The new version of the popular email client Geary 3.38 has already been released and arrives with some quite good changes for the application, because within the list of changes it is announced that the mail client arrives with the support for plugins, whereupon the developers plan to empower Geary.
For those unaware of Geary, you should know that this is an email client which focuses its use on the Gnome desktop environment. Initially, the project was founded by the Yorba Foundation, which created the popular Shotwell photo manager, but later the development It passed into the hands of the Gnome community.
The objective of the project development is to create a product rich in capabilities, but at the same time extremely easy to use and that consumes a minimum of resources. The mail client is designed for both standalone use and to work in conjunction with email services web-based like Gmail and Yahoo! Mail.
The interface is implemented using the GTK3 + library. A SQLite database is used to store the message database; a full-text index is created to search the message database. To work with IMAP, a new GObject-based library is used, which works in asynchronous mode (mail download operations do not crash the interface).
Main new features of Geary 3.38
In this new version of the mail client implementation for plugin support is highlighted, through which it is planned to offer additional functions. Currently, they propose plugins to play sound when sending email, create email templates email, integrate with the Unity shell menu, and organize mailing lists into address lists in a CSV file.
Plugins can be activated in the new section «Accessories» in the Geary settings section.
Another change that is implemented in this new version is focused on prevent the device from clogging with old emails, well now in the configuration added the ability to delete emails older than a datea specified, as well as define a date range to download the emails.
There has also been a number of smaller improvements, including display contact photos from address book in notifications, as well as the reduce the number of network problems reported by automatically recovering from them.
Of the other changes that stand out in this new version:
- Improved grouping of mail folders.
- The spam folder has been renamed to "Spam".
- In the default letter writing interface, in the new configuration, a panel with formatting modes is hidden.
- Improved compatibility with mail servers.
- Composer formatting toolbar initially hidden for new installations
- Clean email in database prior to storage preference
Finally, the developers mention that since Geary is following the Gnome release process, the next major version of Geary will have the number 40.
If you are interested in knowing more about it About this new version of the mail client, you can check the details by going to the official announcement of this, In the following link.
How to install Geary on Ubuntu and derivatives?
For those who are interested in installing this mail client, they should know that it can be found directly in the Ubuntu repositories. Although as you know, when new versions are released (like the one recently announced) they usually take a few days to be incorporated.
So that they can add a repository to be always up to date. They do this by typing in terminal:
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:geary-team/releases sudo apt-get update
And they install with:
sudo apt install geary
There is also a Flatpak package, they should only have the support to install applications of this type.
The installation is done by typing:
flatpak install flathub org.gnome.Geary