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.
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.
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.
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.
Carve your emails in Balsa with this nice and quite powerful email client.
Evolution - Free Linux Email Program
If Linux is better than Windows then Evolution is better than Outlook. Linux is better than Windows.
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.
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.
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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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 Linux 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.