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Sparrow
Sparrow 1.6.1
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Minimalist e-mail for IMAP accounts.   Commercial ($9.99)
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Sparrow is a minimalist mail application for Mac. It was designed to keep things simple and efficient. No fancy stuff here... just your mail and nothing else.

Threads Quickly flick through threaded conversations on your mac like never before.

Not so minimal… See your mails the way you want. Quickly glance at the preview. Read it in a new window or open the right pane to enjoy Sparrow's full potential.

Notifications Growl is integrated for notifications addicts.

Multiple Accounts
What's New
Version 1.6.1: Release notes were unavailable when this listing was updated.
Requirements
Intel, Mac OS X 10.6 or later


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Sparrow User Discussion (Write a Review)
ver. 1.x:
(121)
Your rating: Now say why...
Overall:
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mad.surgeon commented on 25 May 2012
I still don't have 1.6.1 update on App Store. Anyone else having the same issue?
[Version 1.6.1]


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+26
OsloX commented on 19 May 2012
Wrong screenshot? :)
[Version 1.6.1]


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+11

808armada reviewed on 18 May 2012
I am really struggling to like this app. The two MAJOR things that are stopping me from using it full time is:
1) No IMAP push support for now (realtime)
2) While open it uses nearly 20% of my CPU cycle time.

GUI is perfect and simple on a MAC. The way it should be. And it supports multiple languages with ease. The developer has been very responsive so I know the two concerns will be addressed soon. For now it like a little gem to be taken out and "shown off" here and there. . .
[Version 1.6.1]


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+19
Falstaffa commented on 18 May 2012
Sparrow 1.6.1 (build 1081.32) release notes:

Bug fix:

Fixed keychain issue
POP account folders management issues
POP account restoration
copy-paste of images in the message composer now generates PNG instead of TIFF files
[Version 1.6.1]


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+139
Stormchild commented on 18 May 2012
Screenshot shows the wrong app.
[Version 1.6.1]


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Garyi commented on 18 May 2012
Hi can anyone confirm if sending attachments from this apps make it successfully to Outlook for PC?

I am forced to use Outlook for mac because sending files from mail.app is flakey at best. Wondered if this handled attachments OK so I can ditch outlook.
[Version 1.6.1]

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Solosaint replied on 18 May 2012
i send attachements all the time using this program 1.5-1.6 ... to users of outlook... of course I DO use the cloudapp service along with it..
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+66
Andy-Hewitt replied on 18 May 2012
Yes, it worked fine for me. I only don't use Sparrow because you can't move messages from one account to another. FWIW Attachment Tamer for Mail works very well.
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Garyi replied on 18 May 2012
Sadly does not work with my works IMAP, just keeps saying fetching 1-45 of 190 round and round in circles but does not actually receive any mails.

On to the next one!
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+45
Solosaint replied on 18 May 2012
im using Google's IMAP servers too... if Garyls problem sounds like its on the IMAP servers end...
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Garyi replied on 18 May 2012
Well perhaps its the IMAP end, that being said it seems OK on Outlook and Mail
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Falstaffa replied on 18 May 2012
@Garyi: Sparrow is not the quickest eMail app I've used, check its Activity window (CMND + 0) in order to inspect its retrieval progress and any issues it may have during such process.
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Garyi replied on 18 May 2012
Nope its not having it, the activity monitor is going so quick its hard to tell whats happening, but in essence it just says downloading 1 of 195 through to 45 of 195 (really quick) then reverts to 1 of 195 and through again, over and over. But no emails appear.
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Alan commented on 16 May 2012
Does it really take Apple over 24 hours to approve the damn update???

Apparently yes.

Ugh, so annoyed.
[Version 1.6]


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+7
Bossa-Nova commented on 16 May 2012
The only thing that annoys me is that font and font size (for ex. Georgia 12) don't stick, they keep going back to the default Helvetica 13 when I start to write a new message.
[Version 1.6]


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+25

Michael-Vilain reviewed on 16 May 2012
This doesn't fit my email needs at all. Any client I use must be able to send TEXT only. I could not find any way to do that either in the on-line help or the limited on-line forums.

