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If the mail client is good, then having it stand-alone is a great idea - with Thunderbird no longer updated I could do with an alternative on Windows (something

by porker 13y ago

If the mail client is good, then having it stand-alone is a great idea - with Thunderbird no longer updated I could do with an alternative on Windows (something that uses less RAM than keeping GMail open in a Chrome tab...)

stinos 13y ago
For me the built-in mail/rss is one of the main reasons I stick to Opera, it's just so convenient not having to switch applications.
kyrias 13y ago
> with Thunderbird no longer updated What are you talking about?
- azio 13y ago
  What he meant is Thunderbird doesn't get new features. Bug fixes doesn't count.
- cookiecaper 13y ago
  Mozilla recently placed Thunderbird in a maintenance-only state, where active feature development has ceased but stability, security, and speed improvements will continue to be merged. This is why Thunderbird is on v17 instead of Firefox's v21 after graduating versions in lockstep with Fx for a while. It doesn't mean they won't accept features, they've just stated that they're not going to be focusing any of their development wherewithal on these. Personally I think it's a good move as TB has plenty of features for a mail client but could really do with some optimization to speed and memory usage.
  - learningram 13y ago
    So what would be a good client on Windows ?
    - fetbaffe 13y ago
      It does not exist. Trust me on that one.
    - Myrth 13y ago
      I was just recently trying eM Client, was happy at the beginning as it has nice interface and integrates with GMail contacts and calendar. Was considering even buying the license. But then I started having contact local/remote sync conflicts without having them changed on either side. And then while the modal was blocking UI, it apparently was blocking the scheduler, so it was queuing all mailbox sync operations and performs ALL of them multiple times after modal is closed... So I guess back to Opera Mail. Other ones like TB, Sylpheed don't cut it for me.. I guess they have UI and network actions within the same thread, and that makes them get stuck.
      - grepfruit 13y ago
        The sync conflicts are certainly not a usual thing to happen if no change has happened on either side. Also the modal UI blocks only the one sync queue - i.e. the one for contacts & calendars in that account. All other accounts including mails for that same account should continue syncing. I'd love to help you with those issues - you can contact me at grafnetr@emclient.com
    - gcr 13y ago
      Inky is an excellent mail client. http://inky.com/ http://inky.com/ There was a thread on HN a few months back that talks about its unique security/password sharing model. It's clear that the developers put a whole lot of love into it.
fetbaffe 13y ago
Yes! I never liked the idea of having my mail and browsing experience tied to the same process and effecting everything. (Yes you can Opera Mail with another profile, but thats just confusing when opening links from mails etc)
anonymfus 13y ago
Mail client looks based on old Opera engine. It needs investigation.

by porker 13y ago

stinos 13y ago

For me the built-in mail/rss is one of the main reasons I stick to Opera, it's just so convenient not having to switch applications.

kyrias 13y ago

> with Thunderbird no longer updated What are you talking about?

azio 13y ago
What he meant is Thunderbird doesn't get new features. Bug fixes doesn't count.
cookiecaper 13y ago
Mozilla recently placed Thunderbird in a maintenance-only state, where active feature development has ceased but stability, security, and speed improvements will continue to be merged. This is why Thunderbird is on v17 instead of Firefox's v21 after graduating versions in lockstep with Fx for a while. It doesn't mean they won't accept features, they've just stated that they're not going to be focusing any of their development wherewithal on these. Personally I think it's a good move as TB has plenty of features for a mail client but could really do with some optimization to speed and memory usage.
- learningram 13y ago
  So what would be a good client on Windows ?
  - fetbaffe 13y ago
    It does not exist. Trust me on that one.
  - Myrth 13y ago
    I was just recently trying eM Client, was happy at the beginning as it has nice interface and integrates with GMail contacts and calendar. Was considering even buying the license. But then I started having contact local/remote sync conflicts without having them changed on either side. And then while the modal was blocking UI, it apparently was blocking the scheduler, so it was queuing all mailbox sync operations and performs ALL of them multiple times after modal is closed... So I guess back to Opera Mail. Other ones like TB, Sylpheed don't cut it for me.. I guess they have UI and network actions within the same thread, and that makes them get stuck.
    - grepfruit 13y ago
      The sync conflicts are certainly not a usual thing to happen if no change has happened on either side. Also the modal UI blocks only the one sync queue - i.e. the one for contacts & calendars in that account. All other accounts including mails for that same account should continue syncing. I'd love to help you with those issues - you can contact me at grafnetr@emclient.com
  - gcr 13y ago
    Inky is an excellent mail client. http://inky.com/ http://inky.com/ There was a thread on HN a few months back that talks about its unique security/password sharing model. It's clear that the developers put a whole lot of love into it.

fetbaffe 13y ago

Yes! I never liked the idea of having my mail and browsing experience tied to the same process and effecting everything. (Yes you can Opera Mail with another profile, but thats just confusing when opening links from mails etc)

anonymfus 13y ago

Mail client looks based on old Opera engine. It needs investigation.