I have been using KDE for a while, while I like many features I am looking for suggestions to the default email client:

Kmail - completely unusable for me and the only one which could maybe be integrated with kontacts, it could not receive mails from IMAP or pop or would receive only sometimes

Geary - good but too minimal, I need at least some kind of contact list and mailing lists feature, maybe this integrates with gnome contacts? I couldn’t find anything in settings

  • morbidcactus@lemmy.ca
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    2 days ago

    I’ve used Thunderbird since forever as my go-to client, I used mutt as well for a while and that met my needs pretty well.

  • steeznson@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    Has anyone got gmail or outlook working via SMTP in the past couple years? I was using the former with emacs gnus and then it started demanding additional auth that I couldn’t provide via a simple file, then in the past 6 months the latter stopped letting me log in.

    My ~/.gnus file was like this -

    setq user-mail-address "my.name@hotmail.co.uk"
      user-full-name "My Name")

(setq gnus-select-method
      '(nnimap "outlook"
           (nnimap-address "imap-mail.outlook.com")
           (nnimap-server-port 993)
           (nnimap-stream ssl)))

(setq smtpmail-smtp-server "smtp-mail.outlook.com"
      smtpmail-smtp-service 587
      gnus-ignored-newsgroups "^to\\.\\|^[0-9. ]+\\( \\|$\\)\\|^[\"]\"[#'()]")

    ~/.authinfo (encrypted with gpg) -

    machine imap-mail.outlook.com login my.name@hotmail.co.uk password **** port 993
machine smtp-mail.outlook.com login my.name@hotmail.co.uk password **** port 587

    I think I might need to start hosting my own email server because every authentication option on these services requires some extra step or fingerprinting that gnus can’t provide. Maybe I should give up and try Thunderbird to see if that would work.

    • Isaac@waterloolemmy.caEnglish
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      2 days ago

      I spun up a mailcow instance relatively simply through elestio (new to me devops as a service). Takes a few clicks, let’s you pick your cloud provider and has pretty slick admin UI to manage firewalls and dockerfiles etc.

      I’ve never setup an SMTP server before, but I’ve decided to with my “buy Canadian” initiative to eschew the tech-oligarchy at every turn I can. Not for Canadians sovereignty alone, but to help get rid the planet of billionaires by starving them of their capital.

      But I digress, mailcow makes setting up DNS a breeze and elestio makes mailcow a breeze. I’ve actually spun up this Lemmy instance on elestio too, just so nice its a game changer. Here’s info about mailcow https://elest.io/open-source/mailcow and no I’m not affiliated with elestio, just seems solid thus far (only been using it for a month, but support is on point too).

    • steeznson@lemmy.world
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      2 days ago

      Ok going to try Thunderbird tomorrow and if it works then I’ll see if I can reverse engineer whatever it does into gnus

  • AnUnusualRelic@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Kmail, Thunderbird, Evolution. That’s pretty much it.

    There’s always some weird niche client somewhere but it won’t be a hidden gem. Although I guess you can always use Pine (or rather Alpine nowadays) if you want to appear ubergeeky.

  • blackris@discuss.tchncs.de
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    3 days ago

    Evolution is really great. I was able to make Kmail work, so because it integrates best into Plasma, I am using that. But setting it up was not a fun experience.

  • Giddy@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    3 days ago

    Every time I look around for a new mail client I come back to thunderbird. Nothing else ticks all the boxes

  • cohete@lemmy.world
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    3 days ago

    If your into Linux and a decent admin. Nothing is better than neomutt. Add not much.

    Filtering and searching is faster than Google on gigs of mail.

    It will take a long time to configure it well. But it’s worth it. I rarely change the config.

    I have been using Linux since 1992.

  • TXL@sopuli.xyz
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    4 days ago

    Nothing has beat mutt so far. But that’s not for everyone, naturally.