On Wed, Jul 07, 2021 at 11:41:25PM -0400, Polyna-Maude Racicot-Summerside wrote: > Hi guys (and possibly girls), > > I am currently using Thunderbird as a mail reader. > It did a good job until now. > I am also using the PGP plugin. > > But I am feeling the limits, it also gets somewhat pretty slow (even > with a powerful enough computer) if I need for example delete 100 > messages on my mailing list inbox. > > I was planning at first to create different folder and copy messages to > each of them, so I have a local archive of my conversation on the Debian > mailing list. > > But I've changed my mind as Thunderbird is somewhat slow. > > What would any of you suggest as a mail reading software ? > I could use claws-mail > I could use other mail client > I could also install a web based mail client on another server and > possibly create some local folders (don't know if this is possible). > I get my mail for a IMAP server and use SMTP for sending, so this is > pretty much a standard installation. > > As I have a unused server in a data center, I wouldn't mind to use it as > a remote mail client. But this is a 2nd choice, I would rather have a > local copy of my messages. This way I can easily do some search, even if > I'm having problem with Internet or copy it onto my laptop, having > access where I don't have access to 3G/4G internet. > > Thanks for all the opinions you may give. > > > -- > Polyna-Maude R.-Summerside > -Be smart, Be wise, Support opensource development >
Mutt is incredibly versatile and is a really good reader for non-HTML email. mbsync seems to work for me (after some tweaking) to pull down mail quickly and accurately to the local machine. I did cheat in that I have someone else who has a working email server and Debian colleagues who were willing to share some setup. As ever - it depends on whether the feature set is right for _you_ :) All the best, Andy Cater
