Having said that, it’s functionally very adept, allowing you to keep your Mac and Windows PC’s in check and consistent, as it’s one of the only popular mail clients that’s truly cross-platform, including Linux distributions. Unfortunately, as is usually the case with open-source software, beauty takes to the back benches and compared to the standard Mail application in OS X, Thunderbird certainly won’t be up for any pageants any time soon. It’s popular for many reasons, but possibly most of all because it’s open-source, and therefore as is often the case: free. However, don’t take it as a given that there is no alternative for the application, and although it pretty features rich, well supported and typically of Apple products in general, quite aesthetically pleasing, you might want to consider one of the following.Īlternative Mail Clients for Mac OS Mozilla Thunderbirdįor anyone who has dabbled with various e-mail clients over the years, Thunderbird from Mozilla must have become quite the obvious and ubiquitous choice. We have previously written about the newly introduced features in Mac Mail App. You’ve probably seen it or indeed used it, if you have your own Mac.

Unlike Windows, Mac OS X comes packed with its very own mail client, aptly named ‘Mail’.

Osx email client