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 Message-ID: <CAFuo_fyiC0Tz5u=xOJ-=mJkhi6GJC%2BrWcNUF7GL3kk8Eb9REcQ@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <a137a149-1aac-41c4-b288-97be07683df4@netfence.it> References: <a137a149-1aac-41c4-b288-97be07683df4@netfence.it>
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--0000000000004fbf5406224f3b58 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable 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 --=20 Waitman Gobble --0000000000004fbf5406224f3b58 Content-Type: text/html; charset="UTF-8" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable <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 <<a href=3D"mailto:ml@netfence.it">ml@netfence.it</a= >> 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'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't get me wrong, I still like ThunderBird (altough with a lot of <br= > criticism), but unless there'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'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'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'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'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't care about:<br> _ message filters;<br> _ antispam (as I manage them both server side);<br> _ "modern" interface.<br> <br> Any hint?<br> <br> =C2=A0 bye & Thanks<br> =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 =C2=A0 av.<br> <br> </blockquote></div><br clear=3D"all"><div>I've tried most if not all em= ail 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 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> --0000000000004fbf5406224f3b58--
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