Hi there, On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, 06:45:38 +0100, Maurizio Galli (m4u9) wrote:
Hello Xfce Geekos,
Thunderbird 78 dropped the standard GnuPG in favour of their own implementation of OpenPGP which sparked this discussion here: https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/factory@lists.opensuse.org/thread/R...
I'd like to know what are the general thoughts on this and feedback if openSUSE Xfce should consider switching default to Claws Mail instead.
Claws mail is a very powerful client and it's a lot lighter than Thunderbird, making it a good fit for Xfce. Claws mail also supports GnuPG well via a plugin that it's available OOTB.
The downside is that compared to Thunderbird, Claws Mail is a bit clunkier to configure and pretty ugly by default, although there are nice themes available.
I looked at it some weeks ago. Everything looked OK to me, but there is a bit BUT! The default format for the mail files/folders is some builtin sort of "mh"; it can deal with "mbox" files, but not for the default account, which means one has to convert/import the files, and/or change the whole structure of a multi-account setup. When I saw that, I decided to stick with thunderbird68 atm. Another thing is, I normally use mutt as my primary e-mail client, but from time to time I need to start thunderbird for some reasons; I spent quite some time to allow them share the same file/mail structure. I'm not so sure if the "mh" thing will work with mutt...
I look forward to hearing from your thoughts.
Completely OK for me, as thunderbird78 is not usable for me.
Cheers,
-- Maurizio Galli (m4u9) Xfce Team https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Xfce
HTH, cheers. l8er manfred