I just want a mail client and not all of the other features.

Possibly FOSS and from terminal.

Thanks

  • @linkert
    11•3 years ago

    Aerc is a pretty good email client ;)

    aerc

    • @cheer
      6•3 years ago

      I recommend aerc as well. Very easy to setup and navigate

  • @fourstepper
    8•3 years ago

    I use aerc at the moment, used thunderbird, but never something like mutter

    • @ufrafecy
      3•3 years ago

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  • DessalinesA
    6•3 years ago

    2nd question, do any of these handle encryption well? thunderbird is the only one I’ve tried that integrates encryption easily.

  • @kevincox
    3•3 years ago

    I’ve tried a lot of email clients. I’ve tried all of the graphical ones listed here so far and I have to say that in my opinion Thunderbird is the least bad.

    Pros:

    • Option to view entire thread/conversation.
    • Tree view of messages.
    • Really good HTML rendering. (As it uses firefox’s engine)
    • Acceptable search.
    • View source option.
    • Addons for any missing features.
    • Multi-account support. (It is amazing to be able to move between two IMAP accounts by dragging and dropping your messages)
    • Excellent offline support. I download all of my mail locally.

    Cons:

    • Slow. Overall it is responsive for me but locks up somewhat frequently for a second or two.
    • The HTML editor is ok at best.

    The best runner up I found was KMail but I ended up not using it because I heavily rely on the option to view an entire conversation that isn’t supported.

  • Aikais
    2•3 years ago

    Sylpheed and Claws Mail are light and pretty good but complicate to configure

  • @sgtnasty
    2•3 years ago

    Geary looks nice, but is missing features, crashes alot for me and stops syncing. IMHO the only thing that has similar level of functionality is Evolution. Its not pretty and looks like its from 2000, but it works really well. I tend to use Evolution over Thunderbird myself. I tried Kmail, and it took alot to get used to, but I can’t say if its the same level as the others. Evolution does have issues with Google calendars syncing for some reason.

    • @TheCam
      0•3 years ago

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  • Ephera
    2•3 years ago

    For FOSS and from the terminal, ‘mutt’ is the go-to, as far as I’m aware.

    • overclock351OP
      1•3 years ago

      My only concern with mutt is that AFAIK it stores passwords in clear. any way to get around that?

      • dm9pZCAq
        3•3 years ago

        you can use pass password manager

        source "echo 'set my_pass = `pass -- mail/you@mail.com`' |"
      • @kevincox
        1•3 years ago

        Not really. The client needs to send your password to the server to login. The alternatives are using a keyring to store the passwords or asking for the password each time. Really just use full disk encryption and it isn’t a serious issue.

      • @Ann
        1•3 years ago

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  • @lorabe
    1•3 years ago

    Cannot say is better but Geary is simple and clean, i’ve been using it for a while.