We’ve seen great apps come and go. There are wonderful ideas that just are not financially viable without a bit of random luck. I don’t think $3 email clients are the way to move forward. MailMate is unapologetically $50. The developer is considerate enough to lay it all out. Unless there’s enough money to allow him to work on the project, it simply will not happen.

Gabe Weatherhead writes about some of the nerdy features of MailMate. While I don’t organize my email messages in a folder structure like Gabe does, I’m fascinated by his setup with smart folders (based on MailMate’s superior criteria). The crowdfunding campaign (which actually gives you an app license key) that was launched the other day is halfway there.