G2

Dr Andy T.

Founder, Owner, and Principal

Small-Business (50 or fewer emp.)

10/10/2024

"Simple Yet Effective Desktop Email Client"

4/5

What do you like best about Claws Mail?

Claws Mail’s graphical user interface is intuitive, easy to use, and effective. I needed to refer to the documentation when first setting up Claws Mail to access my AWS WorkMail account via IMAP, but using Claws Mail from then on has been hassle-free.

I particularly like the fact that Claws Mail is light on resource usage - the program runs smoothly on about 80 MB of memory and less than 1% of CPU on my ten-year old PC that runs on an Intel Xeon E3-1231 v3 @ 3.40GHz processor with Windows 10 installed.

Claws Mail is free software. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What do you dislike about Claws Mail?

The retrieval of new emails in Claws Mail via IMAP is relatively slow, usually taking several seconds.

Sending and receiving HTML emails is not possible by default. I prefer to send plain text emails, so the inability to send HTML emails is not an issue for me. To get around the problem of reading HTML emails, I configured my AWS WorkMail email server to forward incoming emails to a Gmail account. In this way, I can read selected HTML emails on my web browser when necessary. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.

What problems is Claws Mail solving and how is that benefiting you?

The use of a desktop email client such as Claws Mail allows me to securely access my business emails without the hassle of logging into my AWS WorkMail account (or the Gmail account to which all emails are forwarded) via a web browser whenever I want to check my incoming mail. Claws Mail user-friendly interface makes it easy for me to quickly identify new emails in my Inbox and, therefore, aids in enhancing my productivity.

The fact that Claws Mail is free software helps to keep our business costs down. Review collected by and hosted on G2.com.