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Postbox Beta is Now Available!

Today, we’re pleased to announce the public beta of Postbox, a new desktop email application that helps you make the most of your email messages and content.

To start, a gigantic “thank you!” to everyone who participated in the private beta. We had over 10,000 people sign up, and we’ve been absolutely thrilled with the thoughtfulness and detail of the feedback we’ve received.

Turns out, people really care about their email! And it’s no surprise given how much time we spend each day writing, reading, and searching through messages. What we didn’t anticipate was just how desperate people were for solutions to help them make sense of it all.

Our goal is simple: to help you be more productive and successful by providing the best email experience possible. And this first beta is just the beginning, as we have lots more planned for future betas, the 1.0 release, the 2.0 release, and beyond.

So please keep the great feedback coming in, and please be sure to tell your co-workers, family and friends about Postbox.

Best,
The Postbox Team

Comments

  1. On 02/09/09 at @ 8:41am, Pascal said:

    I use Postbox since beta 2 or 3 and i love it. But at the moment i miss the calendar. Would be cool if you could integrate it soon :)

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    1. On 02/09/09 at @ 9:10am, caschy said:

      Thanks for the update!

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      1. On 02/09/09 at @ 12:39pm, Amsterdammer said:

        Thank you!
        “Postbox: competition is good for buisiness” ;-)
        http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=29&t=1085655

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        1. On 02/09/09 at @ 5:20pm, Keith McLaughlin said:

          I just found out about this program today and I already have it set as my default email client!

          Everything is extremely well laid out and there are some really cool features.

          Thanks for this, and keep up the great work :-)

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          1. On 02/09/09 at @ 9:58pm, Roebot said:

            Congrats. It’s rocking…

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            1. On 02/09/09 at @ 10:13pm, rayraven said:

              Great!, It’s finally out!
              Are you guys planning on a Linux version?

              I for one , would love a linux version :)

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              1. On 02/09/09 at @ 10:17pm, rayraven said:

                Great!, It’s finally out.

                Do you guys have any plans for a linux version?

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                1. On 02/10/09 at @ 3:54am, Manek Dubash said:

                  Great app - already I can see huge uses of this for my various projects. I love the topics idea, the indexing/fast search, and the gathering of info from various messages especially. But I have two big uses as well for Thunderbird:
                  1. Extensions - can you build in compatibility with TB add-ons?

                  2. Like the previous poster: a calendar - so make extensions available and Lightning slots right in….

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                  1. On 02/10/09 at @ 9:17am, Farhang said:

                    This is terrific. Found it on lifehacker and am loving it. BUT PLEASE, I am imploring you, have a right-click option to print the attachment without opening it. That is THE feature I have been aching to find. PLEASE!

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                    1. On 02/10/09 at @ 6:14pm, zauberer berlin said:

                      Hi, thanks for this nice and prodictiv tool, wow it´s a big step and very easy to do.
                      but one question about the search, if i choose inbox an search for someone and this mail is with a filter in a subfolder the search dosn´t find him? is there a mistake i do?
                      Later is the software free or a special price?
                      best wishes from berlin V.

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                      1. On 02/10/09 at @ 9:54pm, Carlos said:

                        It´s really great this application, a Mail.app´s substitute!
                        But, the question is… how much Postbox will cost?
                        There will be a free and a paid versión?

                        Sorry for my English, I´m from Spain :-)

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                        1. On 02/10/09 at @ 11:28pm, Ibrahim said:

                          Woah, PostBox is awesome! Nice job, everything seems very polished and more friendly than Thunderbird. Is the final version going to be compatible with Thunderbird addons and such, or at least its own addons? I do miss Lightning in Postbox.

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                          1. On 02/11/09 at @ 7:55am, rgranc said:

                            Great app, I have just started using it instead of Thunderbird, and so far I like it more, due to its new comfortable features.
                            Thanks for the great work!

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                            1. On 02/11/09 at @ 8:53am, Tsadiq said:

                              Hey hey great stuff, i love it :D

                              Indeed it’d be cool if we could use a calendar (maybe use Ligthening extension for Thunderbird ?). But it’d be even better if we could have language packs ;)

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                              1. On 02/11/09 at @ 9:16am, Carl Schlachtaub said:

                                Hello i have just set up POSTBOX and i must say what a great email software. very easy and a joy to use!.  Thank you and keep up the good work.  Regards Carl

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                                1. On 02/11/09 at @ 5:08pm, Mike said:

                                  Is there a way to import all of the settings from Apple Mail into Postbox. I saw the ability to import Thunderbird accounts, but I haven’t used that one in a while. I suppose I can reimport all of my accounts into Thunderbird and import into Postbox. I presently use about 14 different mail accounts and don’t want to import them all manually (lazy I suppose). Thanks.

