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Best Email Client (sh.itjust.works)
submitted 2 weeks ago by C126@sh.itjust.works to c/linux@lemmy.ml

What's everyone's preferred email client these days?

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[-] kyub@discuss.tchncs.de 66 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)
  • GUI: Thunderbird
  • TUI: neomutt
  • Android: K-9 (soon to be Thunderbird)
[-] Engywuck@lemm.ee 30 points 2 weeks ago
[-] jjlinux@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

I only use K9 on Android. Everything else, web-based.

[-] fmstrat@lemmy.nowsci.com 4 points 2 weeks ago

Using Evolution for desktop but about to give Thunderbird another shot I think.

[-] poinck@lemm.ee 5 points 2 weeks ago

Evolution here. I will likely never go back to Thunderbird.

[-] magnus@lemmy.ahall.se 2 points 2 weeks ago

Same - Evolution offers one thing Firebird dosen't - connecting to the work cloud Microsoft account!

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[-] dinckelman@lemmy.world 45 points 2 weeks ago

I’ve tried basically everything under the sun, and keep returning to Thunderbird. Thankfully they’ve fixed the endless amount of performance issues with it.

Everything else is either in a horrible state, abandoned, or paid spyware that used to be a free project originally

[-] Evilschnuff@feddit.org 4 points 2 weeks ago

I had the same experience.

[-] arran4@aussie.zone 3 points 2 weeks ago
[-] possiblylinux127@lemmy.zip 41 points 2 weeks ago

Thunderbird

[-] furzegulo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 40 points 2 weeks ago

i've always used thunderbird and never had any reason to try anything else.

[-] ikidd@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

I tried Betterbird, but had no end of certificate errors and trouble. Went back to tbird and all good again.

[-] CrabAndBroom@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

I had the opposite for some reason! Thunderbird started giving lots of weird errors, especially with Gmail, but Betterbird worked fine so I just ended up switching over.

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[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 25 points 2 weeks ago

I use Thunderbird. I'm sure there might be other ones that are better, but it does the job.

[-] rhys@lemmy.rhys.wtf 13 points 2 weeks ago

I'm boring and just use Thunderbird nowadays, but sometimes I yearn for those simpler days when I daily drove aerc.

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[-] foreverunsure@pawb.social 10 points 2 weeks ago
[-] lnxtx@feddit.nl 2 points 2 weeks ago

Do you have Mozilla Suite? /s

Which web client do you prefer?

[-] foreverunsure@pawb.social 3 points 2 weeks ago

Firefox of course :) It's the last one that has no compromises. As an example, Brave offers similar adblock and privacy features, but at the cost of having to put up with Web3 stuff. wbu?

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[-] dessalines@lemmy.ml 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] apoisel@discuss.tchncs.de 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Noxious@fedia.io 7 points 2 weeks ago
[-] Sbauer@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

Great, a subscription based mail program. Because that’s clearly what people want and need, paying rent for the software on their machines.

[-] Noxious@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Nothing about the program itself is subscription based. All of the normal features of an email client (that you would also find in Thunderbird) are available for free. You only need to pay if you want to use their services like Send later, read receipts or link tracking, because these requires backend servers and actually costs the money.

[-] fuzzy_feeling@programming.dev 6 points 2 weeks ago

kmail...
it integrates well with, you know...
kde...

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[-] ramenu@lemmy.ml 6 points 2 weeks ago

I personally use Claws Mail.

[-] pnutzh4x0r@lemmy.ndlug.org 6 points 2 weeks ago

Still using mutt after two decades (with isync for fetching).

[-] mesamunefire@lemmy.world 6 points 2 weeks ago

Whats the best email service? I use Thunderbird for just about everything, but gmail has been getting on my nerves lately. I would love to selfhost, but my internet service provider blocks port 25...

[-] Salix@sh.itjust.works 8 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

I personally like both Posteo and mailbox.org, but they are paid email services.

You can use them for your email, contacts, calendars, and tasks. On Android, you can use Davx5 to sync them.

