Progress on new IMAP email client Kiwi
Five months ago I posted about Matt Ronge who is working on a new open-source email client called Kiwi, designed from the ground up for IMAP.
He’s resurfaced after a Summer internship at Apple, placed in the Interactive Media Group, with news of his adventures 
and of Kiwi’s progress.
He met the Mail Team at Cupertino, but got some discouraging feedback:
There are other interesting things that happened at Apple, like getting to know the Mail.app team, which is kinda funny considering I work on Kiwi. According to them I’m crazy. A few of them said that Kiwi is too much work for one person, but I disagree, I want Kiwi more than anyone else, and I’m determined to make it a success.
Nevertheless, he says he is pressing on: “Everyday that I am forced to use Mail.app or Thunderbird, I want Kiwi more. So stayed tuned, Kiwi will be completed but not as quickly as I had hope for.”
[Thanks, Michael]
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October 28th, 2006 at 1:52 am
I am EAGERLY awaiting a release of Kiwi. It’s exactly what I’m looking for.