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
Thank goodness you told us you use Arch
If you have a Qt based desktop (KDE, LXQt…) use Kmail.
If you have a GTK based desktop (Gnome, XFCE…) use Geary.dont use kmail. it has great function-ability and looks good, but it will completely break every year at least
Geary
Kmail
claws-mail
The upcoming (recently released) thunderbird version might be what you’re looking for! It’s not yet in most official repos though.
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.
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I’ve tried it, doesn’t seem to work, thank you though.
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.
He said he’s using Arch so it should be available. I got it on my EndeavourOS and I’m really satisfied.
Oh I missed that he’s using arch. In that case, he can install it from AUR, possibly building it himself, followed by only a few hours of troubleshooting what broke in his system after doing that :-P
What are you talking about? It’s trivial to install a new app. One command, no reboot.
sudo pacman -S thunderbird
literally effortless.Yup. Because it’s in the main repos. Though with all the hype around it, I felt kinda disappointed with it. For me, it didnt follow the typical 3 column layout, and opened the actual email under the list of emails, rather than next to it.
You can adjust that, just so you know. It’s configurable!
Yeah, I couldn’t find how, and I’m no longer on Arch (unrelated), thanks anyways.
¯\_(ツ)_/¯
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)…
I’m using Thunderbird for my outlook.office365.com email account which is managed by employer. It works perfect.
- Set server name to outlook.office365.com and Authentication method to OAuth2
- Thunderbird will give you a pop-up window, which let you fill in the username and password
- 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
It is available on snap in the beta channel if you want it through a package
NO SNAPS!
Do grow up
You’re looking for Geary
I’m happy with Evolution.
Evolution is nice https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Evolution
Maybe Geary is what you are looking for?
Mailspring is not native, but looks more or less native (depending on why you prefer a native app, this might work).
Maybe you want to try MailSpring, It is very customisable, and there are many different pre-configured layouts to choose from
ive been using mailspring, pretty happy with it.
What do you mean? Thunderbird is the default mail application on Windows for me. I didn’t even know there is something else.