email client of choice?

ezzetabi · 2008-04-02 08:06:40

As big drawback of being a guru I do not like using email much.
I think forums are more sorted, easily browseable and such...

Unfortunately few people (almost none actually) of important project (kernel, gcc, ...) agree with this idea so I need to overtake this dislike for email and email clients.

So, what is your email client of choice?
Here a little list of what I'd like:
- easy to configure (I do not want spend days for connecting to a smtp server)
- capable of doing some autosorting (from address, subject, ...)
- easy to backup the emails somewhat
- keyboard usable, I do not hate mouses. But I hate when a program force me to use the mouse for something trivial.

Well. you see.... I thank everyone for pieces of advice.

new2arch · 2008-04-02 08:32:30

ezzetabi wrote:

As big drawback of being a guru I do not like using email much.
I think forums are more sorted, easily browseable and such...
Unfortunately few people (almost none actually) of important project (kernel, gcc, ...) agree with this idea so I need to overtake this dislike for email and email clients.
So, what is your email client of choice?
Here a little list of what I'd like:
- easy to configure (I do not want spend days for connecting to a smtp server)
- capable of doing some autosorting (from address, subject, ...)
- easy to backup the emails somewhat
- keyboard usable, I do not hate mouses. But I hate when a program force me to use the mouse for something trivial.
Well. you see.... I thank everyone for pieces of advice.

With the latest security issues Thunderbird has had, I prefer using Opera's built-in email client. Works fine.

niller · 2008-04-02 08:45:10

Mutt works perfect for me. I have it set up for gmail/IMAP.

Fast and efficient !!

kezar · 2008-04-02 09:31:12

I used to use Thunderbird, then Opera mail client but it does not support advanced filtering and GPG. Then I used Evolution but it's a memory eater and I won't say anything about its data storage method (sic). Now I use Claws and I think I found the perfect mail client light, fast, 3 filter levels (you can even use regex), with some plugins (spamassassin, bogofilter, rss reader, ...), ...

finferflu · 2008-04-02 09:37:31

Alpine is the best simple and lightweight email client I have found.

gothmog.todi · 2008-04-02 19:22:11

+1 for claws

fflarex · 2008-04-02 23:44:40

Mutt or claws...

sacamano_m82 · 2008-04-03 01:51:14

VM + emacs

SpookyET · 2008-04-03 02:01:01

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
Hash: SHA1

Gmail.
-----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE-----
Version: GnuPG v1.4.8 (GNU/Linux)

iEYEARECAAYFAkf0OlwACgkQQxhfy6QbjiQMRACfXljoVuGLvNL37jfhLFdIQFlN
47EAniv0ZlhgaLD5HqP9OHRYbIRdUeT/
=xIz9
-----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

SpookyET · 2008-04-03 02:02:02

Just illustrating a point. That's FireGPG at work.

Raisuli · 2008-04-03 03:46:32

another vote for claws

zyghom · 2008-04-03 04:08:05

claws

dolby · 2008-04-03 06:59:41

SpookyET wrote:

Just illustrating a point. That's FireGPG at work.

right, does it have an option to not use it in forums? its dumb

Allan · 2008-04-03 07:08:55

dolby wrote:

SpookyET wrote:
Just illustrating a point. That's FireGPG at work.
right, does it have an option to not use it in forums? its dumb

Agreed. I was pretty sure it was an opt in thing and not automatic...

Edit: Also, I use thunderbird...

Last edited by Allan (2008-04-03 07:13:30)

Damnshock · 2008-04-03 14:48:24

Kmail is awesome

Husio · 2008-04-03 14:51:57

Didn't found anything better than mutt.

briest · 2008-04-03 16:22:50

+mutt. Or show me *-hooks elsewhere.

Zepp · 2008-04-03 17:18:32

I just use the gmail web interface for everything.

hennes · 2008-04-04 06:58:50

Claws.

Actually the fdm+mutt combo is quite nice, but I'm somewhat spoiled - I need a GUI.

anykey · 2008-04-04 07:12:45

Claws Mail here too.

Wife prefers thunderbird (allegedly for ease-of-use, but that's not a hard point compared to claws), but isnt demanding much. For thousands of mails a day, thunderbird was simply too slow for me. Compared to it, Claws is really fast.

dolby · 2008-04-04 07:16:41

hennes wrote:

Claws.
Actually the fdm+mutt combo is quite nice, but I'm somewhat spoiled - I need a GUI.

did you use fdm+mutt with pop3 or imap?
i have been wanting to try imap with those two for a couple of months now but never really went with it. i currently use offlineimap instead of fdm

edit: ok you didnt say you used those two. maybe someone else has experience

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chicha · 2008-04-04 07:21:09

Zepp wrote:

I just use the gmail web interface for everything.

I also use gmail interface a lot.
checkgmail is also an awsome script to read your mails without having to open your browser.

However there are two things which I miss a lot :

1- The ability to send a mail with attachement inside the desktop (right click on a file or a photo and choose "send by email"). If somebody has a solution for gnome I would be very happy.

2- A synchronisation of my gmail contacts inside the desktop. conduit will certainly be the solution but it is still not 100% stable ...

Any other gmail + desktop integration experience ?

niller · 2008-04-04 07:27:40

I have this in my .muttrc

set imap_user = 'mymail@gmail.com'                                                                                                                         
set imap_pass = ''                                                                                                                                              
                                                                                                                                                                
set spoolfile = imaps://imap.gmail.com:993/INBOX                                                                                                                
set folder = imaps://imap.gmail.com:993                                                                                                                         
set record="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Sent Mail"                                                                                                           
set postponed="imaps://imap.gmail.com/[Gmail]/Drafts"]                                                                                                          
                                                                                                                                                                
set mail_check=90                                                                                                                                               
set timeout=15

And together with checkgmail I have a wonderful setup.

Mutt is extremely fast, very stable and beats all other maillapps in speed and usability.
I've tried them all and keeps returning to mutt

dolby · 2008-04-04 07:38:32

ncurses mua's dont need guis to check the mail. you do have mutt running all the time dont you?

niller · 2008-04-04 07:40:47

Not always, but checkgmail is running in my tray

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