Also, I want to specify a mail agent to read mail, a separate to send, and have the Reply-To: header added. Didn't see a way to configure that.
[Version 1.6]

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Mystakill replied on 16 May 2012
I've been pinging them for reply-to: support since shortly after release. As a user with multiple domains, subdomains, and catchalls, it's really the only thing keeping me from using it.
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Larrymcj commented on 15 May 2012
New version (1.6) is released but not yet on the Mac App Store. Come on, Sparrow...please get it up there.
[Version 1.6]

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+4
Eskel replied on 15 May 2012
waiting for app store update myself. cant wait:)
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Hal Itosis replied on 15 May 2012
>> Come on, Sparrow...please get it up there. < <

Come on, Apple...please get it up there.
^
FTFY.

-HI-
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+4
Dedalus271 had trouble on 21 May 2012
Seeing that on App Store they have not 1.6.1 ... I don't know if it's a problem for 1.6 only or what else, but today I don't get emails from GMail. I mean, if I check on Web-GMail I see as usually my new emails,.. but Sparrow doesn't get them (???). Even forcing email check.
Very strange, it's the first time I get this kind of problem ... and it's a big problem I hope will be fixed. For me at least.
[Version 1.6.1]


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orange0422 had trouble on 15 May 2012
Just update Sparrow to V1.6, and it became Japanese!What the hell?
[Version 1.5]


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Mischivo had trouble on 09 Jan 2011
Current version does not send messages.

"Connection to Gmail could not be established. Either your connection is not available or Gmail is unavailable. Please, retry later."

The message is a lie. It makes no sense, because it can quite easily receive mail and it also saves as drafts the messages it supposedly can't send because of a connection issue with Gmail.
[Version 1.0beta7]


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Abalem ^_^ had trouble on 06 Oct 2010
Raaa.. I'm so pissed, sorry to say it so bluntly, but I just spent an hour writing a message and this program, although it looks very neat sent.. only half of it !! There are certain precaution one should take when using beta programs that I'm thinking of too late... Sorry, but this won't happen twice, I'll stick to the normal Gmail.
[Version 1.0beta]


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Jvrlbrtr had trouble on 05 Oct 2010
it looks promising however i cannot get it to connect to my gmail account, so it's useless for now, unfortunately :(
[Version 1.0beta]

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Jellexson replied on 05 Oct 2010
Works fine for me.


Pixeltater rated on 18 May 2012

[Version 1.6.1]



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iBattaglia rated on 17 May 2012

[Version 1.6]




Mac.Up rated on 17 May 2012

[Version 1.6]




mac update promo rated on 17 May 2012

[Version 1.6]




mlarroyd rated on 11 May 2012

[Version 1.5]




Krutarthshah rated on 24 Apr 2012

[Version 1.5]




kristinks rated on 23 Apr 2012

[Version 1.5]



-15

iBattaglia rated on 14 Apr 2012

[Version 1.5]




jonnimar rated on 09 Apr 2012

[Version 1.5]




Frank_d2677c07 rated on 05 Apr 2012

[Version 1.5]


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Version Downloads:874
Type:Internet : Email
License:Commercial
Date:18 May 2012
Platform:Intel
Price: $9.99
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Sparrow is a minimalist mail application for Mac. It was designed to keep things simple and efficient. No fancy stuff here... just your mail and nothing else.

Threads Quickly flick through threaded conversations on your mac like never before.

Not so minimal… See your mails the way you want. Quickly glance at the preview. Read it in a new window or open the right pane to enjoy Sparrow's full potential.

Notifications Growl is integrated for notifications addicts.

Multiple Accounts Seamlessly switch between your mail accounts.

What's next? Sparrow will soon support several IMAP email providers and integrate labels for Gmail users.
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