Jmail is a native macOS email, calendar, and productivity app made by JollyForge (“we”, “us”). This policy explains what data Jmail handles, where it goes, and — just as importantly — what we don't do with it.
1. Local-first — no accounts, no servers
Jmail has no JollyForge account, cloud service, or backend. Your email, contacts, calendars, tasks, notes, feeds, newsgroup subscriptions, and settings are stored locally on your Mac (in the app's on-device storage). We never receive them, and there is no server where your data is collected or held.
2. Your accounts and credentials
When you add a mailbox, Jmail connects directly from your Mac to your provider (for example Gmail, Outlook, or any IMAP/SMTP host) using your own credentials. Your passwords and sign-in tokens are stored securely in the macOS Keychain on your device and are never transmitted to JollyForge.
3. Google user data (Gmail, Calendar, Contacts)
If you connect a Google account, Jmail requests access to your Gmail, Google Calendar, and Google Contacts solely to provide the app's mail, calendar, and contacts features on your device. Jmail's use of information received from Google APIs adheres to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements. Specifically, Jmail:
- uses Google user data only to provide and improve the features you see in the app;
- does not transfer or sell this data to anyone;
- does not use it for advertising;
- does not allow any human — including anyone at JollyForge — to read it.
All Google data stays between your Mac and Google. You can disconnect a Google account at any time in Jmail's Settings, and revoke Jmail's access from your Google Account permissions page.
4. Microsoft and other providers
The same principle applies to Microsoft/Outlook accounts and to any IMAP, SMTP, CalDAV, or CardDAV host you connect: data flows directly between your Mac and that provider under your own credentials. JollyForge is never in the middle, and you can remove any account at any time.
5. AI features (optional, and clearly labelled)
Jmail's AI features — such as summaries, rewriting, tone changes, translation, and reply suggestions — are opt-in, and you choose where they run:
- On device (using Apple's built-in models): nothing leaves your Mac.
- Your own AI provider key (for example Anthropic or OpenAI): when you invoke an AI feature, only the relevant text is sent to that provider under your own account and API key, governed by that provider's privacy policy. JollyForge does not see it, and Jmail never sends anything to an AI service without an action from you. The app always shows which mode is active.
6. Messaging (optional)
If you choose to connect Beeper Desktop, Jmail reads your messages from Beeper's app on your Mac (read-only) so it can show relevant conversations alongside your mail. This stays on your device, and the connection is opt-in and revocable.
7. What Jmail does not do
- No analytics, telemetry, or usage tracking.
- No advertising, and no data sold or shared with third parties.
- Jmail actively blocks remote tracking pixels in email by default.
- Optional diagnostic logging (for troubleshooting) is stored only on your Mac and is off by default in released builds.
8. Keeping and deleting your data
Because your data lives on your device, you're in control of it. Removing an account deletes its locally cached mail; deleting the Jmail app removes its local data from your Mac. You can also revoke Jmail's access directly with each provider (Google, Microsoft, etc.).
9. Children
Jmail is a general-purpose productivity app and is not directed at children under 13.
10. Changes to this policy
If our practices change, we'll update this page and revise the date above.
11. Contact
Questions about privacy? Email us at hello@jollyforge.dev.