[Users] possibly switching to claws

John B yonaton at riseup.net
Sun Oct 20 15:03:09 CET 2019


On Sun, 20 Oct 2019 07:48:03 -0700
Josh L via Users <users at lists.claws-mail.org> wrote:

> Hi all:
> 
> Thanks for some of the thoughts put forth in the thread.
> 
> for what it's worth, using this page (which is how I came across
> Claws) 
> https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_email_clients#Operating_system_support
> 
> I sorted the wikipedia table by which ones supposedly would
> operate in Linux, MacOS and Windows.  Then today I decided to
> make some notes in a spreadsheet as to which ones I thought
> might best suit my needs.  The net result for now:
> 
> Main candidates left:
> >Claws Mail
> >i.Scribe / InScribe
> >Mozilla Thunderbird
> >Trojitá
> >Hiri
> >SeaMonkey Mail & Newsgroups  
> 
> Not completely ruled out:
> >Alpine
> >Mailpile
> >Sylpheed
> >Mulberry  
> 
> more improbable, but not completely ruled out:
> >GroupWise
> >IBM Lotus Notes (HCL?)   
> 
  
  The Seamonkey suite is actually pretty darn good and 'just works'. I'll not
  give up my Claws mail client, but I have it set up as a 'backup' over any
  other e-mail client. Naturally this is just personal preferance and opinions
  will vary.


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