mu4e
Fewer than 5 people recommend it so far, so there's no written verdict. Here is what commenters said.
1recommend
1warn against
Dec 10, 2025first mention
Aug 8, 2026latest mention
Why people recommend it
“it's been working well for years now”
switched from Thunderbirdon “Putting email in its place with Emacs and Mu4e”
Caveats and dissent
No one in these comments warned against it.
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Who recommends it in their own words
Threads where it came up
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All comments 7
“for email (mu4e)”
“fdm/mu4e (to have them locally)”
“read them in email clients (Thunderbird, KMail, Emacs+Gnus, Emacs+mu4e, etc.)”
“download email that I then read with mu4e”
“it's been working well for years now”
I was in this world for like 8 years but switched to Thunderbird after one too many emails didn't send because I missed some notification or something in mu4e, and too many emails weren't rendering well in Emacs, and etc little problems that cropped up. I needed my email to Just Work, not be another aspect of my procrastination machi- sorry I mean, my IDE.
“I'm trying to find some time to try mu4e.”