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I've used every Linux email client on the market, from the terminal-based Alpine (originally just Pine) to the Evolution groupware, and everything in between. Some of those email clients I stuck with for years, but eventually walked away from them for one reason or another -- too ugly, too inefficient, too outdated, too slow, too broken, etc.
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Had you asked me five years ago which email client I would take to my grave, the answer would have been Thunderbird. Between then and now, I've found that email client to be a bit too outdated in the UI and a bit too slow for my needs. However, I will say that the Thunderbird UI has finally evolved from that 2010-era design, but even with that evolution, Thunderbird can still feel a bit klunky.
There is one email client that I went back and forth on for a while, but eventually came back to and, unless someone develops something new and amazing, will most likely stick with Geary for some time.
Why?
Let me answer that question.
1. The clear interface
One of my issues with several Linux email clients is outdated UIs. But it doesn't end with looking more like early 2000s software; some of those clients have UIs that are too busy to be efficient. Sure, that old-school interface worked for a long time, but with nearly every Linux distribution now running highly modern desktop environments, the apps that go along with those operating systems should at least look like they came from the last five years.
One of the few clients to do that is Geary, and I'm all for it.
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