<s>
Geary	B-Language
is	O
a	O
free	B-License
and	I-License
open-source	I-License
email	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
written	O
in	O
Vala	B-Language
and	O
based	O
on	O
WebKitGTK	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Although	O
since	O
adopted	O
by	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
,	O
it	O
originally	O
was	O
developed	O
by	O
the	O
Yorba	O
Foundation	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
purpose	O
of	O
this	O
e-mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
,	O
according	O
to	O
Adam	O
Dingle	O
,	O
Yorba	O
founder	O
,	O
was	O
to	O
bring	O
back	O
users	O
from	O
online	O
webmails	B-Protocol
to	O
a	O
faster	O
and	O
easier	O
to	O
use	O
desktop	B-Application
application	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
was	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
initiated	O
by	O
the	O
Elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
community	O
after	O
the	O
demise	O
of	O
Yorba	O
,	O
though	O
it	O
was	O
later	O
rewritten	O
from	O
scratch	O
so	O
that	O
the	O
only	O
remaining	O
references	O
to	O
Geary	B-Language
in	O
the	O
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
code	O
base	O
are	O
in	O
some	O
translations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Supports	O
Gmail	B-Application
,	O
Yahoo	O
!	O
</s>
<s>
Mail	O
,	O
Outlook.com,	O
and	O
popular	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
servers	I-Protocol
.	O
</s>
<s>
GNOME	B-Application
Keyring	I-Application
integration	O
to	O
store	O
passwords	O
for	O
email	O
accounts	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Implementation	O
to	O
support	O
GPG	B-Application
had	O
been	O
started	O
,	O
but	O
is	O
still	O
incomplete	O
as	O
of	O
2019	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geary	B-Language
internally	O
uses	O
an	O
SQLite	B-Language
database	O
to	O
store	O
a	O
local	O
copy	O
of	O
emails	O
and	O
for	O
indexing	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
uses	O
a	O
fully	O
asynchronous	O
GObject-based	O
IMAP	B-Protocol
client	O
library	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
One	O
feature	O
that	O
distinguishes	O
Geary	B-Language
from	O
other	O
open	O
source	O
email	B-Protocol
clients	I-Protocol
is	O
its	O
focus	O
on	O
the	O
conversation	O
view	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Both	O
Geary	B-Language
and	O
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
are	O
using	O
gettext	B-Application
for	O
translations	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
of	O
April	O
3	O
,	O
2016	O
,	O
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
has	O
not	O
been	O
migrated	O
to	O
WebKitGTK+2	O
yet	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
developers	O
decided	O
first	O
to	O
migrate	O
the	O
code	O
managing	O
the	O
conversation	O
view	O
to	O
use	O
native	O
GTK	B-Application
widgets	O
(	O
Gtk.CSS	O
and	O
Granite	O
,	O
a	O
GTK+	B-Application
library	O
used	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
They	O
also	O
removed	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
custom	O
GTK	B-Application
bars	O
like	O
PillHeaderBar	O
which	O
were	O
making	O
the	O
code	O
complicated	O
and	O
difficult	O
to	O
read	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Geary	B-Language
uses	O
WebKit2	O
since	O
at	O
least	O
version	O
3.32.0	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Historically	O
,	O
Elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
directly	O
supported	O
the	O
project	O
and	O
Geary	B-Language
became	O
the	O
default	O
application	O
in	O
that	O
Linux	B-Application
distribution	I-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
On	O
March	O
25	O
,	O
2013	O
,	O
Jim	O
Nelson	O
,	O
executive	O
