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by lewisl9029 3734 days ago
As much as I'd love to use something like Nylas, the deal-breaker for me was its sync engine. Having a third party store and index all of my emails just isn't an option for me, and I can't justify jumping through hoops to host it myself when I can just use a client that doesn't require any server-side component.
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grinich 3734 days ago
That's fine-- I totally understand. It's not built for everyone. Cloud Sync is needed for features like Snoozing and Send Later. (And more things upcoming...)
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lewisl9029 3734 days ago
Have you guys thought about maybe bundling a local sync engine with the electron app or streamlining the setup and integration process for a local sync engine some other way (a pull-able Docker container comes to mind)? That would definitely make Nylas a lot more attractive for privacy conscious users like myself.
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grinich 3734 days ago
What specifically have you had issues with? We haven't seen great proven cross-platform support for docker images, which is why we're still using Vagrant+Virtualbox. From the folks we've talked with, it seems to be a pretty painless process. (We do this for development all the time.)

Obviously features like Snooze and Send Later won't work, but the idea here is you can build the entire stack or deploy it to your own VPS at any time.

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