4 lightweight email alternatives to Thunderbird

crosscourt · 2017-07-31 22:45

More here, https://opensource.com/article/17/7/ema … hunderbird

tlmiller76 · 2017-08-05 02:29

I used to like Claws-Mail, but with the fancy plugin being removed due to it being insecure anymore, I had to abandon it. I get almost all html mail, and it just looks AWFUL without a proper html support. You could get dillo to work as an html display, but links wouldn't work right, and it didn't interface with the clipboard correctly, so I just abandoned Claws and went back to Thunderbird.

IMO, what we need is a lightweight email solution that can properly display html email (that includes more than text).

crosscourt · 2017-08-05 04:34

Ive used Geary which is quite lightweight but it lacked some of the features of Thunderbird so I stopped using it.

liquidsnake · 2017-08-24 12:54

I use Evolution and it does everything I need it to

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crosscourt · 2017-08-25 02:26

Evolution is a great email app but is by no means a lightweight app. If I was running a minimalist install Id probably use Geary its a nice app.

liquidsnake · 2017-08-25 10:29

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crosscourt wrote:

Evolution is a great email app but is by no means a lightweight app. If I was running a minimalist install Id probably use Geary its a nice app.

Thanks I'll try Geary out!

crosscourt · 2017-08-26 04:46

Sylpheed mentioned in the article is also very nice.

tlmiller76 · 2017-09-20 05:13

Sylpheed, IMO, has the same issue as claws (not surprising, since claws is based off sylpheed), it's a great email client, but reading HTML email is absolute rubbish looking in it, with no easy and adequate (IMO) solution to do so.

crosscourt · 2017-09-20 22:45

Many people dont want HTML display so there are options for everyones needs with the different apps.

Fiflagar Lorizen · 2021-03-07 13:11

Hello, I am using a intel atom netbook, and the only snappy and fast email client I found is Claws Mail, after trying many. Others, like thunderbird, are very good and fine but boot slowly on my old processor.
Good Sunday
Fiflagar

crosscourt · 2021-03-07 18:54

Geary is another lightweight email client thats used in some well known lightweight distros.

Baloo · 2022-04-01 18:49

For anyone interested, there is a fork of Thunderbird pre-version 68 that is still completely themable called Interlink Mail & News. It can be found here: https://projects.binaryoutcast.com/inte … es/latest/

crosscourt · 2023-02-27 01:35

They havent updated the fork since June 2022......

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Senas Komunistas · 2023-02-27 13:15

crosscourt wrote:

Sylpheed mentioned in the article is also very nice.

Sylpheed and Claws mail don't play nice with gmail...only thunderbird works fine.

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Midas · 2023-02-27 13:28

FYI, Betterbird (https://www.betterbird.eu/) is yet another fork of Thunderbird.

crosscourt · 2023-02-27 17:49

Wasnt using Gmail at the time I was using Sylpheed so wouldnt have noticed. Will take a look at Betterbird.

Senas Komunistas · 2023-02-28 13:20

crosscourt wrote:

Wasnt using Gmail at the time I was using Sylpheed so wouldnt have noticed. Will take a look at Betterbird.

Here, the so-called Google security is to blame for everything.

Christopher633 · 2024-07-30 23:11

Hey! You might want to try Claws Mail, it's super lightweight and fast. Other options are Sylpheed, Geary, or Trojita. They're all simpler than Thunderbird and great for older hardware.

Personally, I use Claws Mail and I'm very happy with it! It's good to test a few to see which one fits your needs best.

Regards,

Christopher633

swarfendor437 · 2024-11-06 22:52

liquidsnake wrote:

I use Evolution and it does everything I need it to

Same here. And yes while it is not a lightweight app I prefer it to Geary - when I first tried it on another distro it reminded me too much of Outlook365 so I ditched it. I have been a Thunderbird fan, but the backend is now too embedded with Google stuff that cannot be removed.

crosscourt · 2024-11-07 00:07

Claws is very good and fairly light, Evolution though I agree its not a light app it works very well.

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