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Acquired

Postbox was acquired — timeline, impact and alternatives

First reported 2024-10-24·2 reports archived

What changed

2024-10-24 · Acquired
Postbox has been acquired by eM Client
Primary source · Discussion (31)
2024-10-23 · Acquired
Postbox has been acquired by eM Client
Primary source

Who is affected

Existing Postbox customers. Acquisitions frequently precede price changes, plan consolidation, or sunsetting of the acquired product.

What people moved to

Named by users in the public discussion, quoted verbatim and linked to the source comment. Ordered by how often each was mentioned — a record of what people said, not a recommendation.

Cannotmentioned 3×
“I tried eM Client for last week.. and, nope. Not my thing. - Cannot select which email to look at "next" after a delete - Does not display number of item in the current mailbox (like Post”
— kutenai
Macmentioned 2×
“out, when looking at search results, for example. Just not clear - It looks like a tool written for Windows, ported to Mac. There is a reason I switch to Mac, that's just one of them. - I could not figure out how to control where 'sent' email”
— kutenai

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