Ask HN: What email client do you use? • Hacker News Board

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by trefn » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:08 AM UTC

sidmitra wrote: post #26

tdm911 wrote: post #9

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use the Google Apps/Gmail interface also. I've found that as it has matured over time there are less reasons I would want a desktop client and more reasons for having the portability of a cross platform, location independent web interface. Gmail is a class act when it comes to web apps.

I use IMAP on gmail with opera. I need a desktop client, for times when i'm not connected and quickly need to search an old email for some small little detail. I just use it as an offline backup, and keep it synced.

Google has an offline gmail version in beta. Requires Google Gears (not available for FF3.5, last I checked) but works for Safari.

All my mail is synced locally but I can still use the Gmail interface.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by jrockway » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:09 AM UTC

Gnus. (Local IMAP fed by offlineimap from my real IMAP server.)

I use K9 on my phone.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by marcocampos » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:18 AM UTC

Gmail and Mutt.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by scottw » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:29 AM UTC

fetchmail/procmail/mutt. All of my addresses forward to a single imap account (some via gmail for spam filtering).

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by modoc » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:32 AM UTC

jseliger wrote: post #2

Apple's Mail.app, which is Good Enough. I have five accounts, all of them are checked with a single click, and I don't have to worry beyond that.

And it syncs all the accounts over to my iPhone:)

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by zacharypinter » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:33 AM UTC

I use Gnus.

I've got it setup so all my incoming mail lands in Gmail. Then, Gnus checks that account via POP3. Gnus only checks mail when prompted, so anything that Gnus hasn't fetched yet shows up as unread when viewed on the web or via iPhone/IMAP. Gnus is setup to select the correct SMTP server based on the contents of the message being replied to or the view that initiated compose-mail.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by 321abc » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:33 AM UTC

claws

http://www.claws-mail.org

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by aquinn » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:36 AM UTC

trefn wrote: post #31

sidmitra wrote: post #26

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I use IMAP on gmail with opera. I need a desktop client, for times when i'm not connected and quickly need to search an old email for some small little detail. I just use it as an offline backup, and keep it synced.

Google has an offline gmail version in beta. Requires Google Gears (not available for FF3.5, last I checked) but works for Safari. All my mail is synced locally but I can still use the Gmail interface.

it doesn't sync all your mail.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by shoesfullofdust » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:43 AM UTC

GyazMail: http://gyazsquare.com/gyazmail/

I've been using this Mac OS X client for quite some time. It's everything I want in a desktop client. It has become rock soid and is slowly but steadily improving and adding features.

Re: Ask HN: What email client do you use?

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Post by smutt » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:47 AM UTC

zackham wrote: post #14

Mail.app with MailActOn ( http://www.indev.ca/MailActOn.html ) which I am not affiliated with and is not free. Use it for 7 email accounts, lots of RSS, all filtered carefully into one combined inbox and organized manually but quickly into local folders with that MailActOn app. In my experience heavy use of Mail.app results in accounts that do not get checked for email, and show no connection error or indication of a…

I second that complaint about Mail.app. It's a great client and I use it for my main job email account. But the refresh button is essentially useless.

More than once our mail server has been down at work and I don't notice until I try and send something.