[opensuse-kde] Re: Clementine replacing Amarok? - Mail Clients

On Tue, 6 Sep 2011 22:54, Patrick Shanahan wrote:

* Jon Nelson [09-06-11 13:18]:

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On Tue, Sep 6, 2011 at 12:08 PM, Kim Leyendecker wrote:

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Am 06.09.2011 17:38, schrieb Martin Schlander:

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Mandriva also included Thunderbird and Shotwell in their default install;-) ... Which probably makes sense for their target audience, but that doesn't mean openSUSE should do it.

Well, I would support such a decision. I prefer Thunderbird instead of KMail or Evolution.

Ditto, but not by much:

- thunderbird: it works, it's fast, it's extensible, and it's been pretty reliable. But, it's OUTRAGEOUSLY memory hungry. Up to 2GB. For mail. Too much. Poor google/gmail integration.

- evolution: next best. Folder syncing via IMAP/DIMAP kinda-sorta works: it's rather CPU intensive, and it takes a *long* time to sync (compared to thunderbird). Not very configurable. It supports google calendar natively. BIG PLUS.

- kmail: Looks great, the "flow"/UI is very good and easy to use while still being very powerful. However, it just doesn't work. Since KDE 3.5 or so, I've not yet had a kmail/kmail2 that works with google mail and my mailboxes. It takes forever to sync, even after the initial sync. Loses mail. Crashy. The akonadi integration has been a disaster for me. Totally unusable[1]. No google/gmail calendar integration.

Guess I should speak up for "mutt", a text email client, that is TEXT email client, that does it all with small memory footprint and all the _power_ of any of the *others*. A text email client for text email, which is what email *should* be. Have to place this above *all* others.

+1. GUI for when it's possible ncurses for ssh and other constraints. - Thunderbird with Threading - Addon (cant remember name atm) for the Desktop at home mostly imap thus no kmail since after KDE 3.5.x - Alpine (Pine successor) for the netbook or via ssh from a customer, also imap. (Can't get warm with mutt's interface, but that's personal) My hope for KMail is a working and stable, release, usable (not slow) imap and fixed backend. May it be akonadi, may it be its successor. Fast UI, no hidden hogs in the backend (hello nepomuk!), reliable imap via network (access to local imap server works fine). Check for the UI, but the rest? Is there hope for X-mas presents from kdepim? On Thunderbird, If one doesn't need the search that much, switch of the indexing and delete index. Sames oodles / tons of memory. Cheers, Yamaban. PS: I really liked KMail, right up before KDE 4. Then I had to switch, simply to get my work done. I'd like to switch back, but... not as it is. -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-kde+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-kde+help@opensuse.org