Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client

[scottalanmiller]

MailSpring, previously known as Nylas N1, is one of hte most modern and "fancy" desktop email clients around and is available on nearly all Linux systems with DEB, RPM and Snap packages. Snaps are the official way to install MailSpring and are auto-updating so we will use that here.

First, Fedora does not install the Snap system by default, we will need to install that...

sudo dnf install snapd

That will get us set up with the Snap package management system. SNaps are perfect for desktop apps. Now we just need to install MailSpring.

sudo snap install mailspring

This will take a minute as it downloads. Once it finishes, MailSpring should appear in your menu.

[scottalanmiller]

Setup is quick and easy...

[Emad R]

@scottalanmiller

Windows supported too, will check this out and see if I can ditch outlook gradually.

[scottalanmiller]

@emad-r said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

@scottalanmiller

Windows supported too, will check this out and see if I can ditch outlook gradually.

The app? Yes it does. Mac, too.

[dbeato]

@scottalanmiller said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

MailSpring.

Looks like Apple Mail

[SmithErick]

I like it, even though I am used to browser tabs now. Need to make a solarized dark theme, anyone good with that stuff

[scottalanmiller]

@smitherick said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

I like it, even though I am used to browser tabs now. Need to make a solarized dark theme, anyone good with that stuff

They used to have one, is it gone now?

[scottalanmiller]

Oh, they have a dark but not a Solarize.

[SmithErick]

@scottalanmiller This is all I have on MacOS...

Edit: Yep, just dark.

[scottalanmiller]

Same here now that I looked. I hadn't switched my theme yet. I might be rememboring just that there was dark in N1 and not solarize.

[black3dynamite]

With snap and Ubuntu theme. Was this develop on Ubuntu first?

[scottalanmiller]

@black3dynamite said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

With snap and Ubuntu theme. Was this develop on Ubuntu first?

Likely.

[dafyre]

Does this support calendars and such?

[dbeato]

@dafyre said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

Does this support calendars and such?

No, but is a feature request
https://github.com/Foundry376/Mailspring/issues/199

[scottalanmiller]

@dafyre said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

Does this support calendars and such?

Would need more protocols for that.

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

MailSpring, previously known as Nylas N1, is one of hte most modern and "fancy" desktop email clients around and is available on nearly all Linux systems with DEB, RPM and Snap packages. Snaps are the official way to install MailSpring and are auto-updating so we will use that here.

First, Fedora does not install the Snap system by default, we will need to install that...

sudo dnf install snapd

That will get us set up with the Snap package management system. SNaps are perfect for desktop apps. Now we just need to install MailSpring.

sudo snap install mailspring

This will take a minute as it downloads. Once it finishes, MailSpring should appear in your menu.

I assume, that this happened because I did not previously have snap installed. I jsut installed snap and then installed mailspring one after the other.

[jbusch@lt-jared ~]$ sudo snap install mailspring
2018-02-17T10:02:56-06:00 INFO Waiting for restart...
mailspring 1.1.4 from 'foundry376' installed
[jbusch@lt-jared ~]$

[scottalanmiller]

Maybe it detects it and looks for it. Interesting.

[JaredBusch]

@scottalanmiller said in Installing MailSpring on Fedora 27, Modern Email Desktop Client:

Maybe it detects it and looks for it. Interesting.

After reboot, it was there and ready.

[JaredBusch]

Ok, I dislike this

Artificial limitation of 4 accounts.

[scottalanmiller]

That is awfully annoying. Works for me, I only ever need three. But still.

And $8/mo for an email client is true insanity. $1 maybe.