director	O
at	O
Yorba	O
,	O
launched	O
a	O
crowdfunding	O
campaign	O
on	O
IndieGoGo	O
to	O
gather	O
US$	O
100,000	O
that	O
would	O
have	O
been	O
used	O
to	O
pay	O
the	O
3	O
full-time	O
Yorba	O
engineers	O
that	O
were	O
working	O
at	O
that	O
time	O
on	O
Geary	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
He	O
reaffirmed	O
Geary	B-Language
had	O
been	O
created	O
to	O
improve	O
the	O
Linux	B-Application
experience	O
,	O
and	O
therefore	O
had	O
no	O
chance	O
of	O
being	O
ported	O
to	O
macOS	B-Application
or	O
Windows	O
platforms	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
the	O
Yorba	O
Foundation	O
had	O
stopped	O
its	O
activities	O
and	O
GNOME	B-Application
had	O
not	O
announced	O
any	O
plans	O
about	O
this	O
project	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
,	O
the	O
future	O
of	O
Geary	B-Language
was	O
unclear	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
As	O
a	O
result	O
,	O
to	O
these	O
uncertainties	O
,	O
due	O
to	O
previous	O
design	O
disagreements	O
with	O
the	O
old	O
Geary	B-Language
team	O
and	O
because	O
elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
was	O
actually	O
using	O
Geary	B-Language
as	O
the	O
default	O
mail	B-Protocol
client	I-Protocol
(	O
though	O
in	O
a	O
heavily	O
patched	O
version	O
)	O
,	O
Danielle	O
Foré	O
,	O
the	O
leader	O
of	O
Elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
,	O
decided	O
to	O
fork	B-Application
the	O
project	O
on	O
November	O
18	O
,	O
2015	O
and	O
continue	O
with	O
the	O
development	O
as	O
a	O
fork	B-Application
.	O
</s>
<s>
;	O
the	O
project	O
was	O
renamed	O
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
during	O
the	O
process	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
replaced	O
Geary	B-Language
in	O
elementary	B-Operating_System
OS	I-Operating_System
0.4	O
,	O
which	O
is	O
codenamed	O
Loki	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2016	O
,	O
Michael	O
Gratton	O
applied	O
to	O
become	O
the	O
new	O
maintainer	O
of	O
Geary	B-Language
.	O
</s>
<s>
His	O
main	O
goal	O
was	O
to	O
try	O
fixing	O
pressing	O
issues	O
like	O
the	O
dependency	O
on	O
the	O
old	O
WebKit1GTK	O
,	O
collaboration	O
with	O
Pantheon	B-Operating_System
Mail	O
,	O
better	O
support	O
for	O
non-GMail	O
servers	O
,	O
mailbox	O
management	O
,	O
the	O
account	O
UI	O
,	O
extending	O
search	O
,	O
etc	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
Contributing	O
to	O
Geary	B-Language
as	O
a	O
GNOME	B-Application
project	O
requires	O
the	O
maintainer	O
to	O
become	O
a	O
GNOME	B-Application
member	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
After	O
a	O
discussion	O
with	O
Adam	O
Dingle	O
,	O
Yorba	O
's	O
founder	O
,	O
both	O
agreed	O
to	O
wait	O
for	O
Gratton	O
to	O
fulfill	O
GNOME	B-Application
membership	O
application	O
requirements	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
the	O
meantime	O
,	O
Gratton	O
will	O
post	O
his	O
patches	O
to	O
the	O
GNOME	B-Application
Bugzilla	B-Application
instance	O
and	O
Adam	O
will	O
commit	O
them	O
for	O
him	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
March	O
2019	O
,	O
with	O
version	O
3.32	O
,	O
the	O
version	O
scheme	O
was	O
changed	O
to	O
match	O
GNOME	B-Application
's	O
release	O
schedule	O
(	O
note	O
the	O
difference	O
in	O
even/odd	O
version	O
numbers	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
initial	O
name	O
"	O
Geary	B-Language
"	O
coincides	O
with	O
the	O
name	O
of	O
the	O
Geary	B-Language
Street	O
,	O
because	O
all	O
Yorba	O
's	O
products	O
were	O
named	O
after	O
streets	O
in	O
San	O
Francisco	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
first	O
beta	O
of	O
Geary	B-Language
was	O
released	O
in	O
May	O
2012	O
,	O
and	O
Yorba	O
was	O
still	O
located	O
on	O
Capp	O
Street	O
at	O
the	O
time	O
.	O
</s>
