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.dont use kmail. it has great function-ability and looks good, but it will completely break every year at least
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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
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
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.
Maybe Geary is what you are looking for?
*BTW
ive been using mailspring, pretty happy with it.
But mailspring uses electron tho
Evolution is nice https://flathub.org/apps/org.gnome.Evolution
Mailspring is not native, but looks more or less native (depending on why you prefer a native app, this might work).
