[hoosierham]

Thunderbird.

[DaiHuy]

I like Proton Mail. Very secure

[patriot torch]

Whichever one Hunter Biden uses. Apparently it’s the most secure. In fact so secure it even evades the abilities of three letter agencies. It also comes with protections of the WH.

[fretzer]

Thunderbird.

[neverevergiveup]

I agree with Proton mail, exactly for what was stated - it’s secure.

[Zathras]

Protonmail is the most secure.

[Dahoser]

Another Proton vote.

[Cato in PA]

As others have said, definitely go with Protonmail. They’re legit.

[Dr. Sivana]

Evolution is free, full-featured, and has mature Windows and Linux versions. It is also VERY configurable, due to its Linux roots.

[larrytown]

Depends on where you want to store your email - with an email provider or to download to local storage. Thunderbird is old school simple client, advantage of moving email from host to your local storage ( you own the storage and backup issues ). Protonmail for web/internet based - secure and you’re not ‘the product’ as with free web-based email like gmail.

[euram]

I’ve used mail.com for over 20 years, it’s free and easy to use.

[minnesota_bound]

I have used Thunderbird for about 20 years.

Thunderbird and Gmail - how to import
https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/thunderbird-and-gmail

Here is a how to make changes to the look. Their newest version 115+ is not a big hit in the looks dept.
Ask here and someone will give you steps on how to make other changes.
https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/

PDF file. Easy to make changes.
https://davidswebsite.com/thunderbird/Thunderbirdversion115+modifications.pdf

[BlackbirdSST]

Thunderbird. I have used it on my desktop for as long as it’s existed. I pull mail from multiple domains of my own, gmail for junk, yahoo mail for junk and anywhere else I decide to open an email acct., and it’s FRee but you can make donations. I’ve never had it skip a beat.

[bigbob]

Thunderbird makes great cars, wine, and e-mail clients. Compatible with all mail services.

[Steven Scharf]

Why not just keep your GMail acct? If I di not have a 29 year old AOL address as my main address, I would migrate to GMail completely. I have recently fallen in love with Google Docs/Drive for managing projects among people.

[SaxxonWoods]

Heehee! I still use AOL, works fine and free since 1995!

[SunStar]

If you're already using Gmail and want to stick with it, they have a feature where you can plug-in settings for an external POP3 or SMTP account and have the emails come-in to your Gmail as a separate folder/label (you can send/receive from multiple external accounts, right through Gmail).

https://support.google.com/mail/answer/21289?hl=en&co=GENIE.Platform%3DDesktop

[taxcontrol]

I would recommend Thunderbird. It allows for encryption on emails. I use that feature to protect sensitive discussions regarding patents. Could be used to protect other information from prying eyes.

[Reno89519]

Outlook for full features and it works.

[matthew fuller]

Kim Komando recommends Thunderbird as a free program.