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 HalcyonMuse » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:56 AM UTC

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.

I, too, was surprised there weren't more. I use this; I like it quite a lot. The search feels quite superior to Thunderbird's native search.

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

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Post by CGamesPlay » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:57 AM UTC

aquinn wrote: post #38

trefn wrote: post #31

Earlier quoted context omitted.

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.

It is available for Firefox 3.5 and it does sync all your recent mail, including attachments. It uses an automatic, non-configurable heuristic to determine how much mail to sync. I believe mine syncs the past 1 year's.

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

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Post by sielskr » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 12:58 AM UTC

VM, which (like gnus) is built on top of Emacs. I use a very old version (version 5) because I did not like the direction the project took after that. Heavily modified by me.

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

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Post by timf » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:03 AM UTC

321abc wrote: post #37

claws http://www.claws-mail.org

Me too. Stable, fast, extensible, keyboard friendly, and tons of features.

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

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Post by [deleted] » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:27 AM UTC

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:)

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

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Post by eapen » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:30 AM UTC

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.

postbox is not free :(

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

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Post by zandorg » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:37 AM UTC

Thunderbird for Windows over SSL POP3.

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

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Post by ramy_d » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:41 AM UTC

i switched from thunderbird to evolution and have been very pleased.

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

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Post by mgrouchy » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:55 AM UTC

Outlook at Work. Gmail and Google Apps gmail for my domain accounts.Also use gmail on my blackberry through the regular blackberry email client.

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

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Post by jhancock » Wed, Aug 12, 2009, 1:57 AM UTC

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)

seems a shame to have to jump through these hoops simply because the gmail web client doesn't handle account switching. Gmail really needs to fix this!!!