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
This doesn’t really answer your question, but you may want to consider hanging on to Thunderbird given massive UI upgrade that’s coming very soon for it: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2023/07/our-fastest-most-beautiful-release-ever-thunderbird-115-supernova-is-here/
It’s released already, just not in flathub yet.
Ooooh. That looks good. It’s going to take a while to get used to a new Firefox design after using the same ui for 15 years 😅
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Thank goodness you told us you use Arch
Oh, i saw your comment and tried really hard not to interact, but i really have to tell you something.
I use arch btw
If you have a Qt based desktop (KDE, LXQt…) use Kmail.
If you have a GTK based desktop (Gnome, XFCE…) use Geary.Geary?
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.
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 thunderbirdliterally 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)_/¯
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.
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.
I’ve never used it myself, but I’ve heard a lot of people use something called birdtray to do that, it’s made specifically for Thunderbird
I’ve tried it, doesn’t seem to work, thank you though.
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
As a funny coincidence, your post showed on my home page 2 posts apart from this one:
https://lemmy.world/post/2021471
(Microsoft forcing migration from the default mail app)
This sucks :(
I tried their new pwa app and its trash
I use geary
I’m happy with Evolution.
ive been using mailspring, pretty happy with it.
But mailspring uses electron tho
*BTW
Evolution is nice https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Evolution
Maybe Geary is what you are looking for?
