{"id":3765,"date":"2017-10-12T06:42:50","date_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:42:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/77.104.180.154\/~andrewdo\/blog\/?p=3765"},"modified":"2017-10-12T06:42:50","modified_gmt":"2017-10-12T06:42:50","slug":"spark","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/12\/spark\/","title":{"rendered":"Spark"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class='e-content'><a href=\"https:\/\/sparkmailapp.com\">Spark<\/a> is absolutely killing it with <a href=\"https:\/\/www.macstories.net\/news\/spark-adds-key-email-productivity-features-send-later-and-follow-up-reminders\/\">these new features<\/a>. I switched from using Microsoft Outlook as my primary email client a while ago on both macOS and iOS and it does pretty much everything that I need. Recent updates have included <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.readdle.com\/spark-adds-brilliant-3rd-party-integrations-e8cbc536f6e4?source=collection_home---6------4----------------\">Integrations<\/a> with a whole bunch of third-party applications and massive improvements to <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.readdle.com\/the-best-email-search-is-now-available-in-spark-for-mac-1-3-4c15703043d7?source=collection_home---6------6----------------\">search<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>I remain concerned that Spark is free, but Readdle <a href=\"https:\/\/blog.readdle.com\/a-few-words-about-sparks-business-model-85b4689f652\">seem to have a game plan<\/a> where it will earn them an income at some point.<\/div>\n<p><span hidden class=\"__iawmlf-post-loop-links\" data-iawmlf-links=\"[{&quot;id&quot;:5674,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/sparkmailapp.com&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20260118085018\\\/https:\\\/\\\/sparkmailapp.com\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 05:30:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 16:11:48&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 16:13:26&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 20:43:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 15:11:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-22 12:15:15&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 14:29:10&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-24 06:18:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-24 06:18:17&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5675,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/www.macstories.net\\\/news\\\/spark-adds-key-email-productivity-features-send-later-and-follow-up-reminders&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;http:\\\/\\\/web-wp.archive.org\\\/web\\\/20250905121628\\\/https:\\\/\\\/www.macstories.net\\\/news\\\/spark-adds-key-email-productivity-features-send-later-and-follow-up-reminders\\\/&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-05 05:30:34&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-02-18 16:11:49&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-13 16:13:32&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-03-24 20:43:22&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-04-01 18:12:39&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-04 15:11:40&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-05-22 12:15:18&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 14:29:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200}],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:{&quot;date&quot;:&quot;2026-06-20 14:29:08&quot;,&quot;http_code&quot;:200},&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5676,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.readdle.com\\\/spark-adds-brilliant-3rd-party-integrations-e8cbc536f6e4?source=collection_home---6------4----------------&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/readdle.com\\\/blog&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5677,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.readdle.com\\\/the-best-email-search-is-now-available-in-spark-for-mac-1-3-4c15703043d7?source=collection_home---6------6----------------&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/readdle.com\\\/blog&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;},{&quot;id&quot;:5678,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/blog.readdle.com\\\/a-few-words-about-sparks-business-model-85b4689f652&quot;,&quot;archived_href&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;redirect_href&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/readdle.com\\\/blog&quot;,&quot;checks&quot;:[],&quot;broken&quot;:false,&quot;last_checked&quot;:null,&quot;process&quot;:&quot;done&quot;}]\"><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<a href=\"https:\/\/andrewdoran.uk\/blog\/2017\/10\/12\/spark\/\" rel=\"bookmark\" title=\"Permalink to Spark\"><div class='e-content p-summary'>Spark is absolutely killing it with these new features. I switched from using Microsoft Outlook as my primary email client a while ago on both macOS and iOS and it does pretty much everything that I need. Recent updates have included Integrations with a whole bunch of third-party applications and massive improvements to search. 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