[-] savvywolf@pawb.social 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've been using Protonmail and it does the job (although not for free). To use it with Thunderbird I need to use a "bridge" background app to decrypt it though.

[-] fuzzzerd@programming.dev 5 points 2 weeks ago

Same here. That works well for desktop, they also have an electron app that wraps their web ui into a desktop app and it works well enough. Bridge works very well for any other desktop app you'd want to use.

The only trouble is that on mobile your option is their app or the web interface, no ability to use alternative apps. The mobile app is good, but not great.

Overall its a good service and I'm happy bit you need to know these limitations going in or it could be frustrating.

[-] C126@sh.itjust.works 3 points 2 weeks ago

Great question. Gmail is still OK, but if love to degoogle more.

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[-] isVeryLoud@lemmy.ca 6 points 2 weeks ago

They all fucking suck

[-] shirro@aussie.zone 5 points 2 weeks ago

Evolution currently. Previously Thunderbird. I wouldn't mind a newer client but I am only interested in native apps talking to my email server over open standards.

[-] Daeraxa@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 weeks ago

I've just moved to Thunderbird. I was never keen on the old design and found it rather clunky but the new UI I find much better.

I was using Mailspring but it has recently just refused to work on my device and I never even got a response on the community forums so I've just given up on it.

[-] sebsch@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 weeks ago

Thunderbird

[-] cerement@slrpnk.net 4 points 2 weeks ago

don’t really have a favorite – started with Thunderbird a long time ago but switched over to webmail fairly early on

now that I’ve started to build a new system, I started to look around at the various options (and maybe getting off webmail or at least having local storage “backup”) – the standard GUI clients (Thunderbird, Evolution, KMail, BlueMail, Mailspring) seem to be … fine – but none of them really stand out

recently stumbled across some nice screenshots of aerc and the idea sounds really appealing, but I’ve never had any contact with terminal email programs and found out they’ve followed a completely different evolutionary path than GUI apps (even terminology has diverged between the two) – GUI apps keep trying to be an all-in-one (email, contacts, calendar, tasks, …) whereas terminal programs almost seem to to favor a “balkanization” of effort – aerc looks like it’s grabbed a middle-ground, you can run it as standalone or go all in with a fully customized setup – problem I’m running into is I can find lots of “how” guides, but very little in the “what” or “why” side of things …

[-] glitch@lemy.lol 4 points 2 weeks ago

I like Evolution. Has email, contacts, calendar, and todos all in one. And pgp support out of the box.

[-] nyan@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 weeks ago

I prefer Claws Mail. It does what I need it to.

[-] banazir@lemmy.ml 3 points 2 weeks ago

The interface is a bit bare bones and 90's but I like it that way. It's a good and reliable client.

[-] bubstance@lemmy.sdf.org 4 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

mail(1) or nedmail(1) is all I really need.

I prefer mutt/neomutt, but Thunderbird comes by default in basically every desktop-oriented distro I regularly interact with, so I end up using that most often on *nix. K-9 if I want it on my phone.

My true love is the combination of acme(1) and faces(1), but that doesn't do encryption/PGP stuff.

[-] turbowafflz@lemmy.world 3 points 2 weeks ago

I use Thunderbird if I'm using Plasma and Geary if I'm using Gnome

[-] kbal@fedia.io 3 points 2 weeks ago

Sylpheed is the best. I thought everyone knew this.

[-] ouch@lemmy.world 4 points 2 weeks ago

That's a name I haven't seen in a while.

[-] data1701d@startrek.website 3 points 2 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago)

Thunderbird’s not bad, but I usually use web stuff.

I have an existing iCloud e-mail that I haven’t had the time to switch off of. I then use G-Mail for school stuff - since I’ve signed away my soul to Google anyway, might as well use what they have to offer.

Maybe one day, I’ll start my own personal e-mail utopia, nut that day is not today.

[-] dukatos@lemm.ee 2 points 2 weeks ago
[-] baronvonj@lemmy.world 2 points 2 weeks ago

I have everything aggregated into Gmail, so I just use web and the mobile app. I'm looking at Proton but it doesn't have the "send as" feature for external SMTP services the Gmail does.

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