Email Client Tools - Mail User Agents (MUA)

Linux Tutorials - Herong's Tutorial Examples

∟Email Client Tools - Mail User Agents (MUA)

This chapter provides introductions and tutorial examples about Email Client Tools, also called Mail User Agents (MUA). Topics include installing and configuring Thunderbird; configuring macOS Mail; troubleshoting Windows 10 Mail.

"mailx" Command - Send and Read Emails

"Alpine" - Terminal-Based Email Client

Thunderbird Installation on macOS

Thunderbird Configuration for POP3S and SMTP

Thunderbird to Accept POP3S Certificate Exception

Thunderbird Configuration for IMAPS and SMTP

Thunderbird Configuratin for SMTPS Service

macOS Mail Auto Configuration

macOS Mail Manual Configuration

Accept Certificate Exception in macOS Mail

Windows 10 Mail Configuration Failed

SSL/TLS Connection Issue in Windows 10 Mail

Takeaways:

Thunderbird is a popular and free email client tool and supports all 3 major platforms: Windows, macOS and Linux.
Thunderbird allows you to select different email protocols, server ports, SSL/TLS and authentication options to connect to Postfix/Dovecot and other mail servers.
macOS Mail is a built-in email client tool and connects to Postfix and Dovecot servers with no problems.
Windows 10 Mail is a built-in email client tool and not able to connect to Postfix and Dovecot servers.