Re: [PLUG] good linux mail clients

[JP Vossen <jp@jpsdomain.org>]

>> On Wed, Jan 09, 2013 at 02:37:36PM -0500, Michael Lazin wrote:
>> Does anyone have a recommendation of a better mail client for linux
>> than thunderbird?

I agree.  I used to like it, but over the last say, 2 years or so, it 
has gotten more boated and clunky, and less stable, plus I see big 
memory leaks and massive slow-down if I leave it running too long.

I find it interesting that no one even mentions Evolution (or did I miss 
it), yet Zimbra comes up.  Not that I disagree, just...interesting.


> On 16:02 Wed 09 Jan 2013, Walt Mankowski wrote:
>
> My everyday Linux mail client is mutt.

I used Pine for a very long time before TB.  I've tried mutt and never 
gotten used to it (never put in the time either), but I *have* used it 
quite successfully as an IMAP client for doing large deletes or moves 
that TB choked on.  (Another reason to replace TB.)

I might go for that at some point (great over SSH), since I refuse to 
read HTML email unless absolutely necessary.  But there is no way my 
wife or kids would go for that. :-(


On 01/09/2013 04:54 PM, "K.S. Bhaskar" <bhaskar@bhaskars.com> wrote:

> why not run something like Dovecot locally

That's what I do with Courier (historical, I'd probably use Dovecot 
now).  External mail comes in and out via a dumb VPS relay.  Zero web 
access, so Rich wouldn't like it, though I *could* add something if I 
found something that didn't suck and was secure.

It can be a pain to administer, but I'd rather own my data and not have 
any more be in the cloud than I can avoid.


> the (still non-existent) bifurcated kumquat mail server

Oooo, I dunno what that is, but I think I WANT one!  Sounds..tasty.

Later,
JP
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