I have been looking for an email client on Linux after being tired of Gmail and Outlook web clients.

I had Thunderbird installed on my system and thought I’d give it a spin. I set up POP for my email accounts and it worked fantastic… For a total of 2 hours, after which I realised that searching in Thunderbird is simply not going to work for me. I need to search by attachment name and sometimes even by text inside attachment and unfortunately Thunderbird can’t do that (I think I tried an extension too but it made the UI super clunky to the point that I couldn’t even understand how to navigate it anymore).

Does Betterbird or any other email client fix this problem? I’m willing to try other options if they are FOSS.

Thanks

  • Singletona082@lemmy.worldEnglish
    81·
    3 days ago

    I’ve been having a grand time with sylpheed.

    Mostly because thunderbird changed its presentation layout and i took it personally. Plus sylpheed is lighter weight.

      • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
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        1 day ago

        Sylpheed has all the features I would expect an email client to have, and they all work. No reason to change anything, unless email as a technology changes, or it stops building.

      • 𝘋𝘪𝘳𝘬@lemmy.ml
        10·
        3 days ago

        This is why no-one in the right mind uses Sylpheed, but the actively maintained fork Claws Mail (which just recently had a new version released).

        • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
          1·
          1 day ago

          Sylpheed handles large amounts of email much better. It’s fast even at 50k plus emails. Last time I tried Claws Mail, it choked on that.

            • swelter_spark@reddthat.comEnglish
              1·
              5 hours ago

              I’m not so sure that it is an edge case. I’m just an average person. I’m sure there are many people who have reason to receive and/or save much larger volumes of email than I do. Regardless, it’s always better to have software that works well under a wide range of circumstances.