What are the best cross-platform email clients?

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4 Options Considered	Price	Platforms	IMAP
-- Mozilla Thunderbird	Free	Windows, macOS, Linux	Yes
-- Mailspring	-	–	–
-- Postbox	$40	MacOS, Windows	Yes
-- Simon's Mail	Free	Web, Windows, Android, Chrome app	Yes
-- Nylas Mail	Free	Linux, Mac, Windows	Yes

Mozilla Thunderbird

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Supports multiple accounts and identities

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Interface is old-fashioned

But a new interface is coming soon. And it looks stunning. See More

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Free (as in freedom and beer)

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Development slowed to only focus on stability and security

Mozilla Thunderbird has slowed down its development of features to only focus resources on security and stability. See More

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Very reliable

Version after version, Mozilla Thunderbird works as expected. See More

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Quite sluggish

Triggering commands usually is delayed for a noticeable moment. See More

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Available for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Fetching mails often collides with compacting

Especially if Thunderbird detects that a folder could be compressed and suggests to do that (while fetching fails), it often reports problems in doing this because the 2 tasks could not work on the same folder at the same time. See More

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Powerful filtering options

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Can be extended to be very restrictive

E.g. show HTML messages only on demand. See More

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Lightning Calendar and Address Book integration

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Portable version available

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Good filtering system

Mozilla Thunderbird offers a flexible filtering system with the ability to set flags and read/unread, as well as sort/assign to new mail directories. There are also numerous plugins available to assist in the filtering. See More

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Large assortment of plugins available

Mozilla Thunderbird offers a huge amount of extensions to expand the usability and options of the client. See More

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Tabs for navigation

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Available on Linux, OS X and Windows

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Consistent and involving a moderate learning curve

The app design of Mozilla Thunderbird has not changed significantly since its beginning, making its learning curve almost non-existent. See More

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Large file attachments accepted.

Install pCoud plugin for thunderbird and send upto 20 GB for free. Simple, drag and drop, converted into download link. Anyone can download the link See More

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Platforms: Windows, macOS, Linux

Exchange Support:Yes

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Mailspring

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Snoozing support

You can swipe to archive / snooze messages and specify when you'd like them to resurface in your inbox. See More

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Pro subscription model

To use some features, like contact profiles and link tracking more than a few times a month, you need to pay for a Pro subscription. See More

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Unified inbox

Using a single inbox for all of your email accounts helps you get more done in less time. Mailspring supports every major mail provider—Gmail, iCloud, Office 365, Outlook.com, Yahoo!, and IMAP/SMTP—so you have a single, streamlined command center for all your messages. See More

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No portable windows (.zip) bundle available

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CPU / battery efficient

Mailspring uses a C++ sync engine designed to be as efficient as possible, so you can leave the app running and not see your laptop battery life drain away. See More

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No addressbook

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Read receipts and link tracking

Activity tracking is built into Mailspring so you get notified as soon as contacts read your messages and can follow up appropriately. See More

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Unlimited number of accounts

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Great integration with Gmail

Mailspring has great integration with gmail features and tags. See More

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Neat UI

The UI is very well designed and neat. See More

Postbox

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Simple, elegant, powerful

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Way too expensive

Currently the price is at 45€ (US $40). That's ridiculous for an E-Mail client. The design alone is pretty but neither does that or the functionality in any way justify the pricing. See More

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One Inbox for all accounts

All messages in one place. But you can select to show only messages from each account either. See More

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Platforms:MacOS, Windows

Exchange Support:Yes

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Simon's Mail

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Some message types can't be read

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Supports viewing many attachment types

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Platforms:Web, Windows, Android, Chrome app

Languages:English, Czech

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Nylas Mail

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Recommended 7 days ago

Much better than that thunderbird

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Recommended 2 months ago

Very good! I run it on manjaro without a problem! Very clean et efficient, even the free version!

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Mozilla Thunderbird

Recommended 2 months ago

Calendar, Mail, Invitations, Twitter integration, hundreds of add-ons... just the most versatile email client out there

Supports multiple accounts and identities

Powerful filtering options

Free (as in freedom and beer)

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Recommended a month ago

One of the best email clients on Windows.

Unlimited number of accounts

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Recommended 2 months ago

MY EXPERIENCE WAS FAULTLESS (29-5-2018)

Way too expensive

Simple, elegant, powerful

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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On Linux, slow & lags.

Free (as in freedom and beer)

Available for Windows, Mac and Linux

Powerful filtering options

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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Free (as in freedom and beer)

Available for Windows, Mac and Linux

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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