What are the best native e-mail clients for Linux?
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Pro Stable
Works as expected, version after version.
Pro Consistency
App design has not changed significantly since its beginning, making its learning curve negligent.
Pro Large assortment of plugins
Thunderbird offers a huge amount of extensions to expand the usability and options of the client.
Con Development slowed to only focus on stability and security
Thunderbird has slowed down it's development of features to only focus resources on security and stability.
Con Complicated user interface
After using email apps on phones, I just expect more from my desktop. An app must do something better than you can get with a simple Chromium app tab (that can be Gmail or Yahoo inboxes pulling emails from everywhere and easily sending mails). Other apps work better.
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Con Can't choose different settings for each mail account
Settings have to applied to all mail accounts.
Con Terminal-based
It runs inside the terminal so it doesn't display HTML email, fonts, or graphical elements.
Pro Straightforward and simple UI
Setting up accounts is a simple as putting in the users e-mail address and password.
Con No horizontal layout
There is no optional horizontal layout for those that want to be able to view their emails headers across the full screen.
Pro Low resource client
Claws Mail is a low resource e-mail client that is often default in low resource Linux distributions.
Con Interface looks old and setup is not easy
The icons as well as the rest of the interface look like an application from the early 90's, with this there is also no easy setup options built in like the more modern e-mail clients.
Pro Supports Gmail keyboard shortcuts
People used to hitting "e" and "a" will find a lot to love here.
Pro Encryption
Fully supports PGP and S-MIME with built-in certificate management. Encrypt, sign and verify emails easily and securely.
Con No longer maintained by Nylas
Nylas Mail is no longer maintained by the original creators, but there are forks of it available.
Con Not free
You have to subscribe to a paid plan to use it.
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