Mail for macOS · free and open source

Mail that tidies up after itself.

Winfield lets receipts and newsletters expire on a timer, asks before strangers reach your inbox, and keeps every message on your Mac.

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For macOS [14 Sonoma] and later

Winfield runs on a Mac. Open this page there to join the beta.

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Ferrous HardwareNew sender

Your order has shipped

Order WF-20418 is on its way and should arrive Thursday.

Northwind RailExpires in 2d

Your e-ticket for Friday

Leeds to London King's Cross, coach C, seat 42.

Maya Okafor09:41

Drafts for the autumn issue

Three pieces attached. The second one needs a new ending.

The Saturday LetterExpires in 6h

Issue 112: the case for slow email

This week, why the best replies take a day.

DadTue

Sunday lunch?

Your mum says one o'clock, bring the good mustard.

Your order has shippedFerrous Hardware · orders@ferrous.example

First time Ferrous Hardware has written to you

Let inExpire in 7d ▾Screen out

Hi James,

Good news: order WF-20418 left our Sheffield workshop this morning and should be with you on Thursday.

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Four habits your inbox will pick up.

Expiring Mail

⇧⌘E

Give a message a lifetime, from ten minutes to a year. Train tickets, delivery notices and sign-in codes archive themselves when they stop mattering. Set it once and every similar message follows.

The Screener

⌘Y

Mail from someone new arrives tagged New sender. Let them in, give everything they send an expiry, or screen them out. Nothing is held back while you decide.

One-click unsubscribe

Leave a mailing list without visiting a web page. Winfield only unsubscribes for you when the sender is verified, and tells you if they keep writing afterwards.

Trackers blocked

Tracking pixels never load, so senders can't tell when you opened their mail. Phishing warnings flag links that pretend to go somewhere they don't.

Also in Winfield

Finding mail

Search: Type plain words or use filters, with suggestions as you type.
Spotlight: Find a message from anywhere on your Mac.

Staying on top

Snooze: Hide a message until the time you pick.
Reply reminders: A nudge when someone hasn't answered you.

Making it yours

Keyboard shortcuts: Set your own keys, or switch on Gmail's.
Themes and layouts: Colour the sidebar and choose how much each row shows.

Your mail stays on your Mac.

Winfield connects straight from your Mac to your email provider. We don't run a mail server, we never see your email, and there's no analytics or tracking in the app.

If you add a Gmail account, Winfield uses Google's permission only to show, search, organise and send your own mail on your Mac. Gmail data is never sent to us, sold, or used for advertising.

Passwords and sign-ins live in the macOS Keychain.
Search, rules and expiry all run on your Mac.
Feedback reports show you exactly what they contain before they're sent.
The code is open source, so anyone can check all of this.

Try the beta

Winfield is in public beta through Apple's TestFlight. Install TestFlight on your Mac, open the link, and you'll get each new build automatically.

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Free, open source, and paid for by tips

Winfield costs nothing, with no ads and no subscription. Its source code is published on GitHub under the MIT licence from version 1.0. If it saves you time, leave a tip in the app or sponsor it on GitHub.

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Help

Known issues

What we already know about in the current beta, and any workarounds. Read the list

Send feedback

In Winfield, choose Help › Send Feedback. You see everything in the report before it goes.

Contact us

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