But that new folder never showed up in my actual Dropbox, even after several tries. I’d click the button in its Prefences to set up that feature, log in to Dropbox, and get assurances from the site that a new folder had been established to store my attachments remotely. I also couldn’t seem to link my Dropbox account to Airmail. Announcements of numerous betas listed on Airmail’s Web site suggest that this and other bugs will get fixed in some future release. Other users had reported this on Airmail’s one and only help forum, but aside from a flag on the thread marked “completed,” the company hadn’t responded to them. I also noticed a problem that numerous other users have posted to Airmail’s help forums: After a while, it started taking a significant amount of time-45 seconds or longer-for any mail from my Gmail account to appear when I loaded Airmail. You can apply a variety of different built-in themes to your inbox. There’s a “quick reply” button at the top of the message list column, but it opens an entirely new window to compose your missive there’s no easy way to quickly create a reply within the same window. Icons to check mail, view attachments or conversations, or see all messages from a given sender occupy a small, hard-to-see ledge at the top of the mailbox list column. But in regular use, Airmail’s drawbacks quickly become apparent. I preferred the default one, but I found them all pleasing to the eye some offer more information in the message list, some less, and each takes a unique approach to color-coding your messages according to your Gmail or other folders.
Dig deep enough in Airmail’s somewhat bewildering Preferences, and you can even find multiple themes to apply to your inbox.