Aras PranckevičiusFeb 22

RE: https://mastodon.gamedev.place/@runevision/116000179696043824

Gmail has decided to stop supporting fetching email from external accounts, so time to start de-gmailing. It was a good 20 year run!

First attempt, Thunderbird. It feels... slow and janky? And *this* is the most popular free email client?! No wonder gmail took the world by storm.

Mailspring from Rune's thread (thanks!) feels decent, let's see how that goes.

Show threadPhilip Trettner

@aras I need about 8 mail accounts in my Thunderbird (various company accounts). Every time I reinstall / have a new device, I need to manually set up each of that through the UI wizards. Then a bunch of preferences each. Because the "config" is some garbled js-adjacent nonsense?

I really hope someone proves me wrong and shows how there's some bulk import/export. And no, I do not want to just copy over everything. That doesn't work across OSes.

Feb 22 at 5:40pmWeb
Show threadFeyterFeb 22
@artificialmind @aras how often do you reinstall your device? 😅
Show threadPhilip TrettnerFeb 22
@feyter @aras dual boot, desktop + laptop, office + home (self-employed, so all are "work"). That's 8 installs and modern systems decay fast enough that I'm on at least 2 reinstalls per year (total, not per device). Yeah in absolute time it's not enough to work on a "fix" for myself, but it's definitely enough emotional nuisance that it leaves a bad taste. I'll definitely take TB over outlook or Gmail any day of the year but it doesn't mean it's painless.