Collection of experiences with different email desktop clients.
by brunof,
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by sys_filer
Thunderbird
2
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eM Client
1
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Postbox
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Outlook
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Ferdi
3
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Mailspring
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Spike
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Live Mail
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Inbox2
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Mail
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Mailbird
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Setup
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Setup
Automatic for HSR (IMAP), live.com and Google. |
Setup
Automatic for HSR (Exchange) and Google. |
Setup
Offers to import from an old Thunderbird install, nice! |
Setup
Need to manually setup a GMail account. |
Setup
Like via the browser |
Setup
Oidc for GMail, IMAP for live.com,... |
Setup
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Setup
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Setup
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Setup
Comes with Mac OS X |
Setup
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OS
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OS
Windows/Mac/Linux |
OS
Windows/Mac |
OS
looks like it's based on Thunderbird |
OS
Win64 |
OS
Browser-based (Windows/Mac/Linux) |
OS
Windows, Linux, Mac |
OS
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OS
Windows |
OS
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OS
Mac OS X only |
OS
Windows |
Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
feels somehow slow |
Responsiveness
often slow, unresponsive |
Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Responsiveness
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Social
Social connectors. |
Social
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Social
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Social
Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Dropbox. options - Advanced - Web Services |
Social
Facebook, LinkedIn, Xing |
Social
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Social
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Social
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Social
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Social
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Social
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Social
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PIM
Personal Information Manager features. |
PIM
Calendar, contacts, notes, tasks, chat |
PIM
Calendar, contacts, notes, tasks, chat |
PIM
no extensions... |
PIM
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PIM
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PIM
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PIM
Calendar, contacts, notes, tasks, chat |
PIM
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PIM
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PIM
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PIM
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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User Interface
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Spelling
Spelling checker. |
Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Spelling
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Person Context
View all the emails per person. |
Person Context
Search only by Email address only. |
Person Context
History in contact details side-pane. |
Person Context
2-click search |
Person Context
With social connector, including Facebook posts,... |
Person Context
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Person Context
History in sidebar |
Person Context
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Person Context
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Person Context
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Person Context
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Person Context
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Problems
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Labels
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Archive
Archive mails on GMail. |
Archive
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Archive
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Archive
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Archive
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Archive
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Archive
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Archive
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Archive
Move-to "All mail" |
Archive
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Archive
Drag 'Archive' onto ‘All mail’ |
Archive
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Folders
Map inbox, sent, trash, spam to the correct server folders. |
Folders
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Folders
allows to hide folders |
Folders
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Folders
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Folders
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Folders
no config... |
Folders
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Folders
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Folders
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Folders
Select folder - Mailbox - Use this Mailbox for |
Folders
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Reply Format
Format of the included original message. |
Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
indent only |
Reply Format
direct, indent, prefix |
Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Reply Format
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Price
[CHF] min. 3 devices |
Price
$10 per year (Exchange add-on) |
Price
99.-, 249.95 lifetime |
Price
$39 lifetime |
Price
160.- |
Price
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Price
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Price
$240 per year (5 accounts) |
Price
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Price
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Price
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Price
22.- |
Identities
Send mail from a specific identity. |
Identities
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Identities
Aliases |
Identities
including outgoing mail servers |
Identities
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Identities
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Identities
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Identities
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Identities
only the account identity |
Identities
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Identities
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Identities
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Conversations
Group messages as a conversation. |
Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
focused on |
Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Conversations
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
Does not cleanup previous drafts after send or save. |
Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
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Auto-Save
Does not cleanup previous drafts after send or save. |
Auto-Save
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