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Doing “Notmuch” to fix Email

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Nov 19, 2009

“Packard says “it’s a sad commentary on the Linux desktop that
the most important feature for many people using Linux has no
credible GUI application.” One might quibble with Packard for
singling out Linux. GUI mail clients across all platforms have
really failed to evolve as well as, say, the Web browser. While the
current crop of GUI clients work fine for processing smaller
amounts of email, people who process hundreds of messages daily
start seeing pain points in the GUI clients pretty quickly.

“The answer? According to Worth and Packard, it’s “Notmuch:”

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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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