After 16 years of development, Postbox Inc. is winding down its operations
eM Client has acquired Postbox, which will cease sales and support by December 22, 2024. Exclusive discounts are offered to Postbox customers transitioning to eM Client, with help available until December 2025.
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Postbox has been acquired by eM Client, a prominent email platform for Windows and macOS that integrates email, calendars, tasks, contacts, notes, and chat. eM Client is known for its user-friendly interface and support for various services, including Gmail and Outlook, along with features like PGP encryption and email snooze. Following the acquisition, Postbox will cease sales, development, and support, although existing users can continue using the application until support ends on December 22, 2024. The Postbox Help Center will remain accessible until December 22, 2025. To facilitate the transition, eM Client is offering exclusive discounts to Postbox customers: those who purchased Postbox after September 22, 2024, will receive a 100% discount on their first year with eM Client, while other customers will receive a 50% discount. The Postbox and eM Client teams are committed to assisting users during this transition, providing resources and support to ensure a smooth migration to the new platform. The Postbox team expresses gratitude to its customers for their loyalty and support throughout the years.
- Postbox has been acquired by eM Client, which offers a comprehensive email platform.
- Postbox will no longer be sold or developed, with support ending on December 22, 2024.
- Exclusive discounts are available for Postbox customers transitioning to eM Client.
- The Postbox Help Center will remain available until December 22, 2025.
- The transition is supported by both Postbox and eM Client teams to ensure a smooth experience.
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14 comments > Rest assured that we’ll continue to provide support until December 22nd, 2024
> See how eM Client compares to other products on SourceForge.net
Something about this doesn't seem right. It has been super rare for me to find links to SourceForge for years. There are a few outlier projects, but I just don't get it here... in this space... for a commercial program. I'm not saying anything about eM Client the program (I'm sure it's quite nice), but this link for comparisons seemed off to me.
Slightly sad to see them go, even though I never really used it. Maybe it's because I remember them starting and it was somewhat long time ago (I guess). Usually things that shut down did so relatively quickly, from my perspective.
I know nothing beyond the press release, but my guess is that there are fundamental problems with the codebase that they couldn't fix without putting a while lot of time into it, and they just couldn't justify the time.
I don't think I've ever been "in love" with Postbox, but it's always done email reliably well that I never had to think about it. Plus, it never tried to be anything more than an email client - I never had to worry about it trying to be a "business workflow productivity tool" or anything, it just did email decently.
eM looks like exactly the kind of tool I _don't_ want.
It used to be more important to me that my email client also support Windows, but way less so now. (My Windows machine is just a gaming machine, and that's even only just until Windows 10 stops being actually usable for gaming.)
What's everyone favourite Mac "just an email client" email client?
UI could use a massive refresh though.
I wish them the best, but I do wish they would have continued to innovate in this space.
(I've been unpacking and re-packaging the CSS in the "omni.ja" bundle for years to preserve the old look-and-feel; it'd be nice to have access to the rest of the code, as well for things I haven't been able to tweak.)
I mean, it isn't "Horrible", but I'm not feeling it. I'll continue to use Postbox for now, and be searching for an alternative. I already have a paid copy of Spark -- but never really loved that either (but there is a Phone app..)
The search shall go on.
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