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Old 07-05-2011, 10:57 AM   #1
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Question What email client would you recommend?

Thunderbird seems 'laggy'. What email client would you recommend (mainly for a gmail account)? I am running KDE by the way.
 
Old 07-05-2011, 10:58 AM   #2
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claws mail

Kind regards
 
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Old 07-05-2011, 11:00 AM   #3
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Hi george!

So, I use Alpine, a terminal email client. But, with KDE you can use the KMail, its a good mail client!

I hope this help you!
 
Old 07-05-2011, 11:03 AM   #4
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Hi,

I'm with repo on this one: Claws mail.

Hope this helps.
 
Old 07-05-2011, 11:10 AM   #5
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Busy building claws from sbopkg now, will report back. Looking at the website it seems to be quite nice.
 
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Don't forget the plugins.

Kind regards
 
Old 07-05-2011, 11:21 AM   #7
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claws mail

Kind regards
I second that
Make sure you have the html plugin. You will need it
 
Old 07-05-2011, 12:30 PM   #8
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For Slackware 13.37, you can find packages for Claws v3.7.9 here or here.

Thanks rlworkman =]
 
Old 07-05-2011, 12:36 PM   #9
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Don't forget to visit the Claws website for the plugins and the documentation. It's very configurable once you know how to do it.
 
Old 07-05-2011, 12:42 PM   #10
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Hmmm, I have been using Thunderbird on Slackware and does not seem laggy, but I am very curious to try out this Claws program!
 
Old 07-05-2011, 12:47 PM   #11
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Mutt, claws-mail or sylpheed, in that order
 
Old 07-05-2011, 12:51 PM   #12
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Try evolution.
 
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Kind regards
 
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Hmmm, I have been using Thunderbird on Slackware and does not seem laggy, but I am very curious to try out this Claws program!
Claws is excellent. Feature-rich and infinitely configurable. Sylpheed is a very nice alternative. Mutt if you are happy using the terminal and console.
 
Old 07-05-2011, 01:24 PM   #15
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Ok, installed claws and the plugins from sbopkg. Now it gives me an error saying 'Can't connect to IMAP4 server: imap.gmail.com:993' then I select 'close'.

I closed it and opened it again, it now gives me this error:
Code:
Claws Mail has detected a configured mailbox, but it is incomplete. It is possibly due to a failing IMAP account. Use "Rebuild folder tree" on the mailbox parent folder's context menu to try to fix it.
I do the rebuilding but after sometime it just gives me the 'Can't connect to IMAP4 server: imap.gmail.com:993' error again if I select view log this is in the log
Code:
** IMAP error on imap.gmail.com: stream error
what am I doing wrong or not doing? I followed this guide: http://crunchbanglinux.org/wiki/howt...ith_claws-mail

Thanks

P.S.

Which plugins do you recommend I install?
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