This seems like a great tool I have been waiting for a while. As I understand, it is rather an IMAP <i>client</i>, but will you store my emails on your servers as well? Or do you only connect to the GMail email storage?<p>Also, do you keep GMail's messages intact? Or are you authorized to update filters, apply labels and make a mess of my greatly organized emails?<p>Another question comes to mind: how about mobile? I read more than half of my emails on my phone or tablet. Is lightermail able to handle this as well? I haven't seen an app in the Google Playstore and there is no mention on your site. How do you think you will handle mobile access? (I see the sms text on a phone with a link to a lighermail.com page)
Hey guys, been on HN for a while, but Lightermail is my (our) first attempt at a startup. Looking forward to any and all feeback from my fellow HNers and answering whatever questions you may have!<p>For those interested in the tech stack, the application's built with Backbone.js, Python, Redis, and Postgres. We use both tornado and gevent on the backend (with tornado being my personal favourite) and we're using Jekyll for the blog. If you want to get a little deeper just ask!
I have a little trouble understanding whether you are actually a web-based pop/imap client or whether I would get a @lightermail.com address. (I assume the former, as it says " Gmail Support with more to come..." but I think you should explain that better)
Looks like it might be a great tool.<p>However, it <i>seems</i> like it might be a bit complex. This seeming complexity is accentuated because of the "lighter" expectation created by the name.<p>Why is it called "lightermail"?