Being a #Gnome fanboy, I happily use the #Evolution mail client for most of my professional correspondence, but I also like to have my private e-mail handled in a separate client.
In most cases, my go-to option for this is #Thunderbird. Today, however, I installed #Mailspring on one of my machines (a fork of #NylasMail, as I read?). It looks and feels pretty good on first sight. Does anyone have experiences with that #opensource client on #Linux?
PSA: #MAILSPRING / #NYLASMAIL HAS *NOT* GONE OPEN SOURCE
Beware the #openwashing claims of this company about removing the need for a MailspringID and #opensourcing #MailSync. These make it sound like this #email project has gone #FOSS / #opensource, getting many to pay for a subscription for #privacy focused #email. The server though is (and is planned to remain) closed, #proprietary, #centralized and owned by a US corporation (Foundry 376 LLC).
Details:
https://community.getmailspring.com/t/a-free-open-source-future-for-mailspring/484/20
Please boost.
I can answer to that one a little bit. The primary reason we have no plan for this is because Mailspring is only viable as a product because we’re in a position to compete with proprietary email products with similar features, but in a privacy-oriented model. If we open-sourced the server, there would be nothing preventing any of those companies — some of whom completely ignore the terms of the GPL — from ripping off Mailspring as a service in its entirety at no cost to them. Because Mailspring...
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