Goodbye Thunderbird: Hello Sylpheed

Looking for lighter applications for my current Desktop (Xfce) I decided to try again -After many years- a mail client called Sylpheed.

Honestly I have been amazed with this email client. I tried it when it was in one of its early versions and I didn't like it too much back then. But now things change and for the better.

For starters it has everything I need and use in Thunderbird, and even more:

  • Autocomplete email addresses.
  • Filtering emails.
  • It is minimized on the tray.
  • Simple interface.
  • Low consumption.
  • Support for IMAP / POP / SSL / STARTSL.
  • And it allows me to import emails MBox so I already have my messages from Thunderbird en Sylpheed.
  • Among other things.

Installation

Installing it in Debian is as simple as opening a terminal and putting:

$ sudo aptitude install sylpheed sylpheed-i18n sylpheed-plugins


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