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I tried Thunderbird but it's got a lot going for it. I just want something simple and minimal

Preferably a native app rather than something built with electron

I use Arch Linux

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 1 year ago (2 children)

This doesn't really answer your question, but you may want to consider hanging on to Thunderbird given massive UI upgrade that's coming very soon for it: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/07/our-fastest-most-beautiful-release-ever-thunderbird-115-supernova-is-here/

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago

It’s released already, just not in flathub yet.

[–] [email protected] 7 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Ooooh. That looks good. It’s going to take a while to get used to a new Firefox design after using the same ui for 15 years 😅

[–] [email protected] 25 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Thank goodness you told us you use Arch

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago

Oh, i saw your comment and tried really hard not to interact, but i really have to tell you something.

I use arch btw

[–] [email protected] 19 points 1 year ago (1 children)

If you have a Qt based desktop (KDE, LXQt...) use Kmail.
If you have a GTK based desktop (Gnome, XFCE...) use Geary.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

dont use kmail. it has great function-ability and looks good, but it will completely break every year at least

[–] [email protected] 11 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

Geary

Kmail

claws-mail

[–] words_number 9 points 1 year ago (4 children)

The upcoming (recently released) thunderbird version might be what you're looking for! It's not yet in most official repos though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

He said he’s using Arch so it should be available. I got it on my EndeavourOS and I’m really satisfied.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I really like thunderbird so far, thank you for the suggestion, is there a way to get email notifications even while the client is closed tho? seems like I only get notifications if I keep it perma open.

[–] words_number 1 points 1 year ago

I usually just keep it open on another desktop. But if you really want a tray icon, there are utilities that allow sending arbitrary programs to the system tray. I havent used it for a long time, but I remember using kdocker successfully in the past.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

How is it? I was put off the last time I tried it due to the fact that it didn't seem to run in the background. Also wasn't great with office365 (which I have to use due to work)...

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

I'm using Thunderbird for my outlook.office365.com email account which is managed by employer. It works perfect.

  1. Set server name to outlook.office365.com and Authentication method to OAuth2
  2. Thunderbird will give you a pop-up window, which let you fill in the username and password
  3. My account requires DUO, and it worked smoothly too.

However, it's also possible that your administrator has different server settings, denying the access of Thunderbird.

TLDR, I think it worth a try

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago)

@ScotinDub @words_number

I do not know what the default MS mailer looks like or even if my answer is relevant, as you may already know this piece of software.

If one looks for a mail app mimicking MsWin, I remember there is (was?) one called Evolution that looks like the old Outlook

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

It is available on snap in the beta channel if you want it through a package

[–] [email protected] 0 points 1 year ago (1 children)
[–] [email protected] -2 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 5 points 1 year ago

You’re looking for Geary

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago (1 children)

As a funny coincidence, your post showed on my home page 2 posts apart from this one:

https://lemmy.world/post/2021471

(Microsoft forcing migration from the default mail app)

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago

This sucks :(

I tried their new pwa app and its trash

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I'm happy with Evolution.

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

I use geary

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

ive been using mailspring, pretty happy with it.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

But mailspring uses electron tho

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago

Maybe Geary is what you are looking for?

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago
[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Mailspring is not native, but looks more or less native (depending on why you prefer a native app, this might work).

[–] [email protected] 1 points 1 year ago

Maybe you want to try MailSpring, It is very customisable, and there are many different pre-configured layouts to choose from

[–] [email protected] -5 points 1 year ago

What do you mean? Thunderbird is the default mail application on Windows for me. I didn't even know there is something else.

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