What is the best Email Client for Linux?

Today we take a look at 6 email clients available for Linux and see which one works best for us. These email clients are Mozilla Thunderbird, Evolution, Geary, Bluemail, Mailspring, and Betterbird. We look at speed, features, and ease of set up.

[johndoughto]

Audio sounds great... appreciate you sharing YOUR unique view!!!

[juancarlosrodriguez]

Thanks for the review. I didn't know betterbird existes, and will definetuvely test ir. Best regards.

[hermask]

From my own findings:
1. EM client for windows is my preferred client also how it works with caldav/carddav.
2. Second iOS native mail/notice/reminder/calendar apps.
The interaction of 1 and 2 are without problems.
3. Kmail/Kontact, evolution and thunderbird are ok, but all have problems with caldav/carddav. The mail part is fine, though.
4. Claws, balsa and geary are ok if you don’t need DAV integration, you can export addresses that others accept.
Z. The exclusion of Kmail is somewhat negligent.

[mrcvry]

I have several mail servers in Thunderbird and no start-up delay. 🤔

[linaresgoenaga]

Vivaldi has an email client too, it's not bad at all.

[ton]

I have a problem with thunderbird. At present thunderbird opens multiple tabs, one for each reply in an email thread. How can I change this behaviour short of changing to a different email client?

[unattributed]

Sounds like something went wrong with Thunderbird's initial index build of your email. You should run a repair check on your account. I've had to do this once due to my Internet connection dropping during the initial index build.

[oliverriedel]

Using mutt over here, in combination with vim as editor. Still the best!

[levin]

I am happy with Thunderbird. At one time, it was the only email client that did not send your IP address with your email to the receipent. That is most important in today's world where everyone wants to harvest all your idenitifing marks. I missed that point in your analysis.

[shrishak]

Please use a Wired MIC. your headphone/bluetooth or computer builtin MIC sound so off.

[linuxforpunks]

Thunderbird has no slowdown with gmail. That's just discounting Linux's easiest option. On this Microsoft-y, Outlook-y list of requirements, Thunderbird is the closest equivalent. But you should probably be travelling in the opposite direction and looking at LoRa, Meshtastic, onionmail. But but but... isn't the point of email to make all humanity mutually available at all time via a single communication protocol? Well yes that's exactly why you should use Linux to try and do something else.

[hahahaharada]

03:53 - Thunderbird
05:35 - Mailspring
07:25 - Bluemail
08:52 - Geary 💘
09:41 - Evolution
10:56 - Betterbird

👍

[thomas]

Hell's bells!! You are almost 4 minutes into your rambling diatribe before you even NAME one of those Email Services.... Sorry, I gave up after that.

[gregcampwriter]

I've always used a web browser, never having seen a point to e-mail clients.

[nemowei]

Mailspring is dead. Hopefully somebody take it over. Was a good email client 😢

[PaulG.x]

The mail directory in my Thunderbird is 7.7GB in size and it starts immediately - no delay.
If yours is slow it is probably not Thunderbird's fault.
Mine is using POP3 not IMAP

[shrishak]

Please use a Wired MIC. your headphone/bluetooth or computer builtin MIC sound so off.