Spark for iPhone and iPad - the definitive guide to the most interesting email-client
Ios / / December 23, 2019
Adding a new account
User Account Control screen is displayed when you first start, but if you want to add a few additional accounts, it can be accessed from the section «Settings» → «Accounts» → «Add account. " Spark supports Google accounts, Exchange, Yahoo, iCloud, Outlook, as well as the usual IMAP-accounts.
Integration with 1Password
If you store your passwords in 1Password, then add the accounts will not be difficult. Instead of entering a username and password, click on the icon of the keyhole in the upper right corner and select the desired account from the 1Password.
iCloud-sync settings and accounts
Synchronization with iCloud appeared in the latest update. Very handy thing, you configure the Spark on the new device for a few seconds. The corresponding switch is in the settings. For safety reasons, after the synchronization is necessary to log in at least one of the accounts you added.
Selecting the main address
All new messages are sent to your email by default. If you have several of them, as the principal, you can choose any of them. This is done in the Settings section: "Settings» → «Accounts» → «default E-mail». Of course, at any time, by default the box can be changed.
Receiving incoming
Spark supports push-notifications of new messages even for Gmail, so all new mail reaches your Inbox instantly. But all accounts can be updated if necessary by force, pulling down a list of the letters familiar gesture.
Using the Smart Inbox
Smart Filter - one of the coolest Spark chips. When using it all messages in your inbox are sorted into categories and the importance, from the correspondences with your contacts and ending notifications from social networks and newsletters.
View detailed information about the message
By default, the preview pane displays a summary of the letter and its sender, but if you press a headline, then in the dropdown menu, you can see all the details, including the address of the sender, time and type posts.
Additional steps in the information menu
Interact with the message, you can directly from the drop-down menu with the detailed information. For example, if you click on the sender's address, it will copy the button, a new message, add to contacts, and conservation.
Changing the type of message
The Spark There are three types of messages: personal notification mailing. The application automatically detects the type of each incoming message, but if there's an error occurred, the type can be set manually by clicking on the eponymous line.
Drawing up a new message
Create a new message is very simple. You just have to click on the floating button in the lower right corner of the screen.
Minimize drafts
When you create a draft of a cross in the corner of the window is not only responsible for his removal. With this draft buttons can also be saved and roll.
Fast switching between the letters
Processing a large number of letters, very convenient to use swipe gestures to the side to switch between letters. However, they immediately marked as read.
Securing messages
The Spark important messages can be fixed by clicking on the icon in the form of a pushpin, and then they will be displayed in the top of the Smart Inbox, as well as on a separate tab on the panel.
Snooze
If you do not have time to process the message at this point, or it contains information that is useful to you after a while, these messages conveniently put off using icons hours.
Setting snooze intervals
The repetitions dropdown menu displays five different slots that are easily customized to suit your daily routine and preferences.
Using gestures
Fans gestures must evaluate a large set of actions that can be performed with them. Apart from the traditional, such as mark as read / unread, delete, and archive in Spark has gestures to move, shelving, sent to various services and many others.
Customize gestures
At the same time, there are four customizable gesture: short and long swipe left and right. The action of each of them is set in the settings ( "Settings» → «Personalization» → «swipe").
Individual notification settings
When using multiple accounts separate notification options can be set for each of them, including them for all mail, only important or turning off altogether. To do this, go to "Settings» → «Accounts" and selecting the desired, specify the desired mode.
signature settings
The Spark you can create multiple signatures (with support for HTML) and bind them to different accounts ( "Settings» → «Hancock»).
The choice of a signature in a letter
When composing an email is automatically substituted signature tied to this account by default. Clicking on it lets you choose from a list of ready any other signatures.
badges settings
Displays the number of messages on the desktop icon also configurable. You can specify which messages will be considered (new or all), as well as from public accounts ( "Settings» → «Badges").
Attaching photos
For any communication you can attach a photo by pressing the corresponding icon on the top toolbar. When the choice is sorted by album and the opportunity to make a new photo.
Attaching files
Adjacent to the photo icon is an icon in the form of a clip that is responsible for embedding files. As sources available iCloud, Dropbox and other cloud storage.
The use of language input in the search
Search, like everything else, in the Spark is not simple, but clever. He recognizes common words and allows you to search for posts from a certain date, with attachments or pictures, as well as from certain senders.
