[solved]Email-Client

arunix · 2009-09-07 16:03:16

Hello all,
i want to use email client after googling i found some email-client for linux
List of emil-client
#1: Mozilla Thunderbird
#2: Claws Mail
#3: Spicebird
#4: Zimbra Collaboration Suite (Open Source Version)
#5: Sylpheed

which one i should use.
all sugestions are welcome.[

Last edited by arunix (2009-09-08 01:49:22)

ozar · 2009-09-07 16:06:23

Different people like different things in an email client, so the best approach is to try each one yourself and make up your own mind. I personally like Thunderbird, Kmail, Claws, and Sylpheed, but do all my own mail by webmail only, now.

vacant · 2009-09-07 16:07:16

Pick the first one from your list and use it.

If you don't like it, think why, then try subsequent ones from your list that have those features.

jinks · 2009-09-07 16:13:18

For something fast, small and without dependencies on major DEs I'd recommend claws-mail. It was a fork of sylpheed, but now stands on it's own for quite some years, with a lot of plugins (stuff like using webkit for HTML mails) and still a lot lighter than something like Thunderbird.

arunix · 2009-09-07 16:40:08

i just installed thuderbird

and after installed i got the error

http://bbs.archlinux.org/viewtopic.php?id=79688

Last edited by arunix (2009-09-07 17:26:35)

fukawi2 · 2009-09-07 22:45:44

arunix wrote:

which one i should use.

This isn't Microsoft. We don't tell you what software you must use

Chrysalis · 2009-09-07 23:26:00

To me thunderbird is pretty much the only option because its the only one as far as i know that removes *deleted* mail from server and not just the usual keep or remove mail from server on sync which is pretty useless.

I want to use kmail, but i dont because it doesnt have the above and other features of thunderbird and because the configs under ~/.kde* make it a migration and upgrade nightmare.

Last edited by Chrysalis (2009-09-07 23:26:52)

sHyLoCk · 2009-09-07 23:29:04

I would recommend claws mail.

harryNID · 2009-09-08 00:50:22

Another vote for claws-mail.

I like Thunderbird and the features it provides but I'm running a light system and I don't want the bloat. I'm running a custom stripped version of claws-mail and custom stripped version of claws-mail-extra-plugins (with only gtkhtml2_viewer plugin installed) and it is lightning fast. With that being said you should read about the different programs and pick the one that seems to fit you. Claws-Mail for example, doesn't do HTML messages without the use of the new webkit plugin* (although you can read them via the above mentioned gtkhtml2_viewer plugin). If that's a sticking point for you then go with one of the others until you find the one that does do it for you. With Linux it's a matter of reading and trying until you find something that suits you.

* Edited:
I just found out about the webkit plugin as I use a custom version of claws-mail.

Last edited by harryNID (2009-09-08 00:59:07)

sand_man · 2009-09-08 04:23:59

I've replaced thundercrap with claws-mail. Thanks!

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