Reply with Franz Assistant
Smart writing
Draft a concise answer that confirms the deadline, acknowledges the blocker, and asks for the missing attachment.
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Franz Mail
Your email accounts. Together in Franz Mail.
Bring Gmail, Outlook, iCloud Mail and your other email accounts into one focused workspace with priority sorting, smart replies, daily briefings, and semantic search. Built to run locally when privacy matters most.
Keep the email providers you already use.
Gmail
Outlook.com
GMX
WEB.DE
iCloud Mail
IONOS
Bluewin
Posteo
freenet
STRATO
Yahoo Mail
Fastmail
Proton Mail
Free
Other providers can connect with IMAP and SMTP. Proton Mail connects through Bridge with a paid Proton plan.
Add an account. Keep your address.
Pick your provider in Franz. The server settings are already filled in for the providers listed above.
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Choose your provider
Add an account in Franz and choose your email provider. You can also enter IMAP and SMTP settings for another provider.
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Connect your account
Sign in with Google or Microsoft, or use the password your provider requires. Some accounts need an app password or IMAP enabled first.
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Bring your accounts together
Use your connected account in Franz Mail, then add your other accounts. Your email addresses stay the same.
Your accounts, together
One inbox for your email accounts.
Keep work, personal, and project email together in Franz Mail. Your existing email addresses stay the same.
- See incoming mail across your connected accounts.
- Recognize the account behind each message.
- Read locally stored mail even when you're offline.
Know what's next
See why an email matters.
Franz spots emails that need your approval, review or follow-up. The matching label appears right on the email.
- Approve drafts and decisions Approval needed
- Review contracts or documents Review needed
- Follow up on open conversations Follow up
Search that goes with you
Find the email you need.
Start in the Magic Bar. Continue with the same filters in Franz Mail or with Franz Assistant.
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Across your accounts
Search Gmail, Outlook.com, GMX, iCloud and other connected accounts together.
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Even with a typo
When there are few exact results, Franz also finds similar spellings.
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Narrow your results
Filter by sender, date range, attachment type or the action an email needs.
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Search by meaning
In Franz Mail, semantic search adds results that match the meaning of your query.
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Search offline
Emails already indexed on your computer stay searchable without an internet connection.
Daily briefing
Start the day with clarity.
Open Franz and start with the high-level picture. Daily briefings surface what changed, what matters now, and what needs an answer next.
Smart writing
Write faster, stay on point.
Draft replies from full-thread context, tighten long responses, and adjust tone without losing what matters.
- Rewrite terse replies into polished follow-ups
- Generate first drafts from short prompts
- Keep suggestions grounded in the actual thread
Sender intelligence
Know every sender in context.
Open any sender once and Franz builds a living profile from your local email history and public records: company context, reply patterns, unanswered threads, local time, and the files you've exchanged.
- See identity, company context, and cross-service presence in one panel
- Spot unanswered emails before important threads go cold
- Check reply patterns, local time, and attachment history before you answer
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Follow-up radar
2 threads are waiting on your reply
Homepage copy approval 3 days ago
Launch assets final sign-off 1 week ago
You → them
12 sent
~22 min reply
Them → you
47 received
~2 days reply
More ways Franz Mail keeps you moving.
Small details that make high-volume email feel faster, calmer, and more complete every day.
Thread summaries
See deadlines, open questions, promised deliverables, links, and the important bits without rereading the whole thread.
Packages, already in context
Franz pulls shipping links into the summary so tracking details stay one click away when timing matters.
Sender context
See who you're dealing with before you open the thread.
Leave noise behind
Exit mailing lists without hunting for tiny footer links or opening another tab.
Back at the right time
Bring a message back for your next free block, after a deadline passes, or when the sender follows up.
Smart replies
Get context-aware drafts for fast replies, then edit or send in one step.
Turn email into action
Turn any email into a reminder, send follow-ups to Franz Todos, or bring the thread back exactly when it becomes work.
Tracking, neutralized
Invisible pixels and noisy embeds stay out of your inbox automatically.
Keyboard first
Triaging, replying, snoozing, and searching stay fast without leaving the keyboard.
Privacy, built in
Private work stays private.
Franz Mail is built so your email, credentials, and AI workflow stay under your control from inbox to reply.
On-device models
Classification, search, and drafting can run locally on your GPU or CPU without shipping email content to the cloud.
EU cloud when you choose it
If you opt into cloud features, processing stays on GDPR-aligned infrastructure with zero-retention defaults.
Encrypted token storage
Credentials stay in your OS keychain, not in a Franz-controlled vault.
Why Franz Mail feels different.
The difference is where the work happens: on your device, across all your accounts, and inside the rest of Franz.
On-device AI
Franz Mail
Yes
Gmail
No
Outlook
No
Superhuman
No
Unified multi-account inbox
Franz Mail
Yes
Gmail
Limited
Outlook
Partial
Superhuman
Yes
Offline semantic search
Franz Mail
Yes
Gmail
No
Outlook
No
Superhuman
No
Context-aware smart replies
Franz Mail
Yes
Gmail
Limited
Outlook
Partial
Superhuman
Yes
Email to todos and reminders
Franz Mail
Yes
Gmail
Partial
Outlook
Partial
Superhuman
Limited
A few things to know before you connect.
Yes. You can connect accounts from different providers and use them together in Franz Mail. Keep your existing email addresses and search across your connected accounts in one place.
Choose Gmail or Outlook.com in Franz and sign in with Google or Microsoft. You don't need to enter mail server settings.
Create an app password in your provider's account settings and use it when connecting in Franz. Fastmail also requires a plan that includes IMAP access.
Yes. Enable IMAP access in your GMX or WEB.DE settings before connecting. If your account uses two-factor authentication, follow your provider's instructions for an app password.
Yes, through Proton Mail Bridge with a paid Proton plan. Install and run Bridge on your computer, then connect in Franz using the local IMAP and SMTP credentials provided by Bridge.
Use your separate Bluewin email password when connecting in Franz. This can be different from the password for your Swisscom Login.
You can connect other providers that allow IMAP for receiving email and SMTP for sending. Use the server settings and credentials from your provider. Provider restrictions and account plans can affect access.
Yes. Connect supported accounts directly to Franz Mail instead of fetching their mail into Gmail. Your addresses stay with your providers. Check IMAP access and any app password requirements before connecting.