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

Possibly FOSS and from terminal.

Thanks

  • kevincox
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    4 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.