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Priya Sharma
Priya Sharma

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How to Choose an Email App as a Developer (What Actually Matters)

 As developers, our inboxes are different.

We don't just get messages from colleagues. We get:

GitHub notifications

Jira/Trello updates

Build failure alerts

Spam from new "B2B" services

We're drowning. Our old Mail App isn't built for this.

I've been searching for the best email app for Android to handle this chaos. After a lot of testing, I've realized we need to look for 3 specific things that most "productivity" apps get wrong.

  1. Speed Over "Bloat" Most email apps are "bloated." They have calendars, to-do lists, notes, and AI features.

As developers, we hate bloat. We live in the terminal. We want tools that are fast and efficient.

We don't need a "super-app." We need a fast and smart mail client that opens instantly and syncs without draining the battery.

  1. A "True" Unified Inbox This is the big one. Most people have 2-3 email accounts.

We have 5-6. We have a multiple email account app problem. We need a real Unified Inbox

We need an All in one email app that doesn't just "combine" inboxes but truly unifies them. It must handle Gmail Outlook in one app just as easily as it handles a custom domain email.

  1. Standards & Security We care about how things are built.

Does it use standard OAuth for All mail login and All Email login

Does it support all email providers (IMAP, POP3, Exchange)?

Or is it a sketchy app that runs your email through its own servers?

The Tool I Chose (and Built)
I couldn't find a simple, lightweight All mail App that met these 3 criteria.

So, I built one.

It's called "mail App - All Mail Anywhere"
It's a free email app built on this philosophy. It's not bloated. It's just a fast, native app that gives you one inbox for all accounts

It gives you all mail access to all email accounts in one clean interface. It's the simple Mail App I always wanted to manage all email chaos.

If you're a developer who also values speed and simplicity, you might want to check it out.

You can grab the app here: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.allmail.anywhere.inbox

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