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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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[–] singletona@lemmy.world 1 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I've been having a grand time with sylpheed.

Mostly because thunderbird changed its presentation layout and i took it personally. Plus sylpheed is lighter weight.

[–] ISOmorph@feddit.org 0 points 1 month ago (6 children)

Last stable version is over 7 years old. Ouch...

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[–] bubbalouie@lemmy.ml 0 points 1 month ago (1 children)

sudo apt install claws-mail

Fast, reliable, insanely functional - weird formats. Yes it has a calendar, works great.

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[–] fuckwit_mcbumcrumble@lemmy.dbzer0.com 0 points 1 month ago (5 children)

Any time I want to watch my emails I just go to the web ui for it. I doubt any 3rd party client will ever come close to what google and Microsoft offer for their own email accounts.

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