Thunderbird alternative?
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:25    Post subject: Thunderbird alternative?
At work, we each have our own mailbox as well as several shared ones for incoming orders and a general "info" address. Right now we use Thunderbird but slowly but surely, Thunderbird is starting to get sluggish, bloated and uncomfortable to use.

In total I personally have 98GB of emails. We get sent a lot of PDF files from customers which we cannot delete for X amounts of years due to the nature of the business (we print labels for the food industry). In the past I spent several days a year clearing out our mail boxes to trim it down but frankly, this is now a lost battle.

The problem with Thunderbird, is that it becomes seriously slow when you got this many emails. It keeps compressing folders which slows down the entire PC but if we don't compress, it takes up even more space! Why it doesn't do this at fixed times (like after midnight) is beyond me. Frankly, I've had it with Thunderbird - it hasn't been properly updated in many years but I also can't quite find a good alternative.

So my question is: for this many emails, which client would you recommend for a business? It's important the client has a solid search function, however.
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Guy_Incognito




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 10:29    Post subject:
Until you find a solution, consider setting up a shared cloud space/FTP/whatever and sending links only. It's also easier to backup compared to mail server (if you are using your own mail server).
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:32    Post subject:
Guy_Incognito wrote:
Until you find a solution, consider setting up a shared cloud space/FTP/whatever and sending links only. It's also easier to backup compared to mail server (if you are using your own mail server).


We use Dropbox Pro but soooo many customers still like to send files attached. The files we send out are without attachments but the ones we receive ... . For now, I'll make a full backup of all mails on our NAS and just clean the folders, let Thunderbird until store files of the past few months to keep lag to a minimum.
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couleur
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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 11:47    Post subject:
I'm all ears for an alternative to Thunderbird.

Everytime I open it, It feels like 2005.


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Areius




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 12:21    Post subject:
I'm still using Postbox 5. Not using v6 as it doesn't have minimize to tray anymore Laughing
It's not perfect either, it crashes sometimes, is unable to count identical emails in different folders/tags (everything counts as +1 Mad ).

The rest isn't great either. Postbox and Thunderbird are the only clients I think that support tabs. I don't like having multiple windows open for mails, it's too cluttered. em Client is pretty solid otherwise.

As you're looking for performance though, Postbox is based on Thunderbird so probably performs about the same (but worse I think).


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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 12:53    Post subject:
It's amazing how little development there is in email aps. Outlook sucks, Thunderbird is antiquated and sluggish for professional use and it seems every other program lacks options Sad .
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Areius




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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 13:45    Post subject:
Yes, sadly there's no decent application, I've tried them all a few months ago, nothing works well.


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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 17:15    Post subject:
red_avatar wrote:
It's amazing how little development there is in email aps. Outlook sucks, Thunderbird is antiquated and sluggish for professional use and it seems every other program lacks options Sad .

Because masses are using either their mobile devices, webmail or MS Outlooks. Outlook can be ok if you modify it for your needs. Personally I'm totally fine with it's web client. (Exchange Online subscription)


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PostPosted: Wed, 8th Aug 2018 19:53    Post subject:
Areius wrote:
Yes, sadly there's no decent application, I've tried them all a few months ago, nothing works well.


I used em Client until a week ago or so since my ISP e-mail didn't work (some update to em Client) and had to change to Thunderbird to get my e-mail working again.


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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Aug 2018 03:43    Post subject:
Outlook
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Areius




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Aug 2018 11:36    Post subject:
8ball wrote:
Outlook

Sadly also no tabs Sad

Frant wrote:
Areius wrote:
Yes, sadly there's no decent application, I've tried them all a few months ago, nothing works well.


I used em Client until a week ago or so since my ISP e-mail didn't work (some update to em Client) and had to change to Thunderbird to get my e-mail working again.

That doesn't sound good. I've only tried it a bit with seeing if I liked it but no tabs either.


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red_avatar




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PostPosted: Thu, 9th Aug 2018 14:27    Post subject:
I don't use tabs that much but when I use them, I really need them - like when I'm investigating a complaint and have to keep several mails within reach. Seems weird they wouldn't support such a rather basic feature. Like a browser without tabs ... .

Seriously, the trend seems to be to dumb down software. Even Windows 10 seems so dumb in many areas - the more advanced stuff deeply hidden and basic stuff taking way more steps to do simply because it's more "user friendly" (read: big ass icons leading to big ass settings with pretty buttons).
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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Nov 2018 05:39    Post subject:
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Areius




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PostPosted: Tue, 13th Nov 2018 10:20    Post subject:
Interinactive wrote:
Dunno about you guys, but today's update seems to have dramatically improved responsiveness

They condensed the UI a fair bit too, now it doesn't look like it jumped straight out of Windows XP

Of Thunderbird? There's so many mentioned here that I'm not sure what client you're talking about Razz


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