I really like Thunderbird, it's the only truly cross-platform mail app, with K9 also now on Android.

Works perfect, I even migrated my Windows install to Linux just by copying the data folder, absolutely seamless.

Not sure why people are hating on it so much here. Point to an alternative with the same features?

ACS_Solver 4 hours ago | parent | next [-]

I've been using Thunderbird for my email for a very long time. Probably since some early 1.0 release.

In these years, I've also had it on Windows and Linux, I've migrated it easily across many OS installs and hardware changes, I've used it with different kinds of email accounts and servers. It's worked with PGP encrypted mail, with SpamAssassin on the server and more.

It's great. It doesn't change much, which is probably a good thing, Firefox lost me as a user at some point. Thunderbird mostly stays the same, adding features occasionally. As I write this, I realize I'm so used to Thunderbird I'm not even sure what other clients are available. Definitely one of the best programs I've used.

▲

copperx 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

people point to the rare bug report that deletes absolutely everything in the account. but at this point, I don't even know if it's true.

▲

jorvi 4 hours ago | parent [-]

I've been hit by that bug, although it only deletes mail AFAIK. There's a separate bug that completely corrupts the mail database on compaction, making Thunderbird lock up including for every future launch.

Its a beautiful open source effort but products that have bugs like that languish for 10-20 years just aren't reliable. I need my mail client to be reliable.

	▲	mrks_hy 4 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I've been using it to close to 20 years with multiple accounts and it was rock-solid. I wouldn't extrapolate from anecdata, in either direction. But we should not spread FUD. If you can link to the bug I'd be interested, otherwise it doesn't add much value to claim this.

▲

dominicq 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

I can't get it to save emails that I've corresponded with on the Android app. I always have to find specific emails in the email history, and then "Compose message to". If I try to start a new email and start typing the name, or email address, there's no dropdown, no suggestion. Have you ever had this issue on Android?

▲

charcircuit 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

Gmail can be used from any modern platform through the web and has dedicated Android and iOS apps too.

▲

cropcirclbureau 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

Gmail has ads inline that are hard to distinguish from real emails. What kind of self-respecting person uses that when they have the technical knowhow to spend time on hackernews (i.e. options)?

▲

dmantis 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

1. web is too slow compared to any decent desktop client. thunderbird navigation/deletion/message opening is basically instant from human perception, web version operations are visible to human eye.

2. doesn't cut trackers

▲

Barbing 4 hours ago | parent | prev | next [-]

It's bad enough so many of us have to get our emails through them. Adding even more tracking on top of that… No, thank you. I don't want all my scroll positions on all my emails to be logged in their database forever.

▲

mrks_hy 4 hours ago | parent | prev [-]

It cannot do PGP, by design, just for a very obvious fault. It won't let you use your own domain and web storage. Sorry, no contest.

	▲	cbeach 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I use Gmail with my own domain (you have to pay for the privilege but Google Workspace has been very reliable and flexible for my purposes) I'd rather use Google's web storage than my own. I don't have the time nor the expertise to implement multi-region replication etc. I understand that granting Google access to one's emails might be a dealbreaker for journalists, dissidents etc, though - so clearly Gmail is no good if you have legitimate need for PGP.