Email Clients
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title="Thunderbird"
image="/assets/img/tools/Thunderbird.png"
description="Thunderbird is a free, open source, cross-platform email, newsgroup, news feed, and chat (XMPP, IRC, Twitter) client developed by community, previously by the Mozilla Foundation."
website="https://www.thunderbird.net/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-thunderbird/659"
source="https://hg.mozilla.org/comm-central/"
windows="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/"
mac="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/"
linux="https://www.thunderbird.net/en-US/"
freebsd="https://www.freshports.org/mail/thunderbird/"
openbsd="http://openports.se/mail/mozilla-thunderbird"
netbsd="http://pkgsrc.se/mail/thunderbird"
%}
{% include cardv2.html
title="Claws Mail"
image="/assets/img/tools/Claws-Mail.png"
description="Claws Mail is a free and open source, GTK-based email and news client. It offers easy configuration and an abundance of features. It is included with Gpg4win, an encryption suite for Windows."
website="https://www.claws-mail.org/"
forum="https://forum.privacytools.io/t/discussion-claws-mail/660"
git="https://git.claws-mail.org/"
windows="https://www.claws-mail.org/win32/"
mac="https://www.claws-mail.org/faq/index.php/Installation_and_Configuration#What_do_I_need_to_compile_Claws_Mail.3F"
linux="https://www.claws-mail.org/downloads.php?section=downloads"
freebsd="https://www.freshports.org/mail/claws-mail/"
openbsd="http://openports.se/mail/claws-mail"
netbsd="http://pkgsrc.se/mail/claws-mail"
%}
Privacy Email Tools
- gpg4usb - A very easy to use and small portable editor to encrypt and decrypt any text-message or -file. For Windows and Linux. GPG tutorial.
- Mailvelope - A browser extension that enables the exchange of encrypted emails following the OpenPGP encryption standard.
- Enigmail - A security extension to Thunderbird and Seamonkey. It enables you to write and receive email messages signed and/or encrypted with the OpenPGP standard.
- TorBirdy - TorBirdy configures Thunderbird to make connections over the Tor anonymity network. This extension is in beta and should be considered experimental.
- Email Privacy Tester - This tool will send an Email to your address and perform privacy-related tests.
Worth Mentioning
- K-9 Mail - An independent mail application for Android. It supports both POP3 and IMAP mailboxes, but only supports push mail for IMAP.
- GNU Privacy Guard - Email Encryption. GnuPG is a GPL Licensed alternative to the PGP suite of cryptographic software. Tutorial. Use GPGTools for macOS.
- Mailpile (Beta) - A modern, fast web-mail client with user-friendly encryption and privacy features.