I'm supportive of not including an email client by default given the current selection. If there was a light-weight client available with good features (e.g. Geary) I think there would be a decision but the listed candidates are too big / old.
I think if there's no client though there should be good support for handling mailto: links - i.e. either we have common web mail provider support (e.g. Gmail) installed by default or at least a good dialog to help you redirect to your provider when you click on these links. --Robert On Wed, Apr 19, 2017 at 8:08 AM Jeremy Bicha <jbi...@ubuntu.com> wrote: > In 2011, we switched Ubuntu's default email client from Evolution to > Thunderbird. Six years later, I think it's time to take another look. > > Should we even install an email client by default? The question is not > whether it's useful, but whether it's useful enough to enough people > to justify it being installed for everyone. > > - Ubuntu GNOME 16.10 included Evolution but 17.04 has no email client > installed at all. The decision disappointed a few people but there > hasn't been much negative feedback at all yet. > > - GNOME Release Team member Michael Catanzaro recommends not > installing an email client by default since there isn't an app that is > both well-maintained and very well-integrated into the GNOME 3 style. > [1] > > - It's believed that most people just use web mail now, often along > with apps on their smart phone. > > - A problem is that those who do prefer to use an installed email > client do not all prefer the same one! > > If we do include an email client, which one? > > Thunderbird (TB) > ------------------------- > 1. TB is still built with GTK2. > 2. TB is a community project now and Mozilla no longer pays developers > to work on it. > 3. It looks like TB will have a lot of work to do next year once > Firefox drops traditional extension support with FF57. This work might > be shared with other apps that use Mozilla code. > 4. TB does not integrate with GNOME Online Accounts. > 5. TB has better Unity integration than Evolution. > 6. There was a proposal a year and a half ago to turn TB into a web > app but I don't think that went anywhere. [2] > > Evolution > -------------- > 1. The UI doesn't fully embrace GNOME3 app design style, but it is > closer than TB. > 2. Small development team. > 3. Evolution is not available on other operating systems. > 4. Evolution is relatively easy to co-maintain with Debian. > > [1] https://blogs.gnome.org/mcatanzaro/2016/09/21/gnome-3-22-core-apps/ > [2] https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/tb-planning/h97q9cDUZOU > > Thanks, > Jeremy Bicha > > -- > ubuntu-desktop mailing list > ubuntu-desktop@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-desktop >
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