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Email client for Linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 15 hours ago by marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/linux@lemmy.ml

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I have been looking for an email client on Linux after being tired of Gmail and Outlook web clients.

I had Thunderbird installed on my system and thought I'd give it a spin. I set up POP for my email accounts and it worked fantastic... For a total of 2 hours, after which I realised that searching in Thunderbird is simply not going to work for me. I need to search by attachment name and sometimes even by text inside attachment and unfortunately Thunderbird can't do that (I think I tried an extension too but it made the UI super clunky to the point that I couldn't even understand how to navigate it anymore).

Does Betterbird or any other email client fix this problem? I'm willing to try other options if they are FOSS.

Thanks

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[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 9 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

I'd prefer not to go to their Web UIs because of how much tracking is present on those sites (adding rules and filters to ublock origin for Gmail nearly killed me). I'd prefer a FOSS option.

[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

… they already have your emails. Not only that, but just about everything else they could possibly want to know about you.

Unless you plan on moving to a more private provider I wouldn’t worry about that.

[–] marauding_gibberish142@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 14 hours ago

Agreed, and I do plan to move to other providers. I should add that I find a desktop client convenient, and I don't mind the Thunderbird UI at the moment. Unfortunately, lack of a single feature breaks it for me