Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

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Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by Lothar Weber » 2022-05-17, 16:53

I was searching the internet for this. Therre can be found downloads for Windows, I didn't find any for Linux.
Any help would be appreciated.
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Re: Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by athenian200 » 2022-05-17, 18:07

I don't believe Fossamail was ever available for Linux, I think it was Windows only? I could be wrong, I wasn't around back when that was a thing. Anyway, there hasn't been a Fossamail for a long time. There is a new e-mail client in the works, though, so it might make more sense to wait for that.
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Re: Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by Nigaikaze » 2022-05-17, 18:25

Yes, there was a linux version. Downloads might be available via an archive of the fossamail.org site on archive.org, but yeah, I'd also recommending waiting until the new e-mail client is released.
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Re: Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by andyprough » 2022-05-17, 18:51

The last version from 2016/2017 is on the wayback machine: https://web.archive.org/web/20170427073 ... amail.org/

I was able to run it on Void Linux, I'm not sure about others.
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Re: Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by Lothar Weber » 2022-05-18, 00:28

Thank you very much. I once had installed this, but when support ended I unfortunately deleted it. I then used Thunderbird, but with every update the surface there got more shitty. So I froze the updates on Thunderbird. So for some Years I am working with an old version of Thunderbird, there are not any issues to be seen. So why don't give Fossamail a try....
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Re: Is there any way to download the latest version of Fossamail for Linux?

Post by andyprough » 2022-05-18, 01:40

Lothar Weber wrote: ↑
2022-05-18, 00:28
So why don't give Fossamail a try....
The reasons why not to use Fossamail are that its development stopped 4-5 years ago and it would probably need security updates in order to run safely. But, like @athenian200 said, if you wait a short while he is going to make a newer version of an email client for UXP available. In fact, I've built a copy of it and am running it now, seems to work fine. The thread where the new email program is being discussed is here: viewtopic.php?f=69&t=28280&start=60
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