XPost: news.software.readers
On Tue, 11 Jan 2022 12:06:49 -0000 (UTC)
Claws Mail Client <
claws@mail.client> wrote:
I tried claws-mail many years ago. I was not greatly impressed. But
that was many years ago when the project was young.
Today I installed the recent version of claws-mail for testing. I am
not disappointed. I am surprised.
On first run I set up a email account in the wizard. Then when the
main window presented itself I clicked on 'Configuration' > 'Edit
Accounts' and added a NNTP/Usenet account there. It is similar to its
evil twin, Sylpheed, but claws-mail is much more finely tuned and now
I won't touch Sylpheed which is no longer installed.
Claws-mail opens instantly, faster than my xed text editor. I am not exaggerating. It snaps right open at least twice as fast as xed, in
about 1/3 of a second. Thunderbird takes anywhere from 5 to 15
seconds to present its interface depending on which computer I use.
After setting up a NNTP server and some fiddling with font and layout settings I clicked:
View > Layout > Small Screen
....... and the result is pure joy on both small and large screen.
The 'small screen' layout is beautifully simple and efficient. It
almost exactly how I envision a perfect messaging interface. I see
none of the problems of MOSHILLA DUNDERBURD / WUNDERTURD client.
I was really surprised at how well-designed claws-mail has become
over the years. It is fast. Even on a low-powered device the
interface responds instantly.
It will probably take 30+ minutes for a new user to check out all the
options and set up the interface exactly so.
The number of options allows a very fine-grained tuning of the
workflow.
I strongly recommend that seasoned Usenetizens and SysAdmins tell
newbies to use claws-mail and try either the 'Small Screen' layout on
FHD screens or the '3-column' layout if they have a 4K screen.
Explain to them that after using it for an hour or so it will all
solidify in their mind. Claws-mail is much superior to Thunderbird in
design and integration.
$ echo "I'm hooked by the claws."
$ sudo apt-get purge thunderbird* -y
$ rm -rfv ~/.thunderbird &> /dev/toilet
I have used Claws Mail for the at least the last seven years. It's the
best Usenet client I have found. I like it mainly for its processing
and filtering rules, you can filter on anything in the headers.
For about the last two years Claws Mail had a problem with a
segmentation fault, it would freeze up and eventually shutdown. That
seems to have been corrected in version 4.0.0.
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