Linux

53624 readers

2537 users here now

From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Linux is a family of open source Unix-like operating systems based on the Linux kernel, an operating system kernel first released on September 17, 1991 by Linus Torvalds. Linux is typically packaged in a Linux distribution (or distro for short).

Distributions include the Linux kernel and supporting system software and libraries, many of which are provided by the GNU Project. Many Linux distributions use the word "Linux" in their name, but the Free Software Foundation uses the name GNU/Linux to emphasize the importance of GNU software, causing some controversy.

Rules

Posts must be relevant to operating systems running the Linux kernel. GNU/Linux or otherwise.
No misinformation
No NSFW content
No hate speech, bigotry, etc

Related Communities

Community icon by Alpár-Etele Méder, licensed under CC BY 3.0

founded 5 years ago

MODERATORS

[email protected]

Email client recommendations ? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

57 comments fedilink hide all child comments

Hi, I tried using an email client over a year ago, and after trying almost all of them in the span of a week I gave up in frustration. Would anyone have a recommendation ? For an email client :

That is actively maintained
That is not controlled by a company that could pull a Mozilla on it (Thunderbird)
That isn't proprietary
That doesn't need 77 dependencies and 450 GB (WTF KMail 😭 )
That is reasonably fast and light and not too bloated (I just want to read emails, I don't need a full app suite...)
That supports POP
That supports writing HTML messages (sorry Claws, I really liked you but occasionally I kinda need to write formatted messages to preserve other people's sanity 😅 )
That supports reading HTML messages without showing the HTML version as attachments so that every single email has the paperclip icon and I can't tell which messages have real attachments (Sylpheed I think ?)
That supports MailDir format for portability (why isn't it the default everywhere already instead of weird non-portable formats ? 😭 )
If possible, that doesn't have an interface that's so awful it's a pain to find anything (Thunderbird)

I also tested Geary and another one but I don't remember much about it... I can't find out whether Geary does support POP and maildir, its documentation page is... well it's a list 8 lines long, but on a page called "Documentation" so it's technically counts as documentation I guess ? 😅 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary/Documentation

Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated !

you are viewing a single comment's thread
view the rest of the comments

[–] [email protected] 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

I do remember Thunderbird being kinda slow when I tried it on my potato grade laptop... I assume Betterbird isn't any faster ?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I have tried kmail, Geary, mailspring before I landed on betterbird. I'm not sure what you mean with slow, but it works without issues on my pc. It does a lot of stuff, but it's a fork of Thunderbird, which you want to exclude based on the initial thread. There are not a lot of linux clients even worth trying. Good luck finding your jam.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 4 hours ago

I meant not too slow to load on a potato-grade laptop... Thunderbird takes a while 😅 I hadn't heard of mailspring before, I'll check it out thanks !