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Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by THE HAMMER

I have been using Thunderbird. I did not use PGP. I've found that it will lock up from time to time here also. By lock up, I mean the operation (which I think is usually sending mail) just continuously runs where I've wound up closing down the program. I can also say that last time this happened, I just let it sit and it eventually ran to completion. I'll try to be more observant of any future quirks. ________________________________ From: Steven Greenberg via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2020 12:26 PM To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: Steven Greenberg <steve(a)ssgreenberg.name> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days? I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do something that I cannot detect with a process monitor. I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute. Anybody have any suggestions? /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name<http://www.ssgreenberg.name> Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu _______________________________________________ WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Jan. 31, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Steven Greenberg

On 1/30/2020 3:33 PM, kevin.paetzold wrote: > In the last year or so Thunderbird has decided to use many more processes to do its thing and it seems to use more memory than it used to. That makes it seem to lock up and /or makes the machine swap on a machine with 2g.. > > Number of processes it can use is a setting you can change. > > I was not reading the email clients discussion closely. I use Thunderbird. I don't know if anybody mentioned Claws. Either it or Evolution would probably be my second choice. > How do you change the number of processes in Thunderbird. I cannot find anything in the Tools>Options, and I find nothing on the internet. Previosly I did find this on the internet Making Thunderbird Fly Faster Our hires are already addressing technical debt and doing a fair bit of plumbing when it comes to Thunderbird’s codebase. Our new hires will also be addressing UI-slowness and general performance issues across the application. This is an area where I think we will see some of the best improvements in Thunderbird for 2019, as we look into methods for testing and measuring slowness – and then put our engineers on architecting solutions to these pain points. Beyond that, we will be looking into leveraging new, faster technologies in rewriting parts of Thunderbird as well as working toward a multi-process Thunderbird. /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

Jan. 31, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by kevin.paetzold

In the last year or so Thunderbird has decided to use many more processes to do its thing and it seems to use more memory than it used to. That makes it seem to lock up and /or makes the machine swap on a machine with 2g..Number of processes it can use is a setting you can change. I was not reading the email clients discussion closely. I use Thunderbird. I don't know if anybody mentioned Claws. Either it or Evolution would probably be my second choice. -------- Original message --------From: Keith Wright via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Date: 1/30/20 14:49 (GMT-05:00) To: Worcester Linux Users' Group General Discussion <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> Cc: wlug(a)lists.wlug.org, steve(a)ssgreenberg.name, Keith Wright <kwright(a)keithdiane.us> Subject: [WLUG] Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days? Steven Greenberg via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes:> I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or> so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do> something that I cannot detect with a process monitor.>> I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute.> Anybody have any suggestions?I am not sure what you mean by "process monitor".If you have some cute GUI thing installed, thatmight be part of the problem.If you mean you can not pull up a shell;ps ax; and kill it, then either you havebad hardware, or an OS bug, or you shouldlearn to do that. -- KeithPS: I told you what I do, but I did notrecommend it. I have an attitude problem._______________________________________________WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.orgTo unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org

Jan. 30, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Keith Wright

Steven Greenberg via WLUG <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or > so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do > something that I cannot detect with a process monitor. > > I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute. > Anybody have any suggestions? I am not sure what you mean by "process monitor". If you have some cute GUI thing installed, that might be part of the problem. If you mean you can not pull up a shell; ps ax; and kill it, then either you have bad hardware, or an OS bug, or you should learn to do that. -- Keith PS: I told you what I do, but I did not recommend it. I have an attitude problem.

Jan. 30, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Steven Greenberg

I am using Thinderbird (and have for years). In the last year or so, it tends to lockup my computer while it goes off to do something that I cannot detect with a process monitor. I have tried about everything including looking for a substitute. Anybody have any suggestions? /Steve -- Steven Greenberg Email: steve(a)ssgreenberg.name 251 Holland Rd. Phone: (774)241-0095 Fiskdale, Massachusetts 01518-1231 Web: www.ssgreenberg.name Other Email: s.greenberg(a)ieee.org ssg(a)alum.mit.edu

Jan. 30, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: [EXT] Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by John Eismeier

notmuch "Anderson, Charles R via WLUG" <wlug(a)lists.wlug.org> writes: > Mutt. > > On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:14:43AM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: >> Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email flow" >> >> Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want to >> install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. >> >> What are people using for mail clients on linux? >> >> Later, >> Tim. > _______________________________________________ > WLUG mailing list -- wlug(a)lists.wlug.org > To unsubscribe send an email to wlug-leave(a)lists.wlug.org -- John 508.735.3640

Jan. 30, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Andy Stewart

On 1/28/20 10:14 AM, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email flow" > > Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want to > install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. > > What are people using for mail clients on linux? > > Later, > Tim. I have been quite happy with Thunderbird for a long time. I use it at home and at work (talking to a M$ email server). Andy -- Andy Stewart (KB1OIQ) Vice President: PART of Westford, MA (WB1GOF) Founder: Chelmsford Linux Meetup Group Founder: Worcester Linux Users' Group

Jan. 30, 2020

Re: Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Steve Revilak

>Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email flow" > >Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want to >install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. > >What are people using for mail clients on linux? It's been a while since I've used it, but I remember Mailvelope doing a reasonably good job at integrating pgp with webmail. https://www.mailvelope.com/en It's a browser extension, with a javascript implementation of pgp. Personally, I prefer mutt http://mutt.org/ Steve

Jan. 29, 2020

Re: [EXT] Re: [EXT] Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Voorhis, Michael C

Thunderbird or Emacs-VM... On 1/28/20 8:55 PM, Anderson, Charles R via WLUG wrote: > Mutt.

Jan. 29, 2020

Re: [EXT] Favorite email client for Linux these days?

by Anderson, Charles R

Mutt. On Tue, Jan 28, 2020 at 10:14:43AM -0500, Tim Keller via WLUG wrote: > Per the conversation regarding pgp, it got me thinking about my "email flow" > > Currently I'm using gmail in a browser, but I realize that unless I want to > install a 3rd party add-on for chrome I can't really do PGP. > > What are people using for mail clients on linux? > > Later, > Tim.

Jan. 29, 2020