Flatsonar

Geary

by Geary Development Team

Send and receive email

Broad permissions Flathub reviewed LGPL-2.1+ v46.0
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About

Geary is an email application built around conversations, for the GNOME desktop. It allows you to read, find and send email with a straightforward, modern interface.

Conversations allow you to read a complete discussion without having to find and click from message to message.

Geary’s features include:

  • Quick email account setup
  • Shows related messages together in conversations
  • Fast, full text and keyword search
  • Full-featured HTML and plain text message composer
  • Desktop notification of new mail
  • Compatible with GMail, Yahoo! Mail, Outlook.com and other IMAP servers

Permissions

3 permissions weaken the sandbox. Flatsonar asks before installing.

  • X11 display: X11 lets apps read input and windows of other apps
    --socket=x11
  • your keyring / saved passwords
    --talk-name=org.freedesktop.secrets
  • session management (logout, suspend)
    --system-talk-name=org.freedesktop.login1
  • network
    --share=network
  • inter-process communication (needed for X11)
    --share=ipc
  • Wayland display
    --socket=wayland
  • audio
    --socket=pulseaudio
  • X11 display, only when Wayland is unavailable
    --socket=fallback-x11
  • GPU acceleration
    --device=dri
  • access to your download folder
    --filesystem=xdg-download
  • access to /tmp
    --filesystem=/tmp
  • access to ~/.cache/evolution/addressbook
    --filesystem=~/.cache/evolution/addressbook:ro
  • access to ~/.config/geary
    --filesystem=~/.config/geary:ro
  • talks to org.gnome.ControlCenter
    --talk-name=org.gnome.ControlCenter
  • talks to org.gnome.Contacts
    --talk-name=org.gnome.Contacts
  • talks to org.gnome.OnlineAccounts
    --talk-name=org.gnome.OnlineAccounts
  • talks to org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.*
    --talk-name=org.gnome.evolution.dataserver.*

Who publishes this

On Flathub: the manifest was reviewed and built on Flathub's infrastructure, but the developer has not verified ownership of the app id.

  • fetches from people.freedesktop.org over unencrypted http: anyone on the path can swap the bytes
    source:insecure-url
  • on Flathub: manifest reviewed and built by Flathub; the developer has not verified the app id
    publisher:flathub

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