BaileyMail Privacy Policy
Effective November 4, 2026
BaileyMail is a personal email client for Windows, built by Jerry Bailey for his own use. It isn't sold or offered to the public. This page explains what BaileyMail does with your information.
The short version
Your mail stays between your PC and your mail provider. BaileyMail has no servers of its own, no accounts, no analytics, and no ads. Nothing you read or write is sent to the developer or anyone else.
What BaileyMail accesses
When you sign in with Google, BaileyMail asks for access to your Gmail account (the https://mail.google.com/ permission). Google requires this permission for any app that reads and sends mail through IMAP and SMTP, the standard email protocols. BaileyMail uses it only to:
- Show your folders and messages
- Send the messages you write
- Archive, move, and delete messages when you ask it to
- Search your mail when you press Enter in the search box
What's stored, and where
Everything BaileyMail keeps is on your own PC, in your Windows user folder:
- A mail cache: headers for recent messages, messages you've opened, and your drafts, so the app opens quickly. It's protected by your Windows account.
- Your sign-in: Google sign-in tokens and any passwords, encrypted with Windows so only your Windows user can read them.
- A small startup log: when the app starts and closes and whether adding an account worked. It never records anything from your mail.
Removing an account in BaileyMail deletes its cached mail, drafts, and saved sign-in from your PC. Your mail on the server isn't affected.
What's shared
BaileyMail connects only to your mail provider's servers, and to Google to sign you in. It doesn't sell, share, or transfer your information to anyone. Images inside a message stay blocked until you choose Show images, because remote images are often used to track when mail is opened.
Google user data
BaileyMail's use and transfer of information received from Google APIs will adhere to the Google API Services User Data Policy, including the Limited Use requirements.
Removing access
You can remove BaileyMail's access to your Google account at any time at myaccount.google.com/permissions.
Changes
If this policy changes, the new version will be posted here with a new effective date.
Contact
Questions: [CONTACT EMAIL]