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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-14 at 20:20

Hi all,

I am looking for recommendations for a #email client under #Linux

Currently I am running #Fedora and the following programs either have considerable drawbacks making them unconfortable to work with or simply do not work at all

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-14 at 20:20

• #Thunderbird #Betterbird

- calender reminders can‘t be turned off, not possible to modify entries (CalDav calendars) although I have full write access and can create new entries

- UI barely customizable: skins available only for older versions, haven‘t found a way to modify the toolbar to match my workflow

• #Kmail

- doesn‘t work at all. Added mail accounts and messages do not show up

-  same goes with calendars via #caldav

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Toot

Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-14 at 20:21

• #Evolution

- I like the UI and the workflow matches mine, had used it years ago under #Ubuntu

- Evolution can‘t remember login credentials for mail accounts: every time I start the program it asks me for all credentials for all accounts and even then the setup process fails with accounts using #2fa 

• #Geary won‘t even start

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-14 at 20:23

Mail program should ideally:

• support several email accounts

• support for #imap #caldav

• support #GPG

• be customizable or at least offer different skins

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Written by Adam Williamson :fedora: on 2024-08-15 at 03:48

@phocque for accounts that aren't just straightforward IMAP auth, it's usually best to add them through gnome-online-accounts; evolution can usually pick them up from there.

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-16 at 17:27

@adamw I am under KDE but will try if using their online account functionality solves the issue. Many thanks

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Written by Adam Williamson :fedora: on 2024-08-16 at 19:43

@phocque oooh, yeah, I think that makes it a bit trickier. I don't think goa and the KDE thing are compatible, but i've been wrong before!

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-16 at 22:06

@adamw Just configured online accounts under Gnome and then checked how Evolution is doing. Still asking me for login credentials over and over again. Seems there is a issue with Fedora and Evolution. I remember this client working well under Ubuntu, Debian and OpenSUSE

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Written by Adam Williamson :fedora: on 2024-08-17 at 03:30

@phocque I don't know what account you're using exactly, but I use it with multiple accounts on Fedora and it works fine.

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-17 at 19:21

@adamw On my laptop with with Fedora Silverblue and GNOME I could add two accounts without any issue (IMAP and Outlook). Online accounts with Microsoft and Google I wasn't able to add to Gnome, browser windows failed to open.

As I imported Evolution settings from a previous installation on my desktop workstation this might cause issues. I will reset my Evolution and configure all accounts from scratch

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Written by Adam Williamson :fedora: on 2024-08-17 at 22:30

@phocque

Dunno about Microsoft, but google works ok for me. I'm using rpm-based fedora not atomic, though.

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Written by Phocque :fedora: on 2024-08-19 at 07:29

@adamw Deleting all settings in Evolution and then adding accounts one by one finally did the trick. Now it is working 😊

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