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Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? by johnchristopher on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:29PM (#19712878)
Have you tried Postbox https://www.postbox-inc.com/ ? It's based on Thunderbird, funded and staffed by former members of Mozilla.
Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? by salasrod on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:36PM (#19712928)
Postbox does not have a Linux version. That kills it for me.
Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? by lasagnaphil on Thursday April 25, 2019 @11:12AM (#19748993)
I've used Postbox when I was young and using OS X, but now I'm only in Windows and Linux. And I've tried the Windows version recently, and it seemed as sluggish as any other Electron app.
Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? by soulofmischief on Sunday April 21, 2019 @12:41PM (#19712954)
Some thoughts:

The tagline "for busy professionals, like you." immediately made exit the page without thinking.

It could be the best product in the world but I'm not going to use a product that treats me with such a patronizing attitude.

And whatever genius decided to hide the pricing behind another page doesn't understand their market. The price is the first and only thing I care about if we're talking about paid desktop clients. Everything else is secondary. And they might as well put the big honking "$40 per license" pricing right there at the top instead of further down the fishing rod. Anyone who considers that a worthwhile deal is going to pay it anyway. It's not a bad deal for a lifetime license.

However many customers would probably like something more than a 30-day free trial without a lifetime commitment. Offering a $3/mo subscription would probably majorly boost sales.

Re:Ask HN: What email client do you use? by johnchristopher on Sunday April 21, 2019 @02:36PM (#19713714)
I meant to write founded, sorry.