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Linux and Unix Email Clients

Unix is the world of choice. Choose between Linux, BSD or a different flavor, and select console, Gnome, KDE, Window Maker or a different flavor. There are equally many flavors of email clients, from text only to graphically rich, from small and simple to groupware kitchen sink. Find the right one for your taste here.
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Top Linux/UNIX Email Programs for Windows Converts

Using these email clients, you can combine Unix reliability with a the familiar ease of use you know from Windows.

Alpine - Free Linux Email Program

Alpine is powerful console email program that makes you use email productively with automation aplenty and nary a distraction.

Balsa - Free Linux Email Program

Carve your emails in Balsa with this nice and quite powerful email client. (Linux/BSD/Unix)

Balsa - Free Linux Email Program

Find users' reviews of the Balsa free linux email program here and share your experience, too.

Evolution - Free Linux Email Program

If Linux is better than Windows then Evolution is better than Outlook. Linux is better than Windows.

GNUMail.app - Free Linux Email Program

GNUMail.app is a slick email client with solid support for multiple accounts and powerful filters.

KMail - Free Linux Email Program

KMail, the email client of KDE, is powerful, flexible and secure -- and a joy to use.

Mozilla Thunderbird - Free Linux Email Program

Mozilla Thunderbird is a fully featured, secure and very functional email client and RSS feed reader. It lets you handle mail efficiently and with style, and Mozilla Thunderbird filters away junk mail too.

Mozilla SeaMonkey - Free Linux Email Program

Mozilla is not only a great browser but also a fully featured and powerful email client. It comes with great security and privacy, fabulous spam filtering and is still easy and fun to use.

Mulberry - Free Linux Email Program

Mulberry is a powerful and incredibly versatile email client available for all the popular platforms.

Mutt - Free Linux Email Program

You'll be surprised what mutt can do with email on the console.

Netscape - Free Linux Email Program

Netscape is a versatile, powerful and security-conscious email client that also takes care of the spam problem in an easy and effective manner.

Opera - Free Email Program

The Opera email client is a slick and flexible interface that will satisfy almost all your email needs, and Opera integrates RSS feeds in this experience as well.

Pine - Free Linux Email Program

Pine is an easy to use and rock solid email client with great flexibility on Unix and with IMAP accounts.

Scribe - Linux Email Program

InScribe and its free version, i.Scribe, are true little email program gems.

Sylpheed - Free Linux Email Program

Sylpheed is a friendly and simple, but surprisingly versatile Linux email client with a few minor weaknesses.

VM - Free Linux Email Program

VM is a solid, tested and easy to use mail reader for Emacs. It can do all you expect from an email client and some more.

Wanderlust - Free Linux Email Program

Wanderlust is an extremely powerful, versatile and fast email client for Emacs. Its IMAP support in particular shines.

XCmail - Free Linux Email Program

XCmail is a simple and for the most part easy to use email client that offers great security (including OpenPGP) and flexible message display, but shows weakness in other core areas, and in documentation.

XFMail - Free Linux Email Program

XFMail is a solid and secure email client that likely won't disappoint you. But not only its interface, also the feature set are a bit out of date compared to the fresher competition.

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