I was a Gmail user since 2004 or so, relying on the Web client. It was good, the message threading worked, labels were strictly greater than folder structure, a

I was a Gmail user since 2004 or so, relying on the Web client. It was good, the message threading worked, labels were strictly greater than folder structure, and archiving to "all mail" is an excellent notion. The web UI has gone to crap lately, it being overly bloated, not refreshing inbox anymore after a while, getting rid of plain text (though this was a long time ago). The message composition editor is a mess! I tried gmail with mutt, I tried gmail with mu4e. They didn't quite replicate the good bits what I wanted. To overcome the psychological barrier I changed email vendors and jumped to mu4e workflow with a fresh start. This is readily a better experience and since I didn't have to worry about fully replicating the Gmail experience I was able to "settle for less".