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#1 2008-09-27 15:55:50

abowlt1990
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From: Australia
Registered: 2008-09-20
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Email Clients

Hi,

I have been searching for a decent and lightweight Email client and have yet to have found one. If anyone can think of one that has a GTK GUI, that is known to be reliable and visually attractive. Just drop a line here telling me the name of it, and any experience you have with it.

Thanks in advance


Ash

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#2 2008-09-27 15:57:09

Odd-rationale
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Re: Email Clients

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#3 2008-09-27 16:06:14

chochem
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Re: Email Clients

I recently switched from Thunderbird to Claws Mail and I'm pretty pleased with it. Compared to Thunderbird, it does feel light-weight (I've got a two year old 2.0 GHz laptop, mileage may vary), and it hasn't crashed or done horrible things to my email yet. As for visual attrictiveness, it's a pretty standard gtk interface (although it doesn't carry over your icon settings so you'll have to find a theme to match). I don't have any particularly strenuous demands, but I both like and am slightly confused by the bewildering array of filtering and processing options. Even if you don't need it to open cat food tins before and after handling your email, it's nice to know it can smile It has no native spam handling capabilities but there are spam plugins - though spamassassin cannot exactly be called lightweight.

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#4 2008-09-27 16:07:53

zodmaner
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Re: Email Clients

+1 to Claws Mail from me too.

Last edited by zodmaner (2008-09-27 16:08:12)

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#5 2008-09-27 16:10:04

abowlt1990
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From: Australia
Registered: 2008-09-20
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Re: Email Clients

Thanks for all of the comments,

I have just installed Claws-Mail, and the Tango theme. It seems impressive so far, it seems a lot more straight forward then Thunderbird (i also do not need to recompile to get official icons tongue).

Thanks again


Ash

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#6 2008-09-27 16:37:11

moljac024
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Registered: 2008-01-29
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Re: Email Clients

Nothing beats Evolution. I'm sorry, all the others can try and fail miserably tongue


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#7 2008-09-27 18:41:44

ezzetabi
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Re: Email Clients

you asked for lightweight, yes you did, then: alpine!

if you accept a little more heavy +1 for claws-mail.

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#8 2008-09-27 18:59:38

finferflu
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Re: Email Clients

I have just discovered Sylpheed today, and I'm liking it so far (I haven't tested Claws-mail yet, though).

Also, I'm moving this discussion to Workstation User.


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#9 2008-09-28 17:28:34

patroclo7
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From: Bassano del Grappa, ITALY
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Re: Email Clients

Claws-mail would be fine but is terribly slow as an IMAP client. And since I am using gmail through IMAP nothing can beat mutt (perhaps alpine is not less fast, but I find it incredibly rigid and confusing).


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#10 2008-09-29 22:48:44

zenlord
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From: Belgium
Registered: 2006-05-24
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Re: Email Clients

If only claws-mail would have a decent GUI to an addressbook. I can add a persons name and emailaddress, but all the rest is a pain to do manually.

I'm looking forward to thunderbird 3.0 with LDAP-write and the calendar integrated. This one will give evolution a good run for their money. Evolution is too  sluggish for me, but unfortunately I cannot go without it since it's the only client with good iCal-support...

Zl.

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#11 2008-09-29 23:08:11

Allan
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Registered: 2007-06-09
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Re: Email Clients

I use thunderbird. I need the webmail plugins to get around the proxy at work that block pop...

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#12 2008-09-29 23:50:49

catwell
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From: Bretagne, France
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Re: Email Clients

I use claws-mail, which is good, with the bogofilter anti-spam plugin (lighter than spamassassin). Maybe I'll try Alpine because I prefer console-based apps, but I don't see a feature I'd want that Claws hasn't.

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