Email client for Linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

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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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[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 10 points 1 day ago

This is why no-one in the right mind uses Sylpheed, but the actively maintained fork Claws Mail (which just recently had a new version released).

[-] swelter_spark@reddthat.com 1 points 5 hours ago

Sylpheed handles large amounts of email much better. It's fast even at 50k plus emails. Last time I tried Claws Mail, it choked on that.

[-] Dirk@lemmy.ml 1 points 3 hours ago

Edge cases are not the norm, though.

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