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<p dir="auto">On 5 Sep 2020, at 0:36, Robert Goldman wrote:</p>
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<p dir="auto">That sounds right from what I see here: <a href="https://sparkmailapp.com/blog/privacy-explained" style="color:#777">https://sparkmailapp.com/blog/privacy-explained</a></p>
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<p dir="auto">Yep, that's the one. They have certainly put some marketing spin in there:</p>
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<p dir="auto">Spark needs to check and send emails from your email account. Otherwise, you won’t be able to read or compose emails in the app. This is how every email client works.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Personally, I read that as a flat-out lie. Pretty much every email client works just fine without sending your email password to store on remote servers somewhere else.</p>
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<p dir="auto">Spark requires the server-side processing to send you push notifications, so you don’t miss important emails. This is how the Apple Push Notification service works.</p>
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<p dir="auto">That one isn't a lie, but very misleading. The IDLE command (or whatever it's called) works a treat within IMAP itself, so I get timely notifications for email (without needing Apple's push notification service).</p>
<p dir="auto">Having re-read their privacy policy, I stand by my comments earlier. Just be aware that Spark is keeping your password and processing email on their <strong>servers</strong>, not just on your phone. If you are OK with that, then go for it; Spark has a good UI.</p>
<p dir="auto">This is now way off-topic for this list. But I still feel the pain where I got burnt and have scars from dealing with Spark, and I feel I have to warn others who obviously have good taste since they have chosen MailMate. :-)</p>
<p dir="auto">-cng</p>
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Garrison Computer Services <http://www.garrison.com.au>
PO Box 380
Tumbarumba NSW 2653 Australia
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