Proposal: (No?) email client for Ubuntu 17.10

[Paul Tansom]

** Amr Ibrahim <amribrahim1987 at hotmail.com> [2017-04-19 12:33]:
> As an Ubuntu user since 2010, the first thing I do after installing a 
> new Ubuntu is to setup my three email accounts (Gmail, Outlook and 
> another IMAP) in Thunderbird. I prefer to have one interface for my 
> different accounts. I never (rarely) use web mail. Web mail is slower 
> and every provider has a different interface.
> 
> I like Thunderbird. It's the only email client I use. It never failed me 
> and I don't have any problems with it. Nevertheless, I don't mind trying 
> a new client out of curiosity, but I reckon none could beat the 
> extensibility of Thunderbird with add-ons.
** end quote [Amr Ibrahim]

I'm torn on this as I'm not completely sure whether I count as a typical user.
That said, with every Ubuntu install I do for a non-technical user (well, any
Ubuntu desktop install realy) I configure Thunderbird for mail. I'm tempted to
suggest that so long as it stays in main it doesn't have to be installed by
default, but that leads to concern that it will fade away from there without as
much consideration as it would have it it remains default. Then there is the
issue of what handles mail links, etc.

>From a personal perspective I find webmail and mobile mail apps completely
inadequate for anything other than test emails and checking mail when out,
knowing that I will do it properly when I return. My primary mail client is
Mutt, but I do use Thunderbird for access to HTML mail when I have to, and have
it configured for most of my accounts and the main one for some. I've tried
others and not found anything as good, even though it is gradually looking
dated (although *looking* is the key here as functionality hasn't needed to
change significantly).

I've been a Netscape/Mozilla/Thunderbird user since the early 90s though, IMAP
since the mid 90s and running my own home mail server since the late 90s;
followed Linux since the early 90s, used since the mid 90s and Ubuntu since
'06... if that puts my opinions into context.

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