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

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Post by staunch »

vulpes wrote: post #17

Surprised there isn't any votes for Postbox app ( http://getpostbox.com ). * It integrates well with gmail * does great with multiple accounts * multiple outgoing addresses * great search functionality * GTD tools such as assigning emails a topic. * Integration with facebook/twitter to pull up contact info * Extensions such as calendar and contacts Based on thunderbird, all around awesome client.

No Linux version :(

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

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Post by aidenn0 »

scottw wrote: post #34

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

I too use this. At work I use the same combination, but also Evolution, just because I get too many customer e-mails that are unreadable without an html reader. For personal e-mail, I get few enough of those that a lynx filter is sufficient.

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

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Post by PStamatiou »

jasonlbaptiste wrote: post #3

straight up google apps gmail with gmail notifier. As far as multiple accounts: 1) set other accounts up to forward to your gmail/gapps email 2) setup a filter + auto label system for those emails 3) add it as an outgoing email that you can reply from (limited to 7 i THINK)

same google apps gmail setup except i dont use gmail notifier (used to). instead i have an SSB (fluid.app) running it and it gives me the red dock icon counter thing.

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

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Post by antidaily »

modoc wrote: post #35
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:)

I just wish there was an Inbox that combined all incoming mail from my 4 accounts.

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

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Post by revertts »

mjgoins wrote: post #28

fetchmail -> procmail -> mutt -> vim -> gpg -> ssmtp

This is similar to what I use, except offlineimap instead of fetchmail and esmtp instead of ssmtp.

I like offlineimap because it does a bidirectionaly sync, meaning I can keep a local backup of mail, but still use the web client when I need to (without a ton of old mail sitting around).

I started using esmpt because it handles local mail delivery when paired with procmail, allowing me to get the infrequent messages to root without having to run a full MTA on my laptop. There's also a script to allow mail queuing, but I haven't ever bothered with it.

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

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Post by GrandMasterBirt »

gmail + thunderbird at work.

1 gmail account for all span (even if it looks like it might possibly have a slight chance of being span i use this email). Not forwarded. 1 gmail account (old) forwarded to main gmail account 1 gmail account main 1 work account

I use thunderbird at work to view work related emails, but gmail client to do everything else. Can't beat that damn gmail client!

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

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Post by naish »

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…

Turn on the Activity Viewer: Window->Activity Viewer or ⌘-0. Shows each account being accessed and all related activity. Also allows actions to be cancelled.
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