I’m tried of how terrible Gmail is. Id like an email client with folders or categories. If it can sort them automatically (like how Googles now defunct inbox app used to) that would be even better.
Edit: in a couple days or whenever the activity on this post slows down. I will update this post with a list of the most recommended email app.
Edit2:
Results are in: Number is the amount of people who specifically mentioned it.
- FairMail 6
- K-9 5
- Spark 2
- ProtonMail
- Re:work
- Nine
- Tutanota
- Canary Mail
- Aqua
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K-9 Mail is my favorite. It will.be renamed in future to Thunderbird, because the developer is now working for them 😊
He is ? Awesome! If we could get a full mobile thunderbird app that would be epic.
Thunderbird made a blog post about it 🐱
Does it work with tutanota and protonmail?
I don’t use them, so I don’t know 🙃
I currently use Thunderbird for Protonmail and don’t see any issues. I think you may need to have a paid plan though.
https://proton.me/support/protonmail-bridge-clients-windows-thunderbird
No, it’s a regular email client.
Both require special clients.
Fairemail is pretty much the default android client. Open source, full featured, not bad on the eyes. It just fucking works without hassles.
If anything, the settings are too feature packed, it can take a while to tweak everything if you really want it customized
Agreed. Lots of features - definately worth the effort though.
FairMail is very good, and gets updates frequently.
Works great with Gmail, and other mail services.
I installed it. Gonna try it out and see. You’re the second person to recommend it.
Spark. Absolutely adore it. Once I tried it, I’ve never gone back.
Do you like it’s new interface?
Nine
Been using for a long time because of the rich text email options. But it is awesome all around. My pick for best of the best.
You’re the second person that’s recommended nine so I guess I’ll give it a shot. Do you know if they collect data from your emails?
k9 which will be become thunderbird mobile in the future
Tutanota, which is unfortunately my only option with my email provider lol. They have their own client which is really slow and clunky, but it has a simple view with my email, contacts, and calendar. It’s all stored e2ee too.
I have a tuta account as well. Their app is very barebones. I support the company though as I believe in their mission.
Same, the app can certainly be painful at times though lol
I use the default Gmail client but i highly recommend K9-Mail.
Im with Samsung Mail happy.
I use canary mail. I’ve been happy with it. It had some security features that first drew me in. But it also has a nice smart select feature that will higlight what it perceives to be junk, as you scroll your inbox. This makes cleanup a breeze.
Still have this post saved waiting for the list…
Fineeeee, I’ll do it.
Thanks!
- On Android: K9Mail. By far the best.
- On Linux: ThunderBird. It’s bloated like an obese whale on cortisone but I’ve yet to see a better client.
Mail app from Apple. Not saying it’s the best one out there nor its the most feature rich, but it works just fine for someone who just receives emails from several accounts.
Gmail works fine for me. No need to search for alternatives.
Gmail works fine for me. No need to search for alternatives.
Ok but it doesn’t work for them and they do have a need for an alternative lol
The question is about your fav client, not about an alternative client…
But yes, looks like OP is interested in alternative clients only.
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This is an entirely pointless comment. They said it didn’t meet their needs and they want to know if others have alternatives. You’re as bad as the people who answer the Amazon questions with “I don’t know.”
After Gmail merged all the storage limits that you use across all their sevices, I have been looking for an altetnstive. I’d rather pay for a web server to host my mails than google
Self-hosted mail has some pains associated with it in regards to reliability due to major email services rating SMTP servers and tending to not trust personal ones. If moving away from privacy-violating services is your main goal and are open to non-self-hosted alternatives, I’d suggest Proton Mail. They even have a free tier if you want to test the waters. They do have pretty easy migration tools to move away from Gmail as well.
A thread on HN really poopoo’d proton mail (but not the VPN which I love) and recommended Fastmail over it. I can’t recall why so I’ll try to dig it up, but just throwing that out there since it might be good to check in on any major cons with it. It wasn’t scandals or “they aren’t private” or something but it felt significant when I read it.
My problem with Gmail is that from mobile you’re limited on the features you have. You can’t create filters or really set up any kind of automation for your inbox. Mobile is the main place that I interact with my personal inboxes, so having these features on mobile is important to me.
