Hi all,
I really, really like Mozilla Thunderbird; but what I have come to like even more is not leaving my terminal. Any recommendations on email clients in the terminal?
I’ve been thinking about aerc, but I’m curious what’s working (or not) for all of you.
mutt seems like it’s crazy difficult to set up (which I’d rather avoid).
I need something that can handle all the account types I use with Thunderbird—namely, gmail and Microsoft exchange.
Thanks!
Heard about this the other day. I haven’t tried it yet, but it looks promising.
Ooo looks nice. This might make me want to try CLI mail again. I tried neomutt a long time ago and just couldn’t get it working right, but this looks a lot easier.
Primary issue I found with that software is there is no way to bypass certificate and old issues.
so i was fortunate to find someones dotfiles for their neomutt install. i basically just had to trade in my credentials and i was good to go… i might still have them somewhere…
Neomutt (with notmuch) is not easy when starting from scratch. Luckily there are some configurations online that get you up and running quickly. It still requires some efforts to get use to it and configured to your detailed and specific needs. I put sweat to build mine but it worth every single drop.
That being said that’s what makes its strength. It’s not an email client, it’s your email client. Once it’s configured, it’s good forever and using anything else feels like a pain.I switched recently from neomutt to aerc and yes, if you want less complicated configuration, it’s a great pick. I find it less buggy and just best designed overall.
I never tried Gmail or Exchange on it, but this should have some helpful info on that: https://man.sr.ht/~rjarry/aerc/providers/
I tried aerc, neomutt, and alpine a while back and preferred aerc. Neomutt was a bit too much config for my liking. Alpine was ok but aerc was my easier to get everything setup the way I wanted.
