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> when I moved to more modern clients Any chance you can give me your list? I haven't found any desktop e-mail client that rivals Thunderbird. Thanks.

by noja 9y ago

nkkollaw 9y ago
Depends on what platform you are. I'm currently on Ubuntu and I use Google Inbox wrapped in an Electron app. I used to use Mailbox (which I think became Google Inbox? or was it Sparrow that did), Sparrow, Airmail. Thunderbird turns managing emails into a full-time job. No shortcuts whatsoever to help you getting rid of unimportant emails, awful spam protection. Of course, if you're productive in Thunderbird who cares and why not just use that, this is just my opinion :-)
- bigbugbag 9y ago
  Sparrow has been dead for over 5 years so not exactly a modern thing, it was apple only, not cross platform anyways so not comparable to thunderbird. Airmail is also apple only so useless to most people. Mailbox was a phone only app that stopped operating last year, again not a cross platform desktop client. You're welcome to try again, but AFAIK there are no such "modern" cross platform desktop email client that you throw around as a model to follow. Even your current Inbox by google is a phone only / web only application and not a cross platform desktop email client. Claws[1], sylpheed[2] are such cross platform desktop email client competing with thunderbird and I don't any of the features you're complaining about I do not know what you are referring to when you mention thunderbird has awful spam protection. I maintain a dozen of TB installs and they do a great job of filtering spams for those who do not know better email hygiene. You should try experiencing email outside of the giant mega centralized repository that is killing the web and internet and see how it's done in the outside world that you seem to not visit often. [1]: http://www.claws-mail.org/ http://www.claws-mail.org/ [2]: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/
lathiat 9y ago
IMHO, Mac Mail.app is still the best e-mail client out there.. but sadly only on OSX :( Thunderbird is the best for Linux.

> when I moved to more modern clients Any chance you can give me your list? I haven't found any desktop e-mail client that rivals Thunderbird. Thanks.

by noja 9y ago

> when I moved to more modern clients Any chance you can give me your list? I haven't found any desktop e-mail client that rivals Thunderbird. Thanks.

nkkollaw 9y ago

Depends on what platform you are. I'm currently on Ubuntu and I use Google Inbox wrapped in an Electron app. I used to use Mailbox (which I think became Google Inbox? or was it Sparrow that did), Sparrow, Airmail. Thunderbird turns managing emails into a full-time job. No shortcuts whatsoever to help you getting rid of unimportant emails, awful spam protection. Of course, if you're productive in Thunderbird who cares and why not just use that, this is just my opinion :-)

bigbugbag 9y ago
Sparrow has been dead for over 5 years so not exactly a modern thing, it was apple only, not cross platform anyways so not comparable to thunderbird. Airmail is also apple only so useless to most people. Mailbox was a phone only app that stopped operating last year, again not a cross platform desktop client. You're welcome to try again, but AFAIK there are no such "modern" cross platform desktop email client that you throw around as a model to follow. Even your current Inbox by google is a phone only / web only application and not a cross platform desktop email client. Claws[1], sylpheed[2] are such cross platform desktop email client competing with thunderbird and I don't any of the features you're complaining about I do not know what you are referring to when you mention thunderbird has awful spam protection. I maintain a dozen of TB installs and they do a great job of filtering spams for those who do not know better email hygiene. You should try experiencing email outside of the giant mega centralized repository that is killing the web and internet and see how it's done in the outside world that you seem to not visit often. [1]: http://www.claws-mail.org/ http://www.claws-mail.org/ [2]: http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

lathiat 9y ago

IMHO, Mac Mail.app is still the best e-mail client out there.. but sadly only on OSX :( Thunderbird is the best for Linux.