Save search history
If you repeatedly look for certain letters, for convenience, you can save the popular queries. To do this, simply click on the asterisk in the search string.
Group deletion and archiving
When the sorting (Smart Inbox) writing groups can be deleted or archived in one motion, pulling the lower portion of the socket.
Interaction with multiple messaging
To enter edit mode, allowing you to select multiple messages to delete or move, press and hold the title of any of them.
Using the quick answers
In correspondence with people who are in your contacts list, the panel displays the quick answers. They are something like the Emoji, allowing you to express certain emotions in a single click. More answers hidden behind the button "More".
Setting the quick answers
If the standard list of the responses were not enough, it can be expanded by adding your own options ( 'Settings »→« Quick Answers »→« Add »).
Selects the background
Even such a thing as the background, you can customize. Available on a choice of three colors: dark sky, dark blue, light blue ( "Settings» → «Background Color").
Actions view, and default browser
What will happen to the letter after viewing and archiving, as adjusted. Safari if you prefer a third-party browsers, you can open links in them. These options are defined in the section "Settings» → «Display Options".
Using widgets
Widgets are arranged in the form of icons on the side panel, and provide access to various functions of Spark. How - you assign yourself ( 'Settings »→« Personalization »→« widgets »).
Configure Sidebar
By default, the sidebar displays the calendar icons, attachments, and recently viewed the letters, but you can reorder, remove or add new elements to the "Settings» → «Personalization» → «Side panel".
Changing sound themes
The Spark has a sound theme with their own sounds for different events, but if you are dearer to the standard iOS sounds, you can include them in the settings ( "Settings» → «Audio Settings").
Displaying the list of attachments
When viewing one of several attachments, emails, you can display the entire list by clicking on the icon in the upper right corner. It will be convenient to navigate through a large number of attachments.
Viewing attachments from all accounts
Absolutely all attachments can be viewed in the corresponding section on the sidebar (the icon with a clip).
Recently Viewed letters
Quickly locate the letter that you recently worked with, you can also use a separate item on the sidebar, which is located just below the attachments.
Creating "smart folders"
With the help of smart folders Spark allows you to set something like Gmail labels. We are asking filtering conditions and get into certain folders certain letters ( 'Settings »→« Personalization »→« Vizhety »→« Add »).
Search for messages in Spotlight
Through integration with iOS to search for the desired letters can be right in the Spotlight. Here, everything is easy.
Configuring actions for notifications
The Spark supports interactive notifications, allowing members to interact with right from the Lock screen. What kind of action - you can assign yourself to "Settings» → «Actions of the notification."
Integration with services
In addition to the standard menu "Share", you can interact with the service right out of the Spark. The application supports not only cloud storage, but zametochniki and services deferred reading. They are added in the settings ( "Settings» → «Connected Services").
Using the calendar
Thanks to the built-in calendar, there is no need to separate. With the help of the corresponding widget, you can not only view scheduled events, but also add new ones.
Export to PDF
Button "Share" everything else has to save the message as a PDF. After which the document can be sent to a colleague, or open in iBooks.
Privacy settings
The same section of settings allows you to disable the loading of remote images and actions for interactive notifications.
Mark reading several letters
When enabled Smart Inbox, to save time, you can mark as read once an entire group of messages, for example, mailing. To do this we press the checkmark in front of the group header.
Undo
Almost all of the actions that you make with the letters in the Spark, you can cancel. Immediately after the action at the bottom of the screen briefly shows the corresponding button.
Adding aliases
For each account, there is a possibility to add an alias, then have another email to forward mail. This is done in the "Settings» → «Accounts» → «Account settings» → «Aliases».
Deleting accounts
account is just as easy to remove as well as add, if necessary. For it is in the eponymous setting item and a big red button.
Support for iPad and iPad Pro multitasking
Starting with version 1.6 Spark fully supports Apple tablets and new multitasking iOS 9. Manage email on the large (especially the 12.9-inch) screen is very convenient.
Support watchOS 2
On the Apple Watch can not only receive new mail notifications. Updated Spark now has native support and fully starts the clock by logging in and working much faster.
for Mac Version
At the moment, Spark is the only mobile application, but the next step for Readdle will release a desktop version of the Spark. The company is already working on it, and later it will be ready this year. Then there is definitely possible to say that the Spark is ideal in all respects.
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