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I'm asking this as a legitimate question. If it's a "solved problem", what's the solution? I'm personally a reluctant Thunderbird user. I use it, I don't mind

I'm asking this as a legitimate question. If it's a "solved problem", what's the solution? I'm personally a reluctant Thunderbird user. I use it, I don't mind it all that much, but I can't say it's a delightful experience to use. But it does give me access to my email when I'm offline, and it lets me do GPG for sensitive email.

raverbashing 9y ago
If Thunderbird solved your problem there's your solution And I agree, it's not very nice to use But at some point, there isn't much a mail client can do as it's limited by the tech and the stack A solved problem is not a sports car, it's the 10year old car that costs 1k. Very few people want to pay for a mail client
- izacus 9y ago
  Meanwhile paid email clients are probably the most successful group of apps on macOS store... But I'm sure you have analytics sources to prove your assertion :)
- tonyarkles 9y ago
  > And I agree, it's not very nice to use That's... that feels like the road to accepting mediocrity. > A solved problem is not a sports car, it's the 10year old car that costs 1k. Very few people want to pay for a mail client I fully admit that I drive a '91 Ranger :). I don't know that I call it a solved problem though, because 4WD would be really nice to have in the winter. The mail client thing is interesting re: paying for it though. I guess I technically pay for Outlook as part of my Office 365 subscription, although I don't think much of it. The really hard part for me paying for a mail client is that most of the new paid ones I've seen come out in the last couple years have all been Electron-based, and memory/battery hogs. Outlook's not much better on that front (I think the Mac one, which I use occasionally, idles at about 900MB of RAM). Thunderbird isn't a great solution to my problem. It's just the least bad, and there doesn't seem to be anyone willing to take my money for something better.

raverbashing 9y ago

If Thunderbird solved your problem there's your solution And I agree, it's not very nice to use But at some point, there isn't much a mail client can do as it's limited by the tech and the stack A solved problem is not a sports car, it's the 10year old car that costs 1k. Very few people want to pay for a mail client

izacus 9y ago
Meanwhile paid email clients are probably the most successful group of apps on macOS store... But I'm sure you have analytics sources to prove your assertion :)
tonyarkles 9y ago
> And I agree, it's not very nice to use That's... that feels like the road to accepting mediocrity. > A solved problem is not a sports car, it's the 10year old car that costs 1k. Very few people want to pay for a mail client I fully admit that I drive a '91 Ranger :). I don't know that I call it a solved problem though, because 4WD would be really nice to have in the winter. The mail client thing is interesting re: paying for it though. I guess I technically pay for Outlook as part of my Office 365 subscription, although I don't think much of it. The really hard part for me paying for a mail client is that most of the new paid ones I've seen come out in the last couple years have all been Electron-based, and memory/battery hogs. Outlook's not much better on that front (I think the Mac one, which I use occasionally, idles at about 900MB of RAM). Thunderbird isn't a great solution to my problem. It's just the least bad, and there doesn't seem to be anyone willing to take my money for something better.