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+1 for the point about Thunderbird. We need good open-source mail clients. I'm not sure we need a Firefox OS, and regardless they just don't have the market pow

+1 for the point about Thunderbird. We need good open-source mail clients. I'm not sure we need a Firefox OS, and regardless they just don't have the market power to make it work.

saljam 11y ago
There's Mailpile: https://www.mailpile.is/ https://www.mailpile.is/
- tehbeard 11y ago
  That looks neat but doesn't fufill the "low resource client on my desktop with notifications" that Thunderbird does.
  - SunboX 11y ago
    Maybe re-package the Firefox OS Mail Client? ;) It's "low resource" ;) -> https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/email https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/email
  - znpy 11y ago
    Low resource? Thunderbird? You might want to check out claws-mail. You get notification via a plugin (on debian/ubuntu, the plugin is in another package, but it's very easy to get).
vdaniuk 11y ago
>We need good open-source mail clients Take a look at https://nylas.com/N1 https://nylas.com/N1
- dchest 11y ago
  It's not the traditional mail client, it requires server (https://github.com/nylas/N1/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#running-against-open-source-sync-engine https://github.com/nylas/N1/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#runn...)
  - vdaniuk 11y ago
    You can host a server yourself or use a version hosted by the company. If you are not concerned with privacy issues, it works like a traditional mail client.
    - tdkl 11y ago
      He said he wanted a mail client, not a mail client that requires a self hosted server infrastructure or giving the email out. > it works like a traditional mail client. Except it's not just a client.
    - e12e 11y ago
      Wait, last time I checked, the API/Server wasn't free software? Did I miss something, or has the licensing model changed?
      - vdaniuk 11y ago
        It seems that sync engine was AGPL licensed from the start https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine/blob/master/LICENSE
        e12e 11y ago
        I didn't realize the sync engine was available and possible to use for a 100% self-host solution -- but evidently it is :-)
richardboegli 11y ago
FossaMail is an Open Source, Mozilla Thunderbird-based mail, news and chat client for Windows and Linux, brought to you by the Pale Moon developers (and therefore not affiliated with the Mozilla Corporation). It is an alternative version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail&news client, and based on the Pale Moon browser core. http://www.fossamail.org/ http://www.fossamail.org/
dingaling 11y ago
Thunderbird is / was probably the last comprehensive desktop mail client that enabled ordinary users to decouple themselves from e-mail providers. Unfortunately Mozilla [ com | org ] have shackled themselves to Googlemail internally, so seem to have abandoned any aspirations to fight for openness in the domain of e-mail.

+1 for the point about Thunderbird. We need good open-source mail clients. I'm not sure we need a Firefox OS, and regardless they just don't have the market power to make it work.

saljam 11y ago

There's Mailpile: https://www.mailpile.is/ https://www.mailpile.is/

tehbeard 11y ago
That looks neat but doesn't fufill the "low resource client on my desktop with notifications" that Thunderbird does.
- SunboX 11y ago
  Maybe re-package the Firefox OS Mail Client? ;) It's "low resource" ;) -> https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/email https://github.com/mozilla-b2g/gaia/tree/master/apps/email
- znpy 11y ago
  Low resource? Thunderbird? You might want to check out claws-mail. You get notification via a plugin (on debian/ubuntu, the plugin is in another package, but it's very easy to get).

vdaniuk 11y ago

>We need good open-source mail clients Take a look at https://nylas.com/N1 https://nylas.com/N1

dchest 11y ago
It's not the traditional mail client, it requires server (https://github.com/nylas/N1/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#running-against-open-source-sync-engine https://github.com/nylas/N1/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.md#runn...)
- vdaniuk 11y ago
  You can host a server yourself or use a version hosted by the company. If you are not concerned with privacy issues, it works like a traditional mail client.
  - tdkl 11y ago
    He said he wanted a mail client, not a mail client that requires a self hosted server infrastructure or giving the email out. > it works like a traditional mail client. Except it's not just a client.
  - e12e 11y ago
    Wait, last time I checked, the API/Server wasn't free software? Did I miss something, or has the licensing model changed?
    - vdaniuk 11y ago
      It seems that sync engine was AGPL licensed from the start https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine/blob/master/LICENSE https://github.com/nylas/sync-engine/blob/master/LICENSE
      - e12e 11y ago
        I didn't realize the sync engine was available and possible to use for a 100% self-host solution -- but evidently it is :-)

richardboegli 11y ago

FossaMail is an Open Source, Mozilla Thunderbird-based mail, news and chat client for Windows and Linux, brought to you by the Pale Moon developers (and therefore not affiliated with the Mozilla Corporation). It is an alternative version of the Mozilla Thunderbird mail&news client, and based on the Pale Moon browser core. http://www.fossamail.org/ http://www.fossamail.org/

dingaling 11y ago

Thunderbird is / was probably the last comprehensive desktop mail client that enabled ordinary users to decouple themselves from e-mail providers. Unfortunately Mozilla [ com | org ] have shackled themselves to Googlemail internally, so seem to have abandoned any aspirations to fight for openness in the domain of e-mail.