Comments on: New E-Mail Client Wanted

By: JC

JC — Wed, 25 May 2011 18:19:40 +0000

Don’t worry, I’ve seen a lot worse. I should re-design the blog anyway.

Mostly, I start out at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients just to get an overview. I don’t have any experience with maildir whatsoever.

Yes, I tried Postbox. The pro version comes with a 30-day free trial. I liked the folder layout a lot – especially the separation of accounts and folders – but regarding extensions I figured I was better off with Thunderbird. Well, the developers were busy I see so I just might try Postbox again. I wouldn’t mind paying if I’m happy with it.

Let’s hope you’re not experiencing Thunderbird issues anymore.

By: hydrostarr

hydrostarr — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:59:30 +0000

(fwiw: last post I made didn’t format in WYSIWYG fashion–no bulleted items. Thus, sorry if flows/formats poorly…don’t see a means to edit it…)

By: hydrostarr

hydrostarr — Wed, 25 May 2011 14:56:29 +0000

Thx, helpful. A couple questions:

Any other single-file-per-message (aka maildir/mh based; see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir ), cross-platform “desktop client” MUAs available that are worth mentioning in this “class” besides Sylpheed or Claws? http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maildir#Mail_readers doesn’t even list Claws nor Sylpheed; any on that list that’s worth of evaluating? fwiw, Lack of Mac OS X port makes Evolution a non-starter for me.
Did you evaluate Postbox? (guessing not, since it’s not free, but just checking…)

Separately: suspect my Thunderbird IMAP probs are now solved: http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?p=10838195#p10838195 . Possibly solved by a disk-cache-size setting change, but not certain.

By: JC

JC — Wed, 25 May 2011 13:16:06 +0000

Actually, I did try them all and - once again - I stuck with Thunderbird. Back then I didn't have enough time on my hands to write about this re-evaluation and now I can't remember the details. I did like Sylpheed a lot, though, but I can't remember what really bugged me using it.

Unfortunately, I don't like my mailboxes crowded with mails so I can't elaborate on that. Suffice to say that after my recent vacation one of my mailboxes had a couple thousand new mails waiting for me and Thunderbird didn't break a sweat. No lagging and no syncing problems.

Hopefully, tweaking Thunderbird's IMAP settings will help you out. For the record, I'm on Windows (XP/7).

By: hydrostarr

hydrostarr — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:30:17 +0000

Maybe this was the result (Thunderbird winnning)?
http://www.brainassassin.com/2010/08/20/thunderbird-imap-tweak-preferences/
If so… still have issues. Thunderbird really performing poorly for my large-number-of-IMAP-folder config. Removes and then has to resync folders/msgs seemingly at random. Incredibly intrusive and virtually unusable at times (compared to my previous POP3 config with same usage paradigm). Maybe the “imap-tweak” stuff will help/fix things? Will give it a try.

By: hydrostarr

hydrostarr — Mon, 23 May 2011 21:27:47 +0000

Very interested in the results. Thunderbird, Postbox, and Outlook are all falling short of my needs on my MacOS 10.6.7 (Macbook Air) system. Some details about my primary struggles with Thunderbird:
http://forums.mozillazine.org/viewtopic.php?f=39&t=2203721
Among other things, Sylpheed seems quite interesting. But would like to know the results of the above “re-evaluation.” :)