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Add to SafariWhen comparing Sylpheed vs kmail, the Slant community recommends kmail for most people. In the question“What are the best email clients for UNIX-like systems?” kmail is ranked 8th while Sylpheed is ranked 12th. The most important reason people chose kmail is:
Its the only graphical email client which is properly integrated into kde plasma.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Reliable
No issues with stability or stuff going missing.
Pro Comprehensive settings
Pro Very very lightweight
It is simple and very lightweight where claws mail added a lot of bloat like themes and plugins slypheed keeps it simple.
Pro Proper kde intergation
Its the only graphical email client which is properly integrated into kde plasma.
Pro Has system tray icon
Good integration with plasma 5
Pro Supports POP3 and IMAP mailboxes
Cons
Con No encrypted mailbox
Likely hasn't been done by anyone since Calypso/Courier back in the 00's.
Con Buggy as of 2020
There are many bugs which are hard to track down in kmail, sometimes without any useful logs for troubleshooting. Sometimes the bugs are related to supportive applications like Akonadi, ect.
Con Poor UX
The user experience of kmail is extremely poor comparison to Thunderbird or evolution on Linux.
Con Buggy related kdepim applications
kmail by itself isn't the only application which is buggy, the many of the kdepim applications are buggy as of spring 2020.
Con No google support
You cant pass google 'Authentication' for the majority of the kdepim applications, The only support which works is via the kde 'online accounts' under 'system settings'. This only supports youtube and google hangouts integration.
Con Akonadi
Akonadi needs lot of ram
