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Date:      Tue, 17 Sep 2024 07:45:41 -0400
From:      Waitman Gobble <gobble.wa@gmail.com>
To:        Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it>
Cc:        freebsd-questions@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Suggestions for mail client
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On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 5:45=E2=80=AFAM Andrea Venturoli <ml@netfence.it> w=
rote:

> Hello.
>
> I've been a progressively unhappier ThunderBird user for almost the last
> 20 years; the upgrade to 115 brough a general slowness (with specific
> big troubles in some areas), but I resisted.
> Unfortunately 128 is truly unusable: moving from one folder to another
> or from one message to another takes seconds (so just skimming the
> messages on FreeBSD mailing lists is now taking tenfolds the time it did
> until a week ago), resizing the message pane takes about 5 seconds,
> marking 50 messages as read takes close to one minute, etc...).
>
> Don't get me wrong, I still like ThunderBird (altough with a lot of
> criticism), but unless there's a compiler switch (LTO?) or something
> else that can bring TB back to the speed it had a couple of years ago,
> it's time to move on to something else.
>
>
>
> In the port tree I see Evolution, Geary, KMail, Sylpheed and possibly
> others I might have missed.
> I read several comparison but came up with no clear winner; of course I
> could try them all, but it would take days of work.
> So I'm asking here for a suggestion...
>
>
> What I absolutely need:
> _ close to perfect IMAP support;
> _ IMAP tags/labels;
> _ multiple accounts: I've got more than 50, although I use less than 10
> daily and I could leave the other 40 in ThunderBird for occasional use;
> _ online only/no local storage (for some accounts) *and* local cached
> messages (for others);
> _ support for big folders (in the GBs size and or 10k messages);
> _ CardDAV support;
> _ good searching;
> _ performance, stability, future support, etc...
>
> What I'd like:
> _ newsgroups support;
> _ RSS;
> _ CalDAV (these three I could eventually achieve with other programs,
> still...):
> _ possibly not locking in into some desktop environment (currently I use
> XFCE);
> _ ability to read HTML mail (altough I never write such a thing).
>
> What I don't care about:
> _ message filters;
> _ antispam (as I manage them both server side);
> _ "modern" interface.
>
> Any hint?
>
>   bye & Thanks
>         av.
>
>
I've tried most if not all email clients, nothing is faster in processing
for me than round cube (yes it's web based) I use sieve to autoprocess/file
many emails, especially from lists.
mail/roundcube
mail/dovecot-sieve

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Waitman Gobble

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<div dir=3D"ltr"><div dir=3D"ltr"><br></div><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">=
<div dir=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_attr">On Mon, Sep 16, 2024 at 5:45=E2=80=AF=
AM Andrea Venturoli &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ml@netfence.it">ml@netfence.it</a=
>&gt; wrote:<br></div><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0px=
 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hel=
lo.<br>
<br>
I&#39;ve been a progressively unhappier ThunderBird user for almost the las=
t <br>
20 years; the upgrade to 115 brough a general slowness (with specific <br>
big troubles in some areas), but I resisted.<br>
Unfortunately 128 is truly unusable: moving from one folder to another <br>
or from one message to another takes seconds (so just skimming the <br>
messages on FreeBSD mailing lists is now taking tenfolds the time it did <b=
r>
until a week ago), resizing the message pane takes about 5 seconds, <br>
marking 50 messages as read takes close to one minute, etc...).<br>
<br>
Don&#39;t get me wrong, I still like ThunderBird (altough with a lot of <br=
>
criticism), but unless there&#39;s a compiler switch (LTO?) or something <b=
r>
else that can bring TB back to the speed it had a couple of years ago, <br>
it&#39;s time to move on to something else.<br>
<br>
<br>
<br>
In the port tree I see Evolution, Geary, KMail, Sylpheed and possibly <br>
others I might have missed.<br>
I read several comparison but came up with no clear winner; of course I <br=
>
could try them all, but it would take days of work.<br>
So I&#39;m asking here for a suggestion...<br>
<br>
<br>
What I absolutely need:<br>
_ close to perfect IMAP support;<br>
_ IMAP tags/labels;<br>
_ multiple accounts: I&#39;ve got more than 50, although I use less than 10=
 <br>
daily and I could leave the other 40 in ThunderBird for occasional use;<br>
_ online only/no local storage (for some accounts) *and* local cached <br>
messages (for others);<br>
_ support for big folders (in the GBs size and or 10k messages);<br>
_ CardDAV support;<br>
_ good searching;<br>
_ performance, stability, future support, etc...<br>
<br>
What I&#39;d like:<br>
_ newsgroups support;<br>
_ RSS;<br>
_ CalDAV (these three I could eventually achieve with other programs, <br>
still...):<br>
_ possibly not locking in into some desktop environment (currently I use <b=
r>
XFCE);<br>
_ ability to read HTML mail (altough I never write such a thing).<br>
<br>
What I don&#39;t care about:<br>
_ message filters;<br>
_ antispam (as I manage them both server side);<br>
_ &quot;modern&quot; interface.<br>
<br>
Any hint?<br>
<br>
=C2=A0 bye &amp; Thanks<br>
=C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 av.<br>
<br>
</blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div>I&#39;ve tried most if not all em=
ail clients, nothing is faster in processing for me than round cube (yes it=
&#39;s web based) I use sieve to autoprocess/file many emails, especially f=
rom lists.</div><div>mail/roundcube<br></div><div>mail/dovecot-sieve</div><=
div><br></div><span class=3D"gmail_signature_prefix">-- </span><br><div dir=
=3D"ltr" class=3D"gmail_signature"><div dir=3D"ltr">Waitman Gobble<div><br>=
</div><div><br></div></div></div></div>

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