Hi there,

On Mon, 16 Nov 2020, 06:45:38 +0100, Maurizio Galli (m4u9) wrote:
> Hello Xfce Geekos,
> 
> Thunderbird 78 dropped the standard GnuPG in favour of their own
> implementation of OpenPGP which sparked this discussion here:
> https://lists.opensuse.org/archives/list/[email protected]/thread/RI3D256BIQJAZUFJWI646TTC2LFSRGYF/
> 
> I'd like to know what are the general thoughts on this and feedback if
> openSUSE Xfce should consider switching default to Claws Mail instead.
> 
> Claws mail is a very powerful client and it's a lot lighter than
> Thunderbird, making it a good fit for Xfce. Claws mail also supports
> GnuPG well via a plugin that it's available OOTB. 
> 
> The downside is that compared to Thunderbird, Claws Mail is a bit
> clunkier to configure and pretty ugly by default, although there are
> nice themes available.

I looked at it some weeks ago. Everything looked OK to me, but there is
a bit BUT! The default format for the mail files/folders is some builtin
sort of "mh"; it can deal with "mbox" files, but not for the default
account, which means one has to convert/import the files, and/or change
the whole structure of a multi-account setup. When I saw that, I decided
to stick with thunderbird68 atm. Another thing is, I normally use mutt
as my primary e-mail client, but from time to time I need to start
thunderbird for some reasons; I spent quite some time to allow them
share the same file/mail structure. I'm not so sure if the "mh" thing
will work with mutt...

> I look forward to hearing from your thoughts.

Completely OK for me, as thunderbird78 is not usable for me.

> Cheers,
> 
> -- 
> Maurizio Galli (m4u9)
> Xfce Team
> https://en.opensuse.org/Portal:Xfce

HTH, cheers.

l8er
manfred

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