Nice and clean alternative to Thunderbird.

When I first saw some screenshots of the MacOSX UI of Postbox I was very excited. After I installed the Windows version I was kinda shocked because it looks almost identical to Thunderbird.

Postbox for Windows IS Thunderbird. Slower Thunderbird (yep, really possible!) with a lot of more bugs, 1/1000 of the official Thunderbird extensions work, no developer information about how to convert existing extensions to the "new" Postbox format and 10 bucks (current price) for a product which is normally free is ridiculous.

0/10

A great email client that was killed by eM Client, and in return they gave us a subpar transfer offer not even as good as their normal black Friday deal.

The irony is that I would have rather moved to eM Client instead of thunderbird when PostBox died, but this scummy move has convinced me to move to Thunderbird. It took a while to setup since Thunderbird treats POP as a second class citizen, but it does use less ram and CPU time than PostBox.

emClient acquired Postbox. Will be discontinued end of 2024.

Almost 50$ for an email client? What do they even think the software is? The only unique feature of this software is having a nice, user friendly UI, other than that it's not comparable to thunderbird in terms of features. I would say this is good if you are recording a movie, and want to show off the email client, like in Superman vs Batman movie, diana's email client. Maybe it's also good for a modern office with all clean furniture, computers and all to blend in, but for personal usage it's not worth.

It was/is a fork of THUNDERBIRD.
At $50 usd / user =PLUS= $10 usd to get eMail help ... is a bit rich
a lot of extra bells and whistles ... when al I want is to send-get-read emails
if an eMail is critical, no way I leave it in any mail handler

Wife still uses and old "Postbox" bugs and all.
I cannot tempt her back to my TBird v52.52 that works perfectly and was /is free.

I think I tested all email applications the last 20 years. The best one I used was Pocomail, a really ergonomic application made for users. Sadly, it was abandoned.

So **Thunderbird **was second choice but after Pocomail, TB is like a tank, heavy, not convivial at all (and I used it many years).
Postbox was an alternative but I was convinced only by the 6 version. The 7 version is really a dream to use. Clear interface, very smooth even with more than 6000 mails in database, nice themes, clear options and features you won’t need (templates for newsletters…) but who knows.

When I read or write a mail I need very clear an readable interface and Postbox is the best for this. I need clear listing, quick filtering, favorite mails at top of listing, quick answer, good management of attachments. All these are in Postbox (Gmail is a pain to use compare to Postbox).
Database is compatible with TB so you may use tools conceived for TB (no problem with Mailstore)

Update 2021-02-03: I tried to report a problem that looks like a bug and support needs payment. Paying for reporting a bug is very dumb. I sent my message to features demand.

But perfection is not in this world. So the –

• search is not the best. No automatic refresh list when you type. The + : quick search in attachments
• price has changed these last years from 15 US$ each version to 40US$ for a lifetime license. I was happy to pay for lifetime as the new price is 30US$ for one year. It’s a lot of money if you don’t use a mail application in professional environment.
• no more TB plugins compatibility but it’s not a problem for me

I think it’s the best mail application (for the moment) considering usability, very user friendly. I rarely met a problem, bug or needed to kill the application. Mail support was quick from the developpers (and free, I never paid for that) TB compatibility is a plus as you may migrate from one to the other without any problem. Too bad it’s so expensive.