Hi, I tried using an email client over a year ago, and after trying almost all of them in the span of a week I gave up in frustration. Would anyone have a recommendation ? For an email client :

  • That is actively maintained
  • That is not controlled by a company that could pull a Mozilla on it (Thunderbird)
  • That isn’t proprietary
  • That doesn’t need 77 dependencies and 450 GB (WTF KMail 😭 )
  • That is reasonably fast and light and not too bloated (I just want to read emails, I don’t need a full app suite…)
  • That supports POP
  • That supports writing HTML messages (sorry Claws, I really liked you but occasionally I kinda need to write formatted messages to preserve other people’s sanity 😅 )
  • That supports reading HTML messages without showing the HTML version as attachments so that every single email has the paperclip icon and I can’t tell which messages have real attachments (Sylpheed I think ?)
  • That supports MailDir format for portability (why isn’t it the default everywhere already instead of weird non-portable formats ? 😭 )
  • If possible, that doesn’t have an interface that’s so awful it’s a pain to find anything (Thunderbird)

I also tested Geary and another one but I don’t remember much about it… I can’t find out whether Geary does support POP and maildir, its documentation page is… well it’s a list 8 lines long, but on a page called “Documentation” so it’s technically counts as documentation I guess ? 😅 https://wiki.gnome.org/Apps/Geary/Documentation

Any recommendation would be greatly appreciated !

    • phantomwise@lemmy.mlOP
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      1 day ago

      Yes the lack of html formatting is a deal breaker for me, but it’s still a very good mail client that doesn’t get the love it deserves