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I used to use thunderbird before switching back to apple mail - I thought they had discontinued work on it? I know I heard something about that. It also doesn't

I used to use thunderbird before switching back to apple mail - I thought they had discontinued work on it? I know I heard something about that. It also doesn't do a few things apple mail seems to do; i think it was a matter of rule execution and multiple from addresses. The UI could also use some cleanup. While I don't like apple changing things because they can change things (when they do), i feel like Thunderbird UI has room for improvement in usability and aesthetics. Well, i've been thinking about setting up a mail client in my linux VM, guess I could install it and see how it fares. Are there any other open source email clients that people use, that are maintained?

qznc 12y ago
There is Evolution and Kmail, the official Gnome and KDE mail clients. Then there is the lightweight underdog Claws. Finally, for terminal users there is mutt and a few others. Imho, none of them is very good. I prefer gmail for its UI. At work, I use Thunderbird because it sucks the least.
e15ctr0n 12y ago
I've heard praise for Slypheed. http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/
- xorcist 12y ago
  I think you're looking for Claws. It used to be the development version of Sylpheed, but they're now separate. It has a lot more active development. http://claws-mail.org/ http://claws-mail.org/
nosefrog 12y ago
Geary is a fantastic new email client. It gets a lot of things right.
amk_ 12y ago
Claws, formerly Sylpheed - comes standard on lightweight distros like Puppy Linux. There's also Geary by Yorba, which has a similar look and feel to the mail client on OSX but for Ubuntu-based distros. It is standard on ElementaryOS.
wodenokoto 12y ago
The rumors of thunderbird's death are exaggerated. https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2014/11/thunderbird-reorganizes-at-2014-toronto-summit/ https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2014/11/thunderbird-reo...

qznc 12y ago

There is Evolution and Kmail, the official Gnome and KDE mail clients. Then there is the lightweight underdog Claws. Finally, for terminal users there is mutt and a few others. Imho, none of them is very good. I prefer gmail for its UI. At work, I use Thunderbird because it sucks the least.

e15ctr0n 12y ago

I've heard praise for Slypheed. http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/ http://sylpheed.sraoss.jp/en/

xorcist 12y ago
I think you're looking for Claws. It used to be the development version of Sylpheed, but they're now separate. It has a lot more active development. http://claws-mail.org/ http://claws-mail.org/

nosefrog 12y ago

Geary is a fantastic new email client. It gets a lot of things right.

amk_ 12y ago

Claws, formerly Sylpheed - comes standard on lightweight distros like Puppy Linux. There's also Geary by Yorba, which has a similar look and feel to the mail client on OSX but for Ubuntu-based distros. It is standard on ElementaryOS.

wodenokoto 12y ago

The rumors of thunderbird's death are exaggerated. https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2014/11/thunderbird-reorganizes-at-2014-toronto-summit/ https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2014/11/thunderbird-reo...