Email in Fedora 40 Workstation?

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Does Fedora 40 Workstation contain an email software by default?

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I don’t think Fedora provides a standalone Mail User Agent, but it does have xdg-mail. I use emacs, so xdg-mail brings up an Emacs window in mail mode.

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I would recommend Geary (in the repos). It is a simple IMAP email client, which is consistent with GNOME’s current approach of different mail/calendar/contacts apps managed via GNOME Online Accounts. And even if a legacy-gtk app, with the adw-gtk3-theme (also in the repos) it blends really well into GNOME DE.

Then there is the ubiquitous Thunderbird.

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What is xdg-mail? Is it possible to read, write and administrate emails with it alone or is ‘emacs’ necessary additionally?

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Does a standard installation of Fedora 40 Workstation contain Thunderbird?

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No, it doesn’t. It is available in the repos though (both as rpm and as Flatpak).

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I assume it’s something like xdg-open: doesn’t do email by itself, but makes sure things get to the right places. I second Geary, it’s pretty great. There’s also Evolution, also from GNOME, but less maintained IIRC.

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What does ‘IIRC’ mean?

So Fedora 40 Workstation does not contain an email client by default?

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“If I recall correctly”.

And you are correct, no email client by default.

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What is ‘emacs’?

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GNU Emacs. It’s a text editor, but it does a whole lot more, to the point that there’s a running joke: “Emacs is a great operating system that just needs a good text editor”.

https://www.gnu.org/software/emacs/

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Is GNU Emacs part of the standard Fedora 40 Workstation?

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See man xdg-mail. It opens the user’s “preferred” MUA with options to supply arguments, so can be used when you need to automate sending emails (e.g., notify anxiously waiting users when a failed server is operational or a data set has been updated).

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I’m using the Thunderbird Flatpak in Silverblue, and I’m happy with it.

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It seems that you are searching for packages/programs that are available in Fedora 40 Workstation’s standard installation.

If you could share the reason why you seem to be trying to avoid installing packages/apps from the repos, we might be able to better understand your needs.

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Do you want a general Email client?

Evolution is what I used on Linux (GNOME and Xfce) for years with Gmail/Outlook/Posteo and even Cal/CardDAV. On Fedora it’s evolution.

I’m not the biggest fan of Thunderbird’s desktop interface and prefer Evolution’s, but I use TB on Windows (and whatever K-9 is described as related to TB on Android)

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I forgot that I also have Evolution installed and configured for one mail account.

I am fond of both Thunderbird and Evolution, but I give the edge to Thunderbird – it’s a bit easier on the eyes in terms of how the email addresses and subject lines are presented.

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It would help if you spelled it properly. xdg-email is provided by the package xdg-utils, it is not a email program in itself, but just a way to call your email program.

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If an email software was already installed and nothing would speak against using this software, I do not see a reason for installing an additional program.

Is GNU Emacs part of the standard Fedora 40 Workstation?

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The question is not entirely clear. What does “standard Fedora 40 Workstation” mean to you? Emacs is part of Fedora’s repositories.“Repository : @System” Google chrome is, OTOH, in “Repository : google-chrome”.