Volim Mail · The feature guide
A better home for Gmail.
More room to get things done.
Native Mac mail with the Gmail details you expect, and tools for the documents, decisions and follow-ups that arrive with it.
New
New ways to work
from your inbox.
Mail on this Mac
Download your mail for local search, offline reading and queued replies. Keep 30 days, 90 days, 12 months or everything.
Explore offline mailRecovery, local folders and transfers
Get deleted mail back from a local copy, move messages into folders on your Mac, and transfer mail between your Google accounts.
See how recovery worksPDF, built into mail
PDF attachments open inline for free. The standalone Volim PDF app is coming soon, with Pro tools in Volim Office and Ultimate.
Explore Volim PDF
Native Gmail
Gmail details.
Mac familiarity.
Your accounts, together
One Gmail or Workspace account is free. Pro adds unlimited accounts, a unified inbox, and profiles that keep work and personal apart.
Labels that stay labels
Gmail labels with their colors and nesting, categories, server-side filters, send-as aliases, a signature for each address, and the vacation responder.
A layout that fits
A three-column reading layout, a Gmail-style list or a sortable table. Clean, Standard and Power User views, in four themes.
Fewer trips to the mouse
Gmail or Apple Mail shortcuts, the ⌘K command palette, quick filters, saved searches and Smart Mailboxes. Folders appear at once while mail refreshes behind them.
Read and compose
Read, reply
and move on.
The conversation, in context
Expand the history, reply to one specific message, open a thread in its own window, preview attachments and check exactly who a sender is.
Follow up at the right time
Snooze mail, set reminders, mute conversations and unsubscribe. Pro adds a waiting-for tracker, one-click nudges, the Screener, inbox lanes and the Executive Brief.
Compose with care
Rich formatting, Markdown shortcuts, templates, signatures, several compose windows, Send Later, Send and Archive, and Undo Send. A pre-send check catches the common mistakes.
Documents within reach
Preview PDF and Office files, find any file in the Attachments Hub with Pro, send big files as Google Drive links, and put an edited PDF straight back into the conversation.
Privacy
Privacy you can
understand.
Direct to Google
No Volim mail servers and no telemetry. Gmail connects directly to your Mac, and your sign-in lives in the macOS Keychain.
Safer reading
Tracking pixels and remote content are blocked by default. Allow images from senders you trust, and get a clear warning on mail that looks like phishing. Pro adds attachment checks and link confirmation.
- Beta
Encryption options
Pro includes S/MIME, OpenPGP with Autocrypt, and password-protected messages. Both people need compatible software. These features are in beta while they await outside review.
- Pro
Family Shield
Plain-language warnings, dangerous-link blocking, a review step for unknown senders, and protection reports, for the people you look out for.
Headers, subjects, snippets and the search index stay readable on disk. A cloud AI service or a connected assistant has its own data handling. Read the local storage details
Work and AI
Less repeat work.
More follow-through.
- Pro
AI on your terms
Summarize, rewrite, translate, or ask your mail a question and get an answer with its sources. Run it on your Mac, connect your own provider, or turn it off for an account.
Explore your AI choices - Pro
Rules, Quick Steps and mail merge
Put your usual actions on one shortcut, file matching mail automatically, sweep a sender’s messages, and send personal batches from a spreadsheet or contact list.
- Pro
Team coordination
Assign conversations, comment, share drafts and see who’s replying, through your own iCloud. Shared mailbox status is kept in your Google account’s own app storage.
- Pro
Backup that travels
Full and incremental .mbox archives, on a schedule, with optional encryption. Preview a restore before it goes into a Gmail account.
Beyond the inbox
Beyond the inbox.
Across your day.
Calendar, Contacts and Life open as companion windows inside Mail. Tasks is also its own app.
Calendar
Day, Week, Month, Agenda and Planner views with Google Calendar and, if you like, your Apple calendars. Pro adds proposed times, time zones and meeting prep.
See CalendarTasks
Projects, checklists, deadlines and repeating work. Turn an email into a task with a link back to it, and plan beside your calendar.
See TasksContacts
People, groups, notes and your history with each of them. Pro can suggest facts to remember and remind you to stay in touch.
See ContactsLife
A week of events, tasks, follow-ups and celebrations in one view, with optional habits and check-ins.
See Life
The details
The small things
add up.
Images from people you trust
Choose “Always load images from this sender” once, and manage the list in Privacy settings.
A familiar message list
Gmail-style rows with a bold subject, a snippet, colored stars and quick actions.
Check for Updates
Look for a newer build from inside the app and open the download. Nothing installs itself.
This guide describes the current Mac build. Features can change between early-access builds.
Volim Mail
Your mail. Your Mac.
Your rules.
Free for one account, with no card and no sign-up. When you want every account in one place, it’s easy to go Pro in just a few clicks.
Early access Build 138 · macOS 15 or later · Apple silicon · Not yet notarized. How to open it