Geary, a simple and elegant email client

Geary

Geary is a desktop client to read our mail that enjoys incredible simplicity and elegance. Not for nothing is the official email client of elementary OS, one of the most visually pleasing layouts today.

Geary's number one goal is to allow the user to read their emails quickly and effortlessly, which is why its interface is based on a Conversation View, similar to email client OS X. Although the program has not yet reached version 1.0, its development is progressing at a good pace, in fact just last month its developers released version 0.3, with such interesting features as:

  • Multiple account support
  • Account editor
  • The ability to mark messages as spam
  • Important messages folder
  • The ability to mark messages as read while the user scrolls through the conversation

And as if that were not enough, a few days ago they released version 0.3.1, which reduces CPU consumption, adds stability improvements and fixes some bugs.

Installation in Quantal and Precise

If after reading the above you want to try Geary on your computer with Ubuntu 12.10 (or Ubuntu 12.04), you just have to add the official repository of the application with the following command:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:yorba/ppa

Then you have to refresh the local information:

sudo apt-get update

And finally install the mail client:

sudo apt-get install geary

Although Geary can be used perfectly in its current state, it must be borne in mind that it is an application in an early stage of development, so surely we will find the odd error from time to time. It should also be noted that currently it only works with GMail and Yahoo! Mail.

More information - AppCenter: elementary OS launches app store
Source - Oficial announcement, I love Ubuntu


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  1.   Cris said

    I was just hoping that the multiple accounts option will now be my default email client, bye thunderbird.

    1.    Cris said

      I was just waiting for the multiple accounts option, it will now be my default email client, bye thunderbird.

  2.   sbuntu said

    It looks good, I'm going to test it for gmail accounts.

  3.   Alfonso.L. beginnings said

    I will tell you that it also allows you to configure other accounts, that is to say, set the parameters manually, which allows you to configure practically any account, including hotmail. Allow SSL / TSL, Starttls, or no encryption. It also allows us to put the ports we want in each one and if we want authentication or not. Anyway, a very good recommendation. Thanks.