[fourier_mode]

Thunderbird for now.

I want to shift to a CLI based email client. But my previous attempts in making that shift have been unsuccessful. I had spent a couple of hours in shifting to Gnus Emacs but because of my inability to configure it properly I had to move away from it.

Some common issues I faced while configuring it were -- 1. Would always start downloading the mail metadata everytime I did =M-x gnus=. I am pretty sure there is some way to pull that into local filesystem once and just download the incremental metadata. 2. With the basic vanilla config, there was no support for notifications which is an essential factor in my workflow i.e. interrupt based working rather than polling.

I have heard there are other CLI based clients like Mutt, m4uemacs in Emacs which are a bit more practical for a beginner than a Gnus but I am yet to get those a shot.

[omaranto]

I don't recommend CLI mail clients, try TUI or "full screen text mode" ones instead. If you really want CLI, I think the Unix mail program might be your only choice.

[jayalpha]

pine/alpine has its strength! But I found it unhandy with handling several email accounts.