On my *nix machine I'm currently using NeoMutt & Aerc as MUA with different MTA/MRA. It suit my use case for reading lots of mailing list. Meanwhile on Android, currently using FairEmail. I was using K-9 Mail previously for over a decade.
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Evolution, I wish I could use Thunderbird, but that crashes when signing mails with my Yubikey.
Thunderbird
They all fucking suck
FairEmail
Evolution
I personally use Claws Mail.
mu4e because it's the best email client which runs in Emacs.
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.
Geary on mobile, Thunderbird on desktop.
To be honest, i still use Geary. It has a nice UI, and if you just read and write a small handful a month it still gets the job done.
Gnus, aerc, neomutt
I'm not a big email user, tried some of the clients multiple times and always return to web.
I like neomutt and kmail.
I'm just using Gmail lol. I don't really do anything with email.
- GUI: Thunderbird
- TUI: neomutt
- Android: K-9 (soon to be Thunderbird)
Using Evolution for desktop but about to give Thunderbird another shot I think.
Evolution here. I will likely never go back to Thunderbird.
Same - Evolution offers one thing Firebird dosen't - connecting to the work cloud Microsoft account!
If only they'd change the dumb way date time entry works for the calendar it would be near perfect.
Try gnome-calender as a evolution-data-server frontend.
Fairemail
I only use K9 on Android. Everything else, web-based.
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
Agreed
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Thunderbird
i've always used thunderbird and never had any reason to try anything else.
Does Thunderbird have unified inbox? And how well does it deal with Exchange? Just do imap mode?
Yes to unified inbox, not sure about exchange but works well with IMAP
EAS is not implemented so imap and pop3 only. But i heard they currently work on EAS and should be arriving in the near future.
For EAS there is also a paid plugin Owl i think.
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I use Thunderbird. I'm sure there might be other ones that are better, but it does the job.
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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The web browser.
Do you have Mozilla Suite? /s
Which web client do you prefer?
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?
Thunderbird is the best IMO. Mailspring is also pretty good.
Great, a subscription based mail program. Because that’s clearly what people want and need, paying rent for the software on their machines.
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.
Mutt.
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...
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.
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.
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.
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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.
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.
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