If the problem is just gmail then there is the option to 'Load Basic HTML'. Either click the link in the bottom right when the page is loading or go to https://

If the problem is just gmail then there is the option to 'Load Basic HTML'. Either click the link in the bottom right when the page is loading or go to https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=html https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/?ui=html If you have more than one gmail account you should change the 0 to the number for the relevant account (so the 2nd one is 1, the third 2...) https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15049 https://support.google.com/mail/answer/15049 Otherwise Thunderbird is a good suggestion. It does the job. If you're okay with terminal-based programs then you might want to try Mutt http://www.mutt.org/download.html http://www.mutt.org/download.html