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#22

Thanks for your reply, @Phylu.
There are a few annoying issues in the client. So my hands are itching (is this good English? At least it is a Dutch saying) to dive into the source code and improve it. I hope to have time for that soon.

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#23

In German, I would say that my pinky is itching. :smiley:
If you have any questions regarding the code, let me know and I will try to help.

#24

I have been using Mailspring for some time, but only recently discovered this community forum.

Reading through the comments in the thread, I have to say that I am saddened.

To all of you who are crying that things aren’t going along in the development of the application as fast as you wish - grab some bugs and try and fix them.

Yeah, your paying for Pro features. Great! So am I! And we are all getting the Pro features that we are paying for!

Yes, sometimes bugs pop out… Have you ever used FOSS software before? That is part of the deal - you get bugs.

And you should not compare development speeds with those of multi-billion-dollar corporations that have tons of developers working 24/7 on their products. This is a side project. The amount that you are paying for pays so those Pro features can run. All the developers who are contributing are donating their free time to work on this app out of passion and love. They don’t get a penny from your/our pro subscriptions.

I remember the time when there were no subscriptions or Pro features and instead, the app was asking for donations. I am assuming they changed the model, so they can support the features, because not enough people were donating, compared to how many were using them. And I support this!

So SHAME ON YOU! And if you want things to move faster, then contribute to the development work. If you can’t - stop yapping and say thank you to the people donating their free time, so you can have this client. And if the bugs bother you that much and you can’t wait - go use Thunderbird, Betterbird or Outlook/Gmail - your call!

TO THE DEVS! - Thank you for your work and the amazing email clients, that I can use and enjoy, thanks to all of your efforts. As long as I can afford it, I will be paying my pro subscription happily! Even if you decide to increase the price for it!

On a side note, I hope that the work you are putting in to get link-tracking and read-tracking for Microsoft-hosted receivers pays off! The fact that you have to deal with this is another proof that Microsoft has some real idiots behind the wheel of some of their projects…

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