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What mail programs fit on a netbook screen?

Evolution isn't bad, but To, CC, and BCC are in fact too much.

  • Chris
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    Evolution provides the option to disable CC and BCC fields. When writing a mail look in the view menu.
    – con-f-use
    Jun 11, 2011 at 21:28
  • I am neither satisfied with Evolution nor Thunderbird performancewise. I am trying sylpheed at the moment.
    – Marcel
    Jun 11, 2011 at 21:46
  • What are your requirements? HTML? Calendar? GUI? IMAP/POP? etc.. Almost all can be tweaked to get the most out of the available space...
    – Detnuomnu
    Jun 12, 2011 at 11:37
  • @Detnuomnu: IMAP and GUI. No HTML. Console would be okay too but even Pine needs more configuration and manual reading than I'm about to spend.
    – chris
    Jun 12, 2011 at 17:04
  • no calendar or html with gui. Evolution and TB are bloated then. Go with either claws, sylpheed or the promise of postler (see answer jnv). Mess around in preferences to get most out of vertical space.
    – Detnuomnu
    Jun 12, 2011 at 20:59

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Thunderbird, IMO, is much better than Evolution. For example, you can make the buttons smaller, or even remove the ones you never use, and arrange parts of the interface however you want to save a ton of space. :)

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There are plans for "Evolution Express" as interface for smaller screens, however it's a work in progress.

Claws Mail is a very good client (it was forked from Sylpheed). If you get over somewhat "oldskool" interface (which can be customized to look better), you get mature, very lightweight and responsive client.

Postler looks very promising, but it's in early stages of development - see this post for screenshots and installation info.

Note that Mutt works great at 80x24 chars console - or even smaller. ;-)

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I've heard that Postler is pretty good. It's made by the same people who have made Elementary OS, judging by the screenshot I've seen of it, it looks very clean and fresh looking.

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My personal favourites are Claws and Thunderbird.

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