🤔 FAQ
In terms of the technology, what is new with Nylas Basic?
Previous versions of Nylas Mail (formerly Nylas N1) exclusively used the Nylas Cloud to sync mail, calendar, and contacts. This strategy allowed us to innovate quickly on our core sync technology while building on a modern API.
In the past several months, we redesigned the sync engine in Nylas Basic from the ground-up. It’s now powered by a hybrid sync engine that connects directly to your mail provider (Gmail, Exchange, etc.). Some features — such as open/link tracking, snoozing, and reminders — still require cloud operations, but the large majority of sync operations no longer require backend services.
This was a huge undertaking with thousands upon thousands of lines of code modified and added. We’re excited to share more details soon on our engineering blog. If you’d like to be notified, you can subscribe to our newsletter here.
Is Nylas Mail open source?
Yep! You can find the code on GitHub, and it’s still GPL.
Where are the Windows and Linux downloads?
We’re still working out a few bugs in the Windows and Linux builds. They’ll be ready in a couple weeks.
I used a coupon to get a year free when you launched Nylas Pro last year. How does the pricing change affect me?
After your free year expires, you’ll be upgraded to the standard Nylas Pro subscription at $12 per month, billed annually. (You can of course downgrade any time before this and switch to Nylas Basic, which is free.)
Does Nylas Basic support all mail providers?
Today’s release supports Gmail/G Suite, Office365 Exchange, Yahoo! Mail, iCloud, and FastMail. Full support for self-hosted Microsoft Exchange servers is coming soon.
How can I build on the Nylas Developer Platform?
We provide two great platforms for integrating your app with email, calendar, and contacts:
- Nylas Cloud APIs
Need to integrate your web app with email, calendar, and contacts? Nylas Cloud is a modern set of REST APIs that make it incredibly easy to add email syncing to your product. Great for CRMs, recruiting tools, and nearly any B2B SaaS product! For more details, check out the full Nylas Cloud API docs. - Nylas Mail SDK
With a powerful and extensible plugin architecture, nearly anyone can create new features to run within Nylas Mail using our modern React/ES6 developer SDK. Check out the full list of example plugins here and full documentation here.
Are you hiring?
Yes! 😀 See our open positions or just email jobs@nylas.com.
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