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    Switching to the Nylas N1 Email Client

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    • scottalanmiller
      scottalanmiller last edited by scottalanmiller

      I have been using web mail for quite some time, mostly because Outlook is so horrible. I've decided to give the open source, cross platform Nylas N1 email client a look see and maybe switch to a local client. I'm on Linux Mint but N1 runs on Windows and Mac as well. On Linux it is available as an RPM or a DEB package, so pretty much anyone can use it easily. Installation was a breeze.

      First I am setting up my NTG Office 365 email account. Holy cow is this a breeze. Setting this up was significantly easier than setting up even Outlook 2013! This is the most impressive connection to Exchange and Office 365 I have seen yet!

      It's only been a few minutes but this thing is impressive already.

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      • gjacobse
        gjacobse last edited by

        I have several accounts with GMail, I'm curious how it would handle it...

        Being on snow watch, I'll look at it when I spin things up.

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        • scottalanmiller
          scottalanmiller last edited by

          Here too, about to start testing them as well.

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          • scottalanmiller
            scottalanmiller last edited by

            First Google Apps account added. So far it is working great. And I love the dark theme, too.

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              Alex Sage last edited by

              Something I believe you fail to mention which is very important, is that this mail client is not a regular mail client. In fact, this program, the N1, is a client for an online service built by Nylas, which happen to be a mail server on steroid used by this program to sync.
              So what is happening in reality, is that you allow the company behind N1 to directly access your mail and manage it for you.
              There is a server you can download and use to sync the client with, but that's another story and a whole more steps to get it working.

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              • scottalanmiller
                scottalanmiller last edited by

                Good point, I'm using the public servers and not running my own locally. You could, I believe, run one locally for an entire company without needing one for each user?

                https://nylas.com/security

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                  Alex Sage last edited by

                  Seems like it:

                  https://github.com/nylas/N1/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#running-against-open-source-sync-engine

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                  • brianlittlejohn
                    brianlittlejohn last edited by

                    I am going to have to give this a try. Been looking for a good Linux based Exchange/o365 client.

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                      Alex Sage @brianlittlejohn last edited by

                      @brianlittlejohn sadly you can't self host exchange 😞

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                      • coliver
                        coliver @Alex Sage last edited by

                        @anonymous said:

                        @brianlittlejohn sadly you can't self host exchange 😞

                        Yes you can. Exchange Server is a huge product from Microsoft.

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                          Alex Sage @coliver last edited by

                          @coliver I mean on N1 😉

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                          • brianlittlejohn
                            brianlittlejohn @Alex Sage last edited by

                            @anonymous I got the windows N1 client to connect to our locally installed Exchange Server

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                              Alex Sage @brianlittlejohn last edited by Alex Sage

                              @brianlittlejohn Then your not using a local sync engine 😉

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                                Alex Sage last edited by Alex Sage

                                The open-source Nylas Sync Engine does not support Exchange, but the hosted version does.

                                https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine#installation-and-setup

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                                • brianlittlejohn
                                  brianlittlejohn @Alex Sage last edited by

                                  @anonymous Ok, so If I just download the client, it uses their hosted sync agent to talk to my exchange server, then push it back down to the n1 client?

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                                  • Dashrender
                                    Dashrender last edited by

                                    I'm still trying to understand what sucks so much about Outlook. confused

                                    The lack of tags instead of folders seems to be the biggest thing.

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                                      Alex Sage @brianlittlejohn last edited by

                                      @brianlittlejohn That's correct. You now have a middle man, who could is theory read your mail.

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                                        Alex Sage @Dashrender last edited by Alex Sage

                                        @Dashrender You have to install it.

                                        We need a web client that has all the same features as outlook that is free and open source.

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                                          Alex Sage @Dashrender last edited by Alex Sage

                                          @Dashrender also, remember that @scottalanmiller is a full time linux using now

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                                          • brianlittlejohn
                                            brianlittlejohn @Dashrender last edited by

                                            @Dashrender I'm just looking for an Outlook replacement for Linux. I use outlook as my everyday client.

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