Postbox Pricing

I feel that it has a nice interface. Though it is based on the same Mozilla framework as Thunderbird, I think that it has as more streamlined "look and feel" and that it is easier to navigate than Thunderbird. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

It does not have as many addons, and the user has less opportunity for customization. It also has a strange glitch with the way it handles emails from WordPress blogs. I subscribe to several WordPress blogs, and Postbox continually merges them in weird ways. For instance, I subscribe to a blog called deadconfederates and another called the Eastman Online Genealogy Newsletter (EOGN). In Postbox when I get an email from deadconfederates it usually shows up with a subject line indicating that it's from EOGN. I have to open it to find out it's from deadconfederates. The same kind of mix up occurs with other WordPress blogs that I subscribe to. I offer this as but one example. This behavior does NOT happen with EmClient, Outlook, Claws Mail, etc. I contacted Postbox support about this issue. They refused to admit that it must be a glitch in their program. They said it was something about my installation. However, this is patently untrue since the same behavior with Postbox occurred on multiple computers running Postbox and with both Windows and Mac operating systems. They asked me to go through all kinds of things to test my system. I refused because it was clear that this was (and still is) a glitch in the way their program deals with incoming WordPress blog emails. The arrogance of their support folks really turned me off. If you don't subscribe to any WordPress blogs this would be a non-issue for you. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What I like best is how clean and well-organized the user interface is. I have tried many email clients (probably all the majors email apps on Mac), but this one feels the cleanest to me. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

Searching and indexing is a little slow. Other mail clients I've tried were lightning-fast by comparison.

Formatting emails was inconsistent. (No markdown support, for whatever that's worth.)

When going through a list of emails (inbox, folders), there is no way to view at a glance any labels assigned.This was a big dealbreaker for me.

(I've switched to an ultra powerful, minimialist email client that is nothing pretty to look at, but more than makes up for it in functionality.)

Also, Postbox charges its users a fee for any technical support (even after you have already purchased the software). The support I did receive was less than great. (definitely inferior to the free support I've gotten from other companies.) Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.