▲ 340 ▼ Warning: New Outlook sends passwords, mails and other data to Microsoft | mailbox.org (mailbox.org) submitted 2 years ago by bbbhltz@beehaw.org to c/technology@beehaw.org 65 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 103 points 2 years ago (5 children) Friendly reminder that Thunderbird is a great way to handle multiple email accounts on the desktop. permalink fedilink source hideshow 10 child comments replies: [–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org [S] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) There are no perfect desktop email clients, but Thunderbird is pretty great. It's a little too powerful for my needs, so I stick to Claws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago I moved away from a desktop client for several years because of Thunderbird staying stuck in the 2010s, but the redesign brought me back into the fold. It's certainly overkill for scanning through subject lines, but compared to having five tabs open ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] pbanj@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bluemail is decent. But im still always looking for better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mailspring is pretty cool :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago Mailspring doesn't handle folders well. When I was testing it, it synced my inbox fine, but none of the folders worked. I even set up a dev environment to try and fix it myself, but couldn't get things working properly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jcarax@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Correct me if I'm wrong, I very well might be, but doesn't Bluemail do the same thing as the new Outlook for their "instant push" feature? I don't see how else they'd accomplish that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Ain't that the truth. Geary is so close to perfect but they depend on Gnome Online accounts which doesn't support O365 so I can use it for everything but my university email. permalink fedilink source parent [–] TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) But Thunderbird still doesn't support outlook calendar etc right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago* It does support any good calendar using CalDav standard. permalink fedilink source parent [–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I must say I'm quite pleased with it too. The previous time I tried it was in 2005 and it was just ok. I also recently found out about the Owl add-on. Really makes it a good alternative permalink fedilink source parent [–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago I hate how they use quotes around the name Thunderbird... permalink fedilink source parent [–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It can even look great with the Monterail Dark 2 Add-On. (For some reason I had to download it and then install it from the downloaded file, but it DOES work!) Also available in a Full Dark mode version permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bbbhltz@beehaw.org [S] 27 points 2 years ago (3 children) There are no perfect desktop email clients, but Thunderbird is pretty great. It's a little too powerful for my needs, so I stick to Claws. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 6 child comments replies: [–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago I moved away from a desktop client for several years because of Thunderbird staying stuck in the 2010s, but the redesign brought me back into the fold. It's certainly overkill for scanning through subject lines, but compared to having five tabs open ... permalink fedilink source parent [–] pbanj@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bluemail is decent. But im still always looking for better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mailspring is pretty cool :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago Mailspring doesn't handle folders well. When I was testing it, it synced my inbox fine, but none of the folders worked. I even set up a dev environment to try and fix it myself, but couldn't get things working properly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jcarax@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Correct me if I'm wrong, I very well might be, but doesn't Bluemail do the same thing as the new Outlook for their "instant push" feature? I don't see how else they'd accomplish that. permalink fedilink source parent [–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Ain't that the truth. Geary is so close to perfect but they depend on Gnome Online accounts which doesn't support O365 so I can use it for everything but my university email. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Powderhorn@beehaw.org 11 points 2 years ago I moved away from a desktop client for several years because of Thunderbird staying stuck in the 2010s, but the redesign brought me back into the fold. It's certainly overkill for scanning through subject lines, but compared to having five tabs open ... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] pbanj@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (2 children) Bluemail is decent. But im still always looking for better. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mailspring is pretty cool :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago Mailspring doesn't handle folders well. When I was testing it, it synced my inbox fine, but none of the folders worked. I even set up a dev environment to try and fix it myself, but couldn't get things working properly. permalink fedilink source parent [–] jcarax@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Correct me if I'm wrong, I very well might be, but doesn't Bluemail do the same thing as the new Outlook for their "instant push" feature? I don't see how else they'd accomplish that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jaykay@lemmy.zip 4 points 2 years ago (1 child) Mailspring is pretty cool :) permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago Mailspring doesn't handle folders well. When I was testing it, it synced my inbox fine, but none of the folders worked. I even set up a dev environment to try and fix it myself, but couldn't get things working properly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] dan@upvote.au 1 point 2 years ago Mailspring doesn't handle folders well. When I was testing it, it synced my inbox fine, but none of the folders worked. I even set up a dev environment to try and fix it myself, but couldn't get things working properly. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] jcarax@beehaw.org 3 points 2 years ago Correct me if I'm wrong, I very well might be, but doesn't Bluemail do the same thing as the new Outlook for their "instant push" feature? I don't see how else they'd accomplish that. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] bitwolf@lemmy.one 2 points 2 years ago Ain't that the truth. Geary is so close to perfect but they depend on Gnome Online accounts which doesn't support O365 so I can use it for everything but my university email. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] TylerDurdenJunior@lemmy.ml 5 points 2 years ago (1 child) But Thunderbird still doesn't support outlook calendar etc right? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago* It does support any good calendar using CalDav standard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] smileyhead@discuss.tchncs.de 4 points 2 years ago* It does support any good calendar using CalDav standard. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] k_rol@lemmy.ca 3 points 2 years ago I must say I'm quite pleased with it too. The previous time I tried it was in 2005 and it was just ok. I also recently found out about the Owl add-on. Really makes it a good alternative permalink fedilink source parent
[–] stoy@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 years ago I hate how they use quotes around the name Thunderbird... permalink fedilink source parent
[–] 4am@lemm.ee 2 points 2 years ago It can even look great with the Monterail Dark 2 Add-On. (For some reason I had to download it and then install it from the downloaded file, but it DOES work!) Also available in a Full Dark mode version permalink fedilink source parent