Looking for new local email client
I've been using Thunderbird almost forever but getting very tired of the 'unresponsive script' warnings that I can't find a solution for. Has anyone else found a decent local email client that can imp...
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I also prefer an email client over any web based solution. Many more advantages than not. And have used Thunderbird for personnel email pretty much since it was first introduced.
Outlook is powerful, but better suited for the Enterprise environment where its advantages out way Thunderbird. So use MS at work.
One useful feature is that an email client such as Thunderbird can keep a local copy of email on your system, not just on the email provider's server. You don't need web access to retrieve old email, as you would with most web based systems. Plus, you're not relying on a provider to back up your valuable email as most all have at one time or another experienced server failures, and were not able to restore all account holders mail. Not necessarily an issue with Thunderbird, as you can auto re-synced lost email on the provider's mail server when using IMAP protocol.
A big plus for Thunderbird is that it stores all local email, account settings, passwords, etc in a single profile folder which can be located anywhere on your system. You can copy this profile folder and use it to mirror your other desktop, notebook, or tablet email accounts without having to start from scratch.
But more importantly, you can easily secure your emails/passwords by encrypting the folder locally, and also back it up to a separate drive.
Mine gets backed up from an encrypted container to another encrypted backup drive twice daily automatically. Which makes it easy to restore as I did not too long ago when I accidentally uninstalled both Thunderbird and Firefox with all account info. Was back to normal in less than 15 minutes as if nothing had happened.
Outlook is powerful, but better suited for the Enterprise environment where its advantages out way Thunderbird. So use MS at work.
One useful feature is that an email client such as Thunderbird can keep a local copy of email on your system, not just on the email provider's server. You don't need web access to retrieve old email, as you would with most web based systems. Plus, you're not relying on a provider to back up your valuable email as most all have at one time or another experienced server failures, and were not able to restore all account holders mail. Not necessarily an issue with Thunderbird, as you can auto re-synced lost email on the provider's mail server when using IMAP protocol.
A big plus for Thunderbird is that it stores all local email, account settings, passwords, etc in a single profile folder which can be located anywhere on your system. You can copy this profile folder and use it to mirror your other desktop, notebook, or tablet email accounts without having to start from scratch.
But more importantly, you can easily secure your emails/passwords by encrypting the folder locally, and also back it up to a separate drive.
Mine gets backed up from an encrypted container to another encrypted backup drive twice daily automatically. Which makes it easy to restore as I did not too long ago when I accidentally uninstalled both Thunderbird and Firefox with all account info. Was back to normal in less than 15 minutes as if nothing had happened.
