[Discuss] FOSS email that doesn't suck -- does such a thing exist?

[Randy Cole]

I used to use Eudora, and really liked it.  But it was abandoned (turned
over to mozilla folks?) several years ago, so now just use gmail's web
client and put up with the UI limitations.


On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 9:53 PM, Dan Ritter <dsr at randomstring.org> wrote:

> On Sun, Mar 17, 2013 at 09:02:05PM -0400, Rich Pieri wrote:
> > I've spent a fair bit of time over the past few days trying to find a
> > FOSS email program that isn't a steaming pile. So far? No luck.
> >
> > I ask all of you: is there a FOSS mail program that's genuinely
> > cross-platform, handles multiple mail accounts elegantly including
> > cross-account message filtering, and doesn't suck mud through a straw?
>
> No.
>
> Can you cut cross-platform from your list of requirements if you
> can *use* the program on any internet-connected machine?
>
> Or perhaps you can give up on using exactly the same program
> everywhere.
>
> For example, I use dovecot to serve IMAP/SSL. That's a central
> storage area, and thus a central place to filter. I can read via
> K9 on my phone, mutt on many machines, and Thunderbird when for
> some reason I want that. By redefining my mail ego to be the
> mail store rather than the user program, I gain great advantage.
>
> I recognize that might not be what you want, but I advocate it
> for anyone who is serious about mail as a form of communication.
>
> -dsr-
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