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Don't like ads? Didn't like this prank? Don't like it when the UI changes? Use an email client. Like a boss.

by gibbitz 11y ago

randommodnar 11y ago
There are ads in Gmail?
- zeveb 11y ago
  There are ads on the Internet? Thank you, AdBlock Plus & µBlock: you've changed my life for the better.
- criddell 11y ago
  For most users, yes. If you have an educational account or pay for Google Apps, then no.
tmptmp 11y ago
This is a good advice, at least for the geeks and even for the semi-geeks. I use mutt and never got stung like this. But mutt may not be much suitable for most users. Any other good clients (thunderbird) can do.
erroneousfunk 11y ago
Email clients can change their interface or fuck with your mail in other ways. They may not do it on a "one day only" basis, but they can certainly introduce other problems.
- darkclarity 11y ago
  Bear in mind that the web based interface offered by email services is an email client, which you have no control over.
criddell 11y ago
What email client would you recommend? I've been stuck in Thunderbird because I require PGP/GPG, but I really hate it. Do you have a favorite client? I really do like Google's Inbox, but the lack of PGP is a blocker for me.
- gkya 11y ago
  Gnus on Emacs was very good with IMAP for me, where sources were Fastmail and Gmail. Encryption and signing works, but I haven't used it in email that much, so I can't comment. Gnome's Evolution was good too, IIRC. There are also Mutt and Pine, but they are terminal clients, so IDK how they handle inline images, tho mutt was OK with html.
  - ams6110 11y ago
    I use notmuch[1] in emacs, fetchmail to get email, and local MTA set up to deliver to my maildir. HTML email is rendered with w3m which does a decent job. Searching my local email with notmuch is blazing fast and works even better than Gmail's searching (IMO). Certainly not everyone's cup of tea but if you like emacs otherwise, it's a great alternative to Gnus. Gnus is originally and primarily a newsreader and treating email like news works in some ways but fails in others. Also searching in Gnus is something I never really got to work well. [1] https://notmuchmail.org/ https://notmuchmail.org/
    - gkya 11y ago
      I'm using a rmail+m{pop,smtp}+mairix+spamassassin approach nowadays (My email provider's spam filtering is crap, so I do it myself, with a whitelist from my BBDB). Notmuch always seemed interesting but I couldn't dive in yet. I have some free time this week, so I'll try. If your configuration is public (i.e. on github), would you mind sharing a link?
- wishinghand 11y ago
  What don't you like about Thunderbird? I was about to recommend it as an email client to a client but hadn't heard any overt criticisms. Is it good at security but bad at UI?
cdnsteve 11y ago
Found: https://nylas.com/N1 https://nylas.com/N1 https://github.com/nylas/N1 https://github.com/nylas/N1
- snowpanda 11y ago
  It also has a PGP addon here: https://github.com/mbilker/cypher https://github.com/mbilker/cypher

Don't like ads? Didn't like this prank? Don't like it when the UI changes? Use an email client. Like a boss.

by gibbitz 11y ago

Don't like ads? Didn't like this prank? Don't like it when the UI changes? Use an email client. Like a boss.

randommodnar 11y ago

There are ads in Gmail?

zeveb 11y ago
There are ads on the Internet? Thank you, AdBlock Plus & µBlock: you've changed my life for the better.
criddell 11y ago
For most users, yes. If you have an educational account or pay for Google Apps, then no.

tmptmp 11y ago

This is a good advice, at least for the geeks and even for the semi-geeks. I use mutt and never got stung like this. But mutt may not be much suitable for most users. Any other good clients (thunderbird) can do.

erroneousfunk 11y ago

Email clients can change their interface or fuck with your mail in other ways. They may not do it on a "one day only" basis, but they can certainly introduce other problems.

darkclarity 11y ago
Bear in mind that the web based interface offered by email services is an email client, which you have no control over.

criddell 11y ago

What email client would you recommend? I've been stuck in Thunderbird because I require PGP/GPG, but I really hate it. Do you have a favorite client? I really do like Google's Inbox, but the lack of PGP is a blocker for me.

gkya 11y ago
Gnus on Emacs was very good with IMAP for me, where sources were Fastmail and Gmail. Encryption and signing works, but I haven't used it in email that much, so I can't comment. Gnome's Evolution was good too, IIRC. There are also Mutt and Pine, but they are terminal clients, so IDK how they handle inline images, tho mutt was OK with html.
- ams6110 11y ago
  I use notmuch[1] in emacs, fetchmail to get email, and local MTA set up to deliver to my maildir. HTML email is rendered with w3m which does a decent job. Searching my local email with notmuch is blazing fast and works even better than Gmail's searching (IMO). Certainly not everyone's cup of tea but if you like emacs otherwise, it's a great alternative to Gnus. Gnus is originally and primarily a newsreader and treating email like news works in some ways but fails in others. Also searching in Gnus is something I never really got to work well. [1] https://notmuchmail.org/ https://notmuchmail.org/
  - gkya 11y ago
    I'm using a rmail+m{pop,smtp}+mairix+spamassassin approach nowadays (My email provider's spam filtering is crap, so I do it myself, with a whitelist from my BBDB). Notmuch always seemed interesting but I couldn't dive in yet. I have some free time this week, so I'll try. If your configuration is public (i.e. on github), would you mind sharing a link?
wishinghand 11y ago
What don't you like about Thunderbird? I was about to recommend it as an email client to a client but hadn't heard any overt criticisms. Is it good at security but bad at UI?

cdnsteve 11y ago

Found: https://nylas.com/N1 https://nylas.com/N1 https://github.com/nylas/N1 https://github.com/nylas/N1

snowpanda 11y ago
It also has a PGP addon here: https://github.com/mbilker/cypher https://github.com/mbilker/cypher