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Email client for Linux (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 2 days ago by [email protected] to c/[email protected]

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I have been looking for an email client on Linux after being tired of Gmail and Outlook web clients.

I had Thunderbird installed on my system and thought I'd give it a spin. I set up POP for my email accounts and it worked fantastic... For a total of 2 hours, after which I realised that searching in Thunderbird is simply not going to work for me. I need to search by attachment name and sometimes even by text inside attachment and unfortunately Thunderbird can't do that (I think I tried an extension too but it made the UI super clunky to the point that I couldn't even understand how to navigate it anymore).

Does Betterbird or any other email client fix this problem? I'm willing to try other options if they are FOSS.

Thanks

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 2 days ago (2 children)

Please do. I'm on Debian and it didn't work for me

[–] [email protected] 1 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago) (1 children)

I just checked on Linux (Thunderbird 128.5.2esr, Opensuse Tumbleweed) and the behaviour is the same.

If I search “PMASUP236”, it returns the email as a result.
If I search “SUP236” it does not.

This is using the normal search function (top of screen in current version). Quick Filter does not look at attachments at all by the looks. The "Attachments" toggle is only a has / does not have attachment filter.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 12 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

I see. Is there a way I can use regular expressions to search? I.e. "*SUP236*"?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago) (1 children)

If you're on Debian Stable you might have a version of Thunderbird that doesn't have this feature, since software there is a bit "outdated". Next stable (trixie) releases in few months though.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 2 days ago (1 children)

That might actually be the case. I am indeed on Debian stable. Thanks

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 day ago

Why not install the Flatpak and get it now instead of waiting 3 months?