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I'm used to claws-mail, so I'm using it daily. But I think it's quite terrible -- there are regular delays every minute for a couple of seconds and in that peri

I'm used to claws-mail, so I'm using it daily. But I think it's quite terrible -- there are regular delays every minute for a couple of seconds and in that period, most buttons on the UI are disabled. I think that whenever it does something with IMAP most of the functionality is locked. Also I think it doesn't implement IMAP push and it has to poll for new mail every minute. Also opening a mail that's 30 MiB in size (pictures) and has to be downloaded just freezes the entire UI. I'd like to advise people to use other software, but I don't know of any perfect email clients: * sylpheed/claws-mail has this locked UI problem * mutt doesn't render images and has a steep learning curve * thunderbird has software bloat, doesn't work on my low end hardware And other recommendations? Webmail is also mostly broken. I liked prayer, but it also doesn't render images IIRC and roundcube dropped the classic theme on new versions, and the new theme has less information density. I like the classic HTML UI of GMail and OWA, though.

krackout 3y ago
I confirm the issue of delays/freezing of Claws-mail. I really liked the simple UI, but freezing too often, couldn't stand it. I had searched about it, I got some answers that's it's single threaded if I recall well. Since you mentioned mutt and it's steep learning curve, I recommend you another TUI MTA/mail app. It's nmail (https://github.com/d99kris/nmail https://github.com/d99kris/nmail). Simple, Pine/Alpine like interface, has great features (for example, saving mails in sqlite - can be viewed offline). Also the developer is active and friendly, in case you find bugs or have any proposals for enhancements.
int_19h 3y ago
On Windows, Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com/features/mail/ https://vivaldi.com/features/mail/) is a surprisingly good option. You can just ignore the browser part, and even set up all the toolbars so that only stuff that is relevant to mail is there.
user234683 3y ago
I use gnome evolution. It's not great but it gets the job done; much better than Claws.
EEMac 3y ago
SeaMonkey has a classic UI and is basically a modern Netscape Communicator. You can ignore the rest and just use the Mail part. It's a solid email program that has worked well for about a decade now. https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ https://www.seamonkey-project.org/

krackout 3y ago

I confirm the issue of delays/freezing of Claws-mail. I really liked the simple UI, but freezing too often, couldn't stand it. I had searched about it, I got some answers that's it's single threaded if I recall well. Since you mentioned mutt and it's steep learning curve, I recommend you another TUI MTA/mail app. It's nmail (https://github.com/d99kris/nmail https://github.com/d99kris/nmail). Simple, Pine/Alpine like interface, has great features (for example, saving mails in sqlite - can be viewed offline). Also the developer is active and friendly, in case you find bugs or have any proposals for enhancements.

int_19h 3y ago

On Windows, Vivaldi (https://vivaldi.com/features/mail/ https://vivaldi.com/features/mail/) is a surprisingly good option. You can just ignore the browser part, and even set up all the toolbars so that only stuff that is relevant to mail is there.

user234683 3y ago

I use gnome evolution. It's not great but it gets the job done; much better than Claws.

EEMac 3y ago

SeaMonkey has a classic UI and is basically a modern Netscape Communicator. You can ignore the rest and just use the Mail part. It's a solid email program that has worked well for about a decade now. https://www.seamonkey-project.org/ https://www.seamonkey-project.org/