I had tried Claws Mail a long time ago but have been too lazy to try it again recently. So how does it compare with Thunderbird in your opinion? Advantages/disadvantages?
It's much lighter. It ain't pretty, but I appreciate it's spartan functionality without bloat. Excellent IMAP handling with my many accounts. Vastly configurable. Faster than webmail, Gmail. It has basic plug-ins that I require, such as Spell Check, HTML viewing (when occasionally required), V-Calendar, etc. (I've used in the past: Courier, Eudora, InScribe, TBird, Mulberry, Pegasus, Sylpheed, and many others.) I'll not say it is better (or even as good) as TBird, but it perfectly suits my needs.
If you do try it, a must-see is PCMech's excellent review, tutorials, tips, tricks: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xToShZMC-6c http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jS7IRYmnZmQ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E4NZrnxlQZY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fXhQQN4epxE
Thanks again! I've just added the Claws ppa to Kubuntu and installed it. Those videos will certainly be helpful.
Claws Mail 3.11.0 released Release notes: http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php (Note: Win version yet to be released)
Claws Mail 3.12.0-1 released. Windows version available. Release notes: http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php
Can Claws present attachments as thumbnails? Because Thunderbird can not (at least that I know) and that's quite a flaw to me; I often fail to view the small notice down there at the bottom. (I know I can use the option Display Attachments Inline but that will still show PDFs as a bottom notice).
After playing around with it I found 1 it only displays plain text. I'm sure there are good reasons but to me it's just stupid. 2 It's very buggy. 3 I wasted half an hour of my time.
Thanks for the info about the update, otherwise I wouldn't have notice that my favourite mailer (Sylpheed) got an update as well
1) Plain text display is by design, as HTML formatted emails are a security issue. HTML formatted emails CAN be viewed with the HTML Viewer plugin. However, you cannot SEND HTML email. 2) I've found it one of the most stable / least buggy clients out there. 3) Then move on. There are plenty of alternatives.
1 There should be an option for HTML (without plugins) otherwise it's stupid. Not being able to send HTML is beyond stupid. 2 At least in Windows it's buggy, very much so. 3 I'm not moving on I'm staying with Thunderbird.
Claws Mail 3.15.0 released: http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php (Includes an experimental Windows 64 bit build)
Claws Mail 3.16.0 released: http://www.claws-mail.org/news.php (Includes an experimental Windows 64 bit build)
