No this is not an alternative to GMail XD but cool anyways
A Terminal Email Client As An Alternative To Gmail: The Old Dog Neomutt And Pals
A title like βA Terminal Email Client for Gmail As An Alternative To Gmail web: The Old Dog Neomutt And Palsβ would be a better fit.
Hmm.
OK, so I havenβt used Neomutt (or mutt) in ages, but I assume itβs about as capable as aerc, which I do use. Aerc is an alternative to Gmail in a couple of ways:
- If you interpret the meaning the way you did, aerc can access a gmail account via IMAP, just like any IMAP client can. So itβs a replacement for GMail web
- It can be configured to use notmuch, which is the most GMail-like interface to mail in that it indexes email for searching and uses tags instead of folders - like GMail. So itβs a replacement for GMail in that it behaves the most like GMail without being backed by GMail (although, you can connect it to a GMail account email corpus if you like).
- It can talk to any IMAP server, so itβs a replacement for GMail in the purest sense: there is nothing GMail involved.
I suspect Neomutt is equally capable; Iβve just always disliked the UI.
What were you expecting? A promo for ProtonMail, or a replacement as in, βhey you can go here and register an email account, so itβs a replacement for GMail?β
Because
- gmail has a simple web ui
- is an integrated service you often accidentally get
- a service and a client
- does not need installation
And so much more
Gmail is a service. A client is a client. A client canβt be an alternative to a service just like Firefox canβt be an alternative to Lemmy.
Donβt be pedantic. Itβs obvious the OP is referring to the client portion of Gmail, not the service portion.
