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Minimalist email client for desktop?
(lemmy.world)
Maybe Mailspring or Geary might be something in the direction you are looking.
While mailspring looks nice, the requirement to create a mail spring ID to use it does not appear to be optional which is off-putting.
Mu4e
There are also mutt and neomutt.
I personally have been using the latter for years, but it requires some time to setup and tweak until it fits your purposes.
Documentation is top-notch though, and customizability a first-class concern.
Betterbird is good, not really minimalist but worth a try...
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