Alternative to Thunderbird which can search for to/cc/from easily

Question

I tried to find a solution to search for all address headers (to/cc/from) in a simple user friendly way:

Thunderbird: Show mails from sender - easy and fast

Since there was no solution, I think about changing the mail client.

What alternative exist, which can show me all mails related to for example "[email protected]"?

I think every mail address which gets displayed by the mail client should have a link to a search for all mails related to this address.

I store my mails on a own IMAP server.

Answer 1

To find something suitable for you go to this site.

I like Geary best:

To install it go to a terminal by pressing Ctrl+Alt+T and copy-paste:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa
sudo apt-get update 
sudo apt-get install geary

Answer 2

I'm a big fan of gmail. It can handle all your pop mails and as you know, google is pretty good with searches.

(+you don't loose your email when switching computers)

Answer 3

The alternative option would be no alternative.

I'm not aware of a one click option in any other email client. They all require two similar steps to search all emails in all folders, sent to or from a particular email address. For example, in Thunderbird:

1. Right click on an email address and select "Copy Email Address"
2. Right click on the [Search... <Ctrl+K>] box select Paste, then Enter or just type CtrlK, CtrlV, and Enter

However, you might not like Thunderbird's default search results view.

If you prefer the view when you click on "Open email as list", shown below

then the best solution is to install a Thunderbird plugin, which will make this the default.

1. From the menu select Tools > Add-ons
2. Type "search as" into the search box
3. Click the install button next to Search as list 3.0
4. Restart Thunderbird