• Add Spark Sport to an eligible Pay Monthly mobile or broadband plan and enjoy the live-action. Watch the Blackcaps, White ferns, F1®, Premier League, and NBA.
• If you haven’t already, download and install Spark mail app on your Mac to get started. If you’re already using Spark and want to add a Office365 account, follow these instructions here instead. Launch Spark for Mac. Click on “Start using Spark” on the welcome screen.

Since the demise of Newton, I’ve been using Spark Mail on Mac and iOS and exploring Missive too. The last 3 months has been good with Spark Mail, however I’m exploring the many talents of Missive before fully committing to an email application, seeing as I’ve only tried one since August.

Discuss email privately. Invite teammates to discuss specific email and threads. Ask questions, get answers, and keep everyone in the loop. The new Spark feels like the first product that may finally solve email communication and assignments for the MacStories team.

Spark has dozens of helpful features to help you tackle email, let’s explore five!

the features of Spark Mail

Spark Mail is a personal email client (with team collaboration tools too). It’s used by over 1,000,000 people worldwide and does pack in plenty of easy to use, powerful features.

Spark by Readdle has been a frontrunner for many since Newton Mail’s fall from success. The majority of the features help personal email users to take control of their account.

Features of Spark include:

• Smart Inbox

• Unified Email

• Send Emails Later

• Follow-up Reminders

• Smart Search

• Snooze Email

• Shared Drafts

• Reply with Email Templates

• Email Signatures

• Smart Notifications

• Advanced Settings

• Quick Replies

• Powerful Integrations (Todoist, Evernote etc.)

• Built-in Calendar

They even have a team version for teams to use to collaborate over drafts, emails and more. You can find out more information about Spark for teams here.

5 Features to Try in Spark

As mentioned, Spark Mail is packed with plenty of features to explore. Many of them reside in the design and way you use Spark everyday.

The one thing I liked from day one about Spark is the attractive nature of the inbox and the advanced settings that allow you to change many of the preferences.

1. iOS Pinned Folders

Quick access to folders is valuable. The SaneNews and SaneLater folders I use with Sanebox can easily be opened with two taps, as opposed to always swiping and searching within the email navigation sidebar.

You can pin any of your folders to this button inside of Spark iOS and it works great!

A simple feature, Send Later, has been a major feature especially when working with overseas clients. Scheduling an email for later helps to reduce pressure on the client to reply in awkward times, or force me to stay up later sending emails.

It also improves general response time between emails, here’s some of my thoughts on Send Later when I used to work with Newton.

3. Folder Favourites

On the Mac edition, access to the folders I use most in Favourites down the side is a massive bonus. Like the iOS edition, just saves 3-4 moments searching and almost acts as my other inboxes to check in on. Super similar to the iOS pinned folders but for Mac.

4. Snooze Emails

Snooze email is my most used feature in Spark. The act of snoozing an email to when it’s more relevant is something I think all email apps should now have. A huge must. Whether that’s a question from one of you or a client mail, it’s a lifesaver at the weekend, to get that email out of my inbox and ready for me to answer at Monday @ 9AM.

5. Calendar Day View

Even though I don’t use the Spark Calendar exclusively, I' love the day view inside of Spark Mail’s Calendar. If I haven’t browsed my calendar on Google, I use it to get a picture of upcoming appointments and if I need to re-schedule or cancel any via email.

What’s Spark best for?

Spark Mail is highly recommended for professionals and even casual users. The nature of the free application is perfect for iOS only users to get into email.

Although it lacks read receipts, more advanced rules/workflow tools and other such detailed features, the basic use of email, combined with the send later, snooze and even the new email templates makes it an attractive place for those coming from apps like Gmail, Apple Mail and even the likes of Airmail.

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Email is one of the most widely used modes of communication on the internet today. We don't just use email for communication with our friends and family, but it is also used by websites, apps, and services to send us updates, notify us about changes, or send us details about orders, etc.

These days, an average internet user typically receives at least a dozen different emails in his inbox. Unfortunately, not all of the emails that we receive in a day are useful or relevant. Many of the emails that land up in our inboxes are either newsletters or updates that we aren't interested in, or outright Spam emails that we never bother reading.

Dealing with these unwanted emails is a major hassle, and there is a lot of time wasted on deleting emails or blocking unwanted emails on a Mac. Thankfully, incredible apps like Spark Mail app help you deal with unwanted emails and make the process of blocking emails on a Mac simple and easy.

Let's take a look at how to block unwanted emails on a Mac.

How to Block Emails on a Mac:

1. Download and launch the Spark Mail app on your Mac. Spark is a feature-rich email client for Mac that offers a ton of features over traditional email apps for Mac.
2. Set up and configure your email account in Spark. We have detailed guides on how to add an email account in Spark here.
3. Next, click on the 'Smart' tab just under the Search bar in Spark.

Spark Mailbox

Now all your emails are neatly sorted, leaving all your important emails at the top and moving all the unwanted and irrelevant emails to a separate area of Spark.

This is your 'Smart Inbox' a unique feature of Spark that sorts and filters out unwanted and less-important email, so you can focus on Personal and Important emails first. You can customize your Smart Inbox in Spark's preferences.

Just like you've dealt with the clutter in your inbox, Spark helps you with the clutter of repetitive notifications. Spark Mail app comes with a feature called 'Smart Notifications' that alerts you only for Personal or Important emails, while leaving out irrelevant junk.

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Let's find out how to block unwanted emails on a Mac by disabling low-priority notifications.

How to Block Email Notifications on a Mac:

1. Download and Install Spark for Mac if you haven't already, and set up your email account in it.
2. Open Spark's Preferences, and navigate to the 'Notifications' tab.
3. Here, you'll find three options for your app notifications.
4. Enable the radio button next to the 'Smart' - this enables Smart Notifications for your email account.
5. Repeat these steps for every account you have configured in Spark Mail app.

With Smart Notifications, Spark will intelligently filter your new mail notifications and only alert you about the emails you care about. All of the marketing newsletters, notifications, and other irrelevant junk is silently delivered to your inbox, so you don't have to worry about your Mac constantly buzzing you. Smart Notifications is a great way to block unwanted emails on your Mac with a few simple clicks.

Download Spark for Free and get started with the best email experience available for Mac. You can also get Spark for your iOS devices and experience the same incredible set of features when you are on the go.