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Add to SafariWhen comparing Claws Mail vs The Bat! Professional, the Slant community recommends Claws Mail for most people. In the question“What are the best e-mail clients for Windows?” Claws Mail is ranked 6th while The Bat! Professional is ranked 8th. The most important reason people chose Claws Mail is:
Claws Mail is a low resource e-mail client that is often default in low resource Linux distributions.
Specs
Question Ranking
Pros
Pro Low resource client
Claws Mail is a low resource e-mail client that is often default in low resource Linux distributions.
Pro Open-Source
Pro Has many plugins for extra functionality
Pro Traditional user interface
Pro Clean interface with 5 layout variants
Pro Saves emails in uncompressed readable format
Allows one to read archived emails with a text editor.
Pro Has very strong filters
The filters a much stronger than in thunderbird.
Pro Saves passwords in encrypted format
Pro Has many themes
Pro Also supported on Windows
This makes switching the platform easier.
Pro Good support for Google's services
Pro Fast and lightweight
Has a very small installation footprint.
Pro Granular control
When you need that setting that does that certain thing, you'll most likely find it in The Bat and nowhere else.
Cons
Con Blocks and freezes all the time
Con Saves passwords in plain format
Con Too much bloat
some people dont like the simple design of slypheed so they forked it and created claws mail but it has become so bloated since itsbeginnings.
Con Saves emails in uncompressed format
This takes more space on the HDD.
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.
Con Only available for Windows
Con It's all about cash - support, new licenses policy, bugs. Not worth buying.
Two programmers coding - this means every release is full of bugs sometimes making this app unusable. Dev version is testing via community.
