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Almost everyone I know using email for business uses a desktop client - usually Mac Mail, sometimes thunderbird. A new client that isn't quite so neglected wou

Almost everyone I know using email for business uses a desktop client - usually Mac Mail, sometimes thunderbird. A new client that isn't quite so neglected would be very welcome.

webmaven 10y ago
My circle of Friends and Family contains a few Outlook[0] diehards as well. I sympathize, as I was an Evolution loyalist for a very long time. It started crashing under the load of multi-GB folders, so I migrated to GMail. I was considering switching to Thunderbird when they dissolved Mozilla Messaging[1]. Now my G-Suite storage is running up against the free limits, so I will probably be looking at migrating email back to the desktop this year. [0] No, not Outlook Express (with it's support for NNTP), I mean the version of Outlook that is part of Office. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Messaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Messaging
StavrosK 10y ago
I'm using Thunderbird and I can't wait for a mail client comparable to the old Opera's to switch. It would be fantastic.
bigbugbag 10y ago
it would be nice if Trojita was ready for everyday use.
morganvachon 10y ago
Another use case is someone like me. I absolutely love Fastmail's web client, it's better than any other web client I've used including Gmail. However, I also have a few email addresses for domains that I own, and I don't want to deal with clunky forwarding; I prefer to use them as-is. For those it's much, much easier to use a good desktop client rather than set up and maintain Roundcube or even SquirrelMail on my servers. Windows 10's Mail app is not quite up to the task; it's fine for Outlook.com webmail but I need something much more powerful on Windows without having to buy Outlook proper (on Linux this obviously isn't an issue, there is a wealth of good desktop email clients for X and the console). So far I've been doing well with Thunderbird, but I'm tempted to give Vivaldi a shot since I was always a fan of Opera's email integration.
nugget 10y ago
Check out polymail.co

Almost everyone I know using email for business uses a desktop client - usually Mac Mail, sometimes thunderbird. A new client that isn't quite so neglected would be very welcome.

webmaven 10y ago

My circle of Friends and Family contains a few Outlook[0] diehards as well. I sympathize, as I was an Evolution loyalist for a very long time. It started crashing under the load of multi-GB folders, so I migrated to GMail. I was considering switching to Thunderbird when they dissolved Mozilla Messaging[1]. Now my G-Suite storage is running up against the free limits, so I will probably be looking at migrating email back to the desktop this year. [0] No, not Outlook Express (with it's support for NNTP), I mean the version of Outlook that is part of Office. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Messaging https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mozilla_Messaging

StavrosK 10y ago

I'm using Thunderbird and I can't wait for a mail client comparable to the old Opera's to switch. It would be fantastic.

bigbugbag 10y ago

it would be nice if Trojita was ready for everyday use.

morganvachon 10y ago

Another use case is someone like me. I absolutely love Fastmail's web client, it's better than any other web client I've used including Gmail. However, I also have a few email addresses for domains that I own, and I don't want to deal with clunky forwarding; I prefer to use them as-is. For those it's much, much easier to use a good desktop client rather than set up and maintain Roundcube or even SquirrelMail on my servers. Windows 10's Mail app is not quite up to the task; it's fine for Outlook.com webmail but I need something much more powerful on Windows without having to buy Outlook proper (on Linux this obviously isn't an issue, there is a wealth of good desktop email clients for X and the console). So far I've been doing well with Thunderbird, but I'm tempted to give Vivaldi a shot since I was always a fan of Opera's email integration.

nugget 10y ago

Check out polymail.co