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                                  1. On 02/11/09 at @ 5:28pm, KiL said:

                                    Wow it’s been many, many years since I got excited about an email programme. I’ll definitely look into this.

                                    I also am very pleased to see you offering a Windows version, this might be giving me back my sanity at work (at home I use a Mac).

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                                    1. On 02/11/09 at @ 7:48pm, Dario said:

                                      Please LINUX VERSION!!!!!

                                      Please!!!

                                      Thanks…. I Hope for ubuntu version soon…...

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                                      1. On 02/11/09 at @ 10:22pm, Burhan said:

                                        Came here from lifehacker which had a post about your product. Would love to try it but the download link for Windows isn’t working :(

                                        Can you provide a direct link?

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                                        1. On 02/12/09 at @ 2:43am, Tobias Conrad said:

                                          Features please!
                                          Timemachine backup for each email, Signatures, auto Import Ical Events, contacts direct from into Adressbook, just some functions of my old Email program Apple Mail i got used to. THX

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                                          1. On 02/12/09 at @ 4:37am, dynamis said:

                                            How about the l10n plan for Postbox?
                                            We Japanese team are interesting about Japanese localized Postbox. ;)

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                                            1. On 02/12/09 at @ 4:46am, Kiddo said:

                                              Hi, nice work, but when a LINUX release will be available ?

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                                              1. On 02/12/09 at @ 7:35am, Josh said:

                                                Postbox looks like a very interesting email client, however, I’m curious if it will remain a free product, or will there be a charge for the client?

                                                It looks fabulous either way!

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                                                1. On 02/12/09 at @ 7:52pm, Louis Brusco said:

                                                  Does Postbox store messages in Thunderbird format?  Are the storage files interchangable?  I have 12 years of email in that format and am not looking to change.  All the features of Postbox look great - but what about the old messages?

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                                                  1. On 02/13/09 at @ 8:18am, Oliver Erben said:

                                                    Definitely the best Email program i have ever seen.
                                                    Thanks for your good work.

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                                                    1. On 02/13/09 at @ 4:17pm, Ajay D'Souza said:

                                                      Fantastic piece of software. It’s become my primary mail client!

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                                                      1. On 02/14/09 at @ 4:14am, Dario said:

                                                        it work on wine and ubuntu, but is bad to see…..... when a native linux version??

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                                                          1. On 02/16/09 at @ 9:32pm, utetairty said:

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                                                            1. On 02/18/09 at @ 1:28am, reviewer said:

                                                              Thanks for a great app. We think it blows Mail.app out of the water.

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                                                              1. On 02/23/09 at @ 9:23am, Dustin said:

                                                                Postbox rocks has replaced thunderbird for me now. Thanks guys you’re rad!

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                                                                1. On 02/23/09 at @ 4:51pm, Billee D. said:

                                                                  Postbox, even in beta, has become my preferred email client. It really is an awesome way to deal with email. Topics, threaded discussions, and a very nice UI. I recently tweeted that it was as if “Mail and Thunderbird had a child together.”

                                                                  Thank you so much for an awesome product. It really just rocks.

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                                                                  1. On 02/28/09 at @ 3:46pm, Ken J. said:

                                                                    Wonderful! This is the email program Mac was missing…I have all my friends and family using it! I would like to see a calendar interface. Otherwise its exactly what I have been looking for!
                                                                    Thank you

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                                                                    1. On 03/02/09 at @ 9:05pm, John Cruz said:

                                                                      Hi! I’ve been using Postbox since the private beta and love it. I use it to access my Gmail account. It works great for that but I would love two things:

                                                                      1. A calendar
                                                                      2. Outlook/Enterprise support (work e-mail via Postbox would be awesome!).

                                                                      Thanks for the great e-mail client and I look forward to many more updates.

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                                                                      1. On 04/21/09 at @ 5:58pm, hao chen said:

                                                                        Would love to see a native linux version.

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                                                                        1. On 04/22/09 at @ 9:46am, best quotes said:

                                                                          I am really enjoying PostBox.
                                                                          One issue tho… No syncing with Apple Address Book…
                                                                          Why is this? I might stop using PostBox if I cannot do this.
                                                                          Other than that it is great.

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