iPhone iOS's built-in email function is not as good as more localized third-party apps

In the era of mobile office, the demand for sending and receiving emails on mobile phones is becoming more and more frequent. Recently, NetEase released the all-round mobile email app "Mailbox Master". NetEase Mailbox is a professional brand with a good reputation in Chinese email. Will its email client bring some surprises to users? When the iOS system already has a built-in email, do we need to install an iPhone version of the email app? Today, the editor will conduct a comprehensive comparison and evaluation between the iPhone version of Mailbox Master and the iOS email.

After comparing many aspects such as account settings, adding attachments, login security, reminder settings, etc., the editor found that the design of IOS mailbox is relatively complete and basically supports users' needs of sending and receiving letters. However, some designs are not very localized, which brings some inconvenience to users. Mail Master, as an iPhone version of the mailbox produced by a professional email operator, has made more delicate and user-friendly designs in many details, such as zero-traffic forwarding attachments, gesture password login, email classification reminders, etc., which meets the higher requirements for mobile office experience.

1. Add an account

IOS Mailbox: Need to enter the system settings page Mailbox Master: Set it directly in the mailbox

IOS Mailbox: All settings of IOS Mailbox, including account adding, are not designed in the mail application. Instead, users need to enter the system settings page to enter the mailbox settings. Sometimes users cannot find the setting entrance for a while. Moreover, switching accounts and folders requires returning to the previous level of the mail list, which is not very convenient.

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Mail Master: Adding an account is very convenient. You can enter it through the settings entrance inside the application, and you can directly slide to the sidebar to switch accounts and folders. [[124141]]

In addition, Email Master has also optimized the accelerated login process specifically for Gmail, allowing Chinese users to avoid being "blocked". This shows the delicate thinking of Email Master in localization.

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2. Log in to your school or corporate email account

IOS Mailbox: Manual server configuration required Mailbox Master: No configuration required

IOS Mailbox: When adding an account, if you use a recommended email address such as Google or Yahoo, you can directly click to enter and set the user name and password, but most of these recommended email addresses are foreign email addresses. If you want to add a school email address or a corporate email address, it is more complicated and requires users to manually fill in the server configuration. Users must first understand professional terms such as imap and smtp, and may even need to consult professional IT personnel. Some novice users may go crazy.

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Mail Master: supports all mailboxes, and matches users with mainstream domestic mailboxes in the account matching column, including NetEase mailbox, QQ mailbox, Gmail, 139 mailbox, Hotmail, Sina mailbox, etc. In addition, there is no need to manually configure when logging in to school mailboxes or corporate mailboxes. Mail Master will intelligently match users, saving users from having to learn professional terms such as imap and smtp.

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3. Add attachments to the letter writing page

IOS Mailbox: Not supported MailMaster: Supported

IOS Mailbox: The basic performance is excellent. In terms of speed, sending and receiving emails and push notifications are accurate and fast. However, there is an obvious inconvenience in the use process, that is, you cannot add attachments directly on the writing page, and it is also very troublesome to preview attachments on the receiving page. You need to enter the Safari download page, which wastes traffic.

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Mail Master: In addition to excellent basic performance such as fast sending and receiving of emails and real-time push of new emails, it also allows you to add attachments directly when writing emails, making the writing experience more complete, and forwarding attachments with zero traffic. When receiving emails, attachments can also be downloaded and previewed directly in the mailbox.

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4. Set reminders by folder

IOS Mailbox: Not supported, you can only turn reminders on or off Mailbox Master: Supported

IOS Mail: It is a standard system built-in application, but its design and supported mailbox brands are not localized. Although it also supports new email notifications, it can only be turned on or off in a unified manner, not by folder.

Email Master: The reminder function has been subdivided into settings. Users can set reminders for different folders, reducing the disturbance of advertising emails and subscription emails. They can also turn on the do not disturb mode at night, which is very user-friendly.

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5. Gesture password login

IOS Mailbox: Not supported MailMaster: Supported

IOS Mailbox: IOS Mailbox does not have a separate gesture password. The account is directly bound to the mobile phone. Once the mobile phone is lost, all accounts and email information in the mailbox may be leaked.

Email Master: Supports setting gesture password to log in, which greatly reduces the possibility of email information being leaked and protects privacy and email account security.

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In summary, I think that MailMaster has made very careful optimizations to the user experience in terms of subtle functional design. If you only need to send and receive emails, IOS is enough, but if you need to work on the go and need a better user experience, it is best to use a professional email iPhone app like MailMaster. After all, it is just a small app and does not take up too much memory space on your phone.