What’s everyone’s preferred email client these days?

  • tetris11@lemmy.ml
    1·
    2 months ago

    I used to have lieer’s gmi (read: mbsync with gmail tag syncing) paired with notmuch. It’s good when it works, but it’s annoying to need a service in the background.

    I used to use Gnus, but Gnus is sometimes weirds out if your tag filters are too complex for it

  • Daeraxa@lemmy.ml
    5·
    2 months ago

    I’ve just moved to Thunderbird. I was never keen on the old design and found it rather clunky but the new UI I find much better.

    I was using Mailspring but it has recently just refused to work on my device and I never even got a response on the community forums so I’ve just given up on it.

  • dinckel@lemmy.world
    46·
    2 months ago

    I’ve tried basically everything under the sun, and keep returning to Thunderbird. Thankfully they’ve fixed the endless amount of performance issues with it.

    Everything else is either in a horrible state, abandoned, or paid spyware that used to be a free project originally

    • displaced_city_mouse@midwest.socialEnglish
      2·
      2 months ago

      I tried KMail and Organizer for a few weeks, but they kept losing connection with Gmail. My calendar would get out of sync, and they only way to fix it was to reset the connection and redo all the appointments.

      I’m sure it was user error, since I couldn’t figure it out after spending a couple hours on it, so I just dropped back to webmail and not leaving the mail tab open all day.

      • NotAnArdvark@lemmy.ca
        2·
        2 months ago

        I tried using KOrganize which had KMail and some other stuff integrated together and ended up feeling like it was a gigantic, archaic codebase just hanging on by a thread. It struggled a lot with Gmail and several times I deleted my whole mail profile to try to fix some strange bug.

        If I recall, what did me in was that it would stop sending emails after running for a while. The fix had something to do with restarting Akonadi. It was really disappointing, because I love a good UI/Plasma integration.

        I use Thunderbird now and … eh. It’s ok.

    • banazir@lemmy.ml
      3·
      2 months ago

      The interface is a bit bare bones and 90’s but I like it that way. It’s a good and reliable client.

  • unixgeek@lemmy.sdf.orgEnglish
    1·
    2 months ago

    On my *nix machine I’m currently using NeoMutt & Aerc as MUA with different MTA/MRA. It suit my use case for reading lots of mailing list. Meanwhile on Android, currently using FairEmail. I was using K-9 Mail previously for over a decade.

  • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
    6·
    2 months ago

    Whats the best email service? I use Thunderbird for just about everything, but gmail has been getting on my nerves lately. I would love to selfhost, but my internet service provider blocks port 25…

      • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Yeah I would love to get off google. Good to know others are thinking the same.

    • SavvyWolf@pawb.socialEnglish
      5·
      2 months ago

      I’ve been using Protonmail and it does the job (although not for free). To use it with Thunderbird I need to use a “bridge” background app to decrypt it though.

      • fuzzzerd@programming.devEnglish
        5·
        2 months ago

        Same here. That works well for desktop, they also have an electron app that wraps their web ui into a desktop app and it works well enough. Bridge works very well for any other desktop app you’d want to use.

        The only trouble is that on mobile your option is their app or the web interface, no ability to use alternative apps. The mobile app is good, but not great.

        Overall its a good service and I’m happy bit you need to know these limitations going in or it could be frustrating.

    • Salix@sh.itjust.works
      8·
      2 months ago

      I personally like both Posteo and mailbox.org, but they are paid email services.

      You can use them for your email, contacts, calendars, and tasks. On Android, you can use Davx5 to sync them.

      • mesamune@lemmy.worldEnglish
        1·
        2 months ago

        I’ve done it once before with mailinabox. It worked for a while…then we moved.

        Just seeing what my options are. Thanks!