I tried Thunderbird but it’s got a lot going for it. I just want something simple and minimal
Preferably a native app rather than something built with electron
I use Arch Linux
Thank goodness you told us you use Arch
Oh, i saw your comment and tried really hard not to interact, but i really have to tell you something.
I use arch btw
If you have a Qt based desktop (KDE, LXQt…) use Kmail.
If you have a GTK based desktop (Gnome, XFCE…) use Geary.dont use kmail. it has great function-ability and looks good, but it will completely break every year at least
Geary
Kmail
claws-mail
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The upcoming (recently released) thunderbird version might be what you’re looking for! It’s not yet in most official repos though.
I really like thunderbird so far, thank you for the suggestion, is there a way to get email notifications even while the client is closed tho? seems like I only get notifications if I keep it perma open.
I usually just keep it open on another desktop. But if you really want a tray icon, there are utilities that allow sending arbitrary programs to the system tray. I havent used it for a long time, but I remember using kdocker successfully in the past.
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I’ve tried it, doesn’t seem to work, thank you though.
He said he’s using Arch so it should be available. I got it on my EndeavourOS and I’m really satisfied.
Oh I missed that he’s using arch. In that case, he can install it from AUR, possibly building it himself, followed by only a few hours of troubleshooting what broke in his system after doing that :-P
Maybe Geary is what you are looking for?
I’m happy with Evolution.
Maybe you want to try MailSpring, It is very customisable, and there are many different pre-configured layouts to choose from
Mailspring is not native, but looks more or less native (depending on why you prefer a native app, this might work).
ive been using mailspring, pretty happy with it.
What do you mean? Thunderbird is the default mail application on Windows for me. I didn’t even know there is something else.
