Every once in a while people ask me about my email routine, so I thought I’d write about it here. Everything I do starts with the philosophy that work and project email is a task queue. There…

Interesting workflow.

Of course the fact that Nate uses Thunderbird instead of KMail explains a lot. One day I hope KMail/Akonadi get the attention/work they need to become viable options.

  • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
    6·
    5 months ago

    KMail is a great email application, the main issue I have with it, is the Akonadi backend. It’s really big and ressource heavy.

    Thunderbird just does the same thing, with less ressources. It’s also the main reason why I use Thunderbird instead of KMail.

    • wolf@lemmy.zipOPEnglish
      2·
      5 months ago

      Define great. ;-)

      KMail has multiple issues, which are known for a very long time. It might work for some people, but for me Evolution and Thunderbird work 100% OOTB with all my email accounts, which is and has not been true with KMail, not even speaking about KMail corrupting local email storage etc.

      If you look only at the comments under the linked article, multiple people expressed having problems with KMail…

      IMHO this is a really big problem: Most of my life depends on my email client working correctly and w/o a hitch: Reminders for appointments, communication for all purposes, important emails etc. KMail really ‘earned’ its bad reputation in the last years, which I am not happy about.

      • Strit@lemmy.linuxuserspace.show
        3·
        5 months ago

        Seems our experiences are vastly different. Back when I used KMail I had no real issues. Never lost emails and it worked with all my account (I didn’t use Gmail at the time).

        I haven’t used it in a long while though, so my experiences are old. It doesn’t sound like it has improved since. :(