Comment on Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service

• imvii@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  I’ve been using Thunderbird for email for years. I use it with some SMTP servers on shared hosting platforms, a yahoo account and a few gmail accounts - one with calendars. I don’t have any problems with it. Runs stable, doesn’t crash or do weird things. My only complaint would be search is a little clunky, but it works.

  I had to use Outlook client for year at another job and that client was hot garbage.

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  • MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    and it does RSS

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• A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  Whats wrong with the thunderbird client.

  Even when I was on windows back on XP I used it. Never had a problem with it or its functionality, personally.

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  • Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Nerds like us can figure it out.

    But it’s hardly user friendly. I’m not going to get into the minutiae, but Joe Blow could probably get it to fetch, and send, but the user interface options like font size, etc., blows. Typical nerd “It’s good enough for me, RTFM, losers.”

    And I’m too old to fuck with things for fun. I want it to just work, and I’m not paying Apple prices for that, or supporting Microsoft’s eventual SaaS subscription model, which WILL eventually happen.

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    • A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

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      I mean… It doesnt exactly take being hackerman, master of all hackermans to open a dropdown menu, bro.

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• dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

  What client do you recommend instead?

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  • Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    For Linux, I can’t think of another user side client. I use web based.

    So, I’m happy to see Mozilla get into that arena.

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  • Patch@feddit.uk ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

    Depends what you’re after. I’m a Thunderbird user, but if user friendliness is the aim then Geary is quite good.

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