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It really looks like Hey for IMAP. Which isn’t necessarily a bad thing. Fastmail already has a Hey vs Fastmail comparison page on their site. Most of Hey’s great features can be made as features of other email service providers and/or clients.

But this is an email client that’s more expensive than Fastmail & at $78 annually is less than Hey. If you bring your Gmail account that’s all it is: $78 per year forever.

A comment in this thread brought up Apple as a buyer of the Big Mail parent company. I think it’s just as likely that Google would.

For me the cost is too much. I’m paying $130 for years of Fastmail (for email service & their free clients on a custom domain with a ton of extra features).

I’ve set up rudimentary filters & email groups to come close to Hey’s features. (Yes, I also paid for a year of Hey.) I’m constantly trying new email clients & will likely give Big Mail a shot when it goes live.

But sticking with something that costly is unlikely, it’s also hard to say when I’d do this given the short trial period. I need a week of trial time where I can focus a little time setting up and comparing to clients I’ve already tried & the one I use now.