• IndefiniteBen@leminal.space
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    8 months ago

    No shit. There’s a reason they are killing the nice and simple Windows Mail app; it allows you to sync with your email without Microsoft servers between.

    Also, the biggest issue for me is the UX. I use outlook for my work email and like to separate my work and personal life, so soon I just won’t have an app for my personal email on my PC.

    If anyone knows of a similar windows mail app with good touch support and without such a traditional mouse designed UI, please share it.

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      8 months ago

      I’ve been using Thunderbird since forever. It’s not perfect but I like it better than bloated and laggy Outlook.

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      8 months ago

      What especially galled me was as I was updating my laptop before flashing to Linux the new outlook will not work unless edge installed, I had just uninstalled that pile of garbage.

      Ah well, at least pop_os works great 😃

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      8 months ago

      I’ve been paying for mailspring for a few years now, and I love it. It has touch and gesture support, is open source, and is available on Windows, MacOS, and Linux.

      Its paid plan includes some nice features like email tracking - which you can’t really get from just a simple client and (needs a server to track who has opened an email and when) - and id lookup, for things like quickly seeing the LinkedIn profile of a sender not in your contacts list.

      Definitely my favorite desktop client by a wide margin, and one I would recommend wholeheartedly.

      Edit: Just to be clear, it’s available for free as well.

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        8 months ago

        Thank you for actually reading my comment and suggesting something appropriate, though I’m not convinced by the UI images. I’ll have to test the touch support myself, but I’ll check it out.