Fmail is a native application shell for FastMail. For iOS and Android there are native clients, but not for macOS.
The web interface used by FastMail is excellent. The one thing missing is that the web interface cannot handle email links. So when you click on such a link it is the macOS Mail application that opens. That is not what we want. Enter FMail.
Other features:
Handles email links from other programs/documents
Notifies you when new mail arrives
The Dock icon can show the number of unread mails in the Inbox or in all folders
Status Bar Menu for easy access (will show you when there are unread mails)
Activate/deactivate FMail window via configurable shortcut
Search on a word in all emails via a right mouse click (contextual menu)
Can run without Dock Icon (as background application)
When run as background application, you can let the window close when going to another application (but FMail stays open, when you are composing an email)
Detects when FMail is not the default email reader
Window bar shows the title of the selected email
Mouseover shows email links (so you can decide if you want to click a specific link)
Use a right mouse click to immediately search the selected text in all your emails
Attachments are downloaded from inside the application
Define your Downloads folder
.pdf files and images can be previewed and/or downloaded
Show Raw Message inside the application and the text is easily copied to the pasteboard
Is actively maintained (because I use FMail myself)
Application size less then 10 MB
What's new in version 2.7.5
Fmail is a native application shell for FastMail. For iOS and Android there are native clients, but not for macOS. The web interface used by FastMail is excellent. The one thing missing is that the we
Fmail is a native application shell for FastMail. For iOS and Android there are native clients, but not for macOS.
The web interface used by FastMail is excellent. The one thing missing is that the web interface cannot handle email links. So when you click on such a link it is the macOS Mail application that opens. That is not what we want. Enter FMail.
Other features:
Handles email links from other programs/documents
Notifies you when new mail arrives
The Dock icon can show the number of unread mails in the Inbox or in all folders
Status Bar Menu for easy access (will show you when there are unread mails)
Activate/deactivate FMail window via configurable shortcut
Search on a word in all emails via a right mouse click (contextual menu)
Can run without Dock Icon (as background application)
When run as background application, you can let the window close when going to another application (but FMail stays open, when you are composing an email)
Detects when FMail is not the default email reader
Window bar shows the title of the selected email
Mouseover shows email links (so you can decide if you want to click a specific link)
Use a right mouse click to immediately search the selected text in all your emails
Attachments are downloaded from inside the application
Define your Downloads folder
.pdf files and images can be previewed and/or downloaded
Show Raw Message inside the application and the text is easily copied to the pasteboard