Geary

Geary is an open source email client application specifically designed around conversations, allowing users to read entire email discussions without much hassle. It integrates with the GNOME desktop environment.

At the moment, the application is in early development stage and it acts as a simple email reader, letting users to write, delete or archive messages, label or move an email conversation, as well as to star a message or mark it as read/unread.

Getting started with Geary

When opening the application for the first time, users will be asked to add an email account, defaulting to Gmail from the get-go. Among other predefined mail accounts, we can mention Yahoo! Mail and Outlook.com.

To set any other email account than the predefined ones, you will have to choose the “Other” option, which will immediately open the IMAP and SMTP settings. If you choose not to set an account at this time, the application will exit.

Uncluttered and intuitive user interface

Its user interface is easy-to-use and uncluttered, allowing users to quickly read email messages without having to open them in separate windows. Only the compose dialog will be opened in new window.

Under the hood

Under the hood, we can notice that the program was written in the Vala programming language and provides users with a familiar graphical user interface (GUI) designed in GTK+, which means that integrates well with the GNOME desktop environment.

While the application has been successfully tested with major Linux distributions, including Debian, Ubuntu and Fedora, it is distributed only as a source archive that can be used to configure, compile and install the application in other open source OSes.

Bottom line

Summing up, Geary aims to be a lightweight email client for the GNOME desktop environment, as well as for other open source window managers. Even if it’s not yet a replacement for the powerful Mozilla Thunderbird and Evolution apps, we should mention that the developer plans to implement new functionality in future releases of the email client.

What is new in this release:

• Not syncing mail using Turkish locale. Bug 795906
• Fix crash saving an attachment with unknown content type
• Fix crash in secret_collection_get_locked. Bug 795328
• "Move to folder" selection bug. Issue #24
• Subfolders with special folders not displayed in list. Issue #11
• Add OARS metadata for Flathub

What is new in version 0.12.2:

• Bug fixes included in version 0.12.2:
• Fix being unable to remove attachments from a draft. Bug 792555.
• Ensure drafts are removed when composer from address changes accounts. Bug 778976.
• Workaround composer info label being too long. Bug 790435.
• Ensure embedded composer is always scrolled to when opened. Bug 778027.
• Don't display quote expander buttons when printing a message. Bug 795216.
• Fix composer detach button position and visibility. Bug 793710.
• Actually fix second multipart/digest message body not being displayed. Bug 788637.
• Ensure gnome-control-centre knows in advance Geary uses notifications.
• Fix gnome-shell notifications missing an icon under flatpak. Bug 790103.
• Fix message body quote button styling under WebKitGTK 2.20.
• Don't show unused header widgets when showing a message via notifications.
• Work around present() not actually raising windows under Wayland. Bug 776881.
• Reduce CPU use when idle. Bug 783025.
• Fix some serious run-time memory leaks.
• Thanks also to all who contributed translations, for the user interface:
• Daniel Mustieles (es)
• Stas Solovey (ru)
• МироCлaв Николић (sr) (sr@latin)

What is new in version :

• Enhancements included in version :
• * Insert images inline when composing rich text messages
• * Improved interface for inserting links in rich text messages
• * Choose multiple spell-checker languages when composing messages
• * Support message archiving for Yahoo! Mail and Outlook.com
• * Improved interface when displaying conversations
• * Improved interface when moving and labelling conversations
• * Improved support for right-to-left languages
• * Automatically unfold starred messages in a conversation
• * Support saving remote inline images
• * Improved keyboard navigation for conversations
• * Added in-application keyboard shortcut help (Ctrl + ?)
• * Support for distribution via Flatpak
• * Improved security when displaying messages
• * Numerous bug fixes and minor user interface improvements
• * Numerous user interface translation updates
• Thanks to all who contributed code fixes and enhancements to this release, in
• particular the many first-time contributors:
• * Alex Henrie
• * Colin Vidal
• * Federico Bruni
• * Gautier Pelloux-Prayer
• * Heiko Becker
• * Jeremy Bicha
• * Jiri Cerny
• * Kacper Bielecki
• * Leonardo Robol
• * Michael Gratton
• * Michael James Gratton
• * Niels De Graef
• * Oskar Viljasaar
• * Piotr Drag
• * Ralph Plawetzki
• * Rico Tzschichholz
• * Timo Kluck
• * Ville Korhonen
• * Yosef Or Boczko
• Thanks also to the many that contributed translations, for the user interface:
• * Alan Mortensen (da)
• * Alexandre Franke (fr)
• * Anders Jonsson (sv)
• * Andika Triwidada (id)
• * Ask Hjorth Larsen (da)
• * Aurimas Cernius (lt)
• * Balazs Mesko (hu)
• * Balazs Ur (hu)
• * Baurzhan Muftakhidinov (kk)
• * Benedikt M. Thoma (de)
• * Daniel Korostil (uk)
• * Daniel Mustieles (es)
• * Daniel Șerbanescu (ro)
• * Dusan Kazik (sk)
• * Emin Tufan Cetin (tr)
• * E T (tr)
• * Federico Bruni (it)
• * Flo H (de)
• * Gabor Kelemen (hu)
• * Hannie Dumoleyn (nl)
• * hanniedu (nl)
• * Jeremy Bicha (bs)
• * Jiri Gronroos (fi)
• * Jordi Mas (ca)
• * Josef Andersson (sv)
• * Kjartan Maraas (nb)
• * Laudivan Freire de Almeida (pt_BR)
• * Marek Cernocky' (cs)
• * Mario Blattermann (de)
• * Matej Urbancic (sl)
• * Muhammet Kara (tr)
• * Piotr Drag (hi) (hu) (ja) (km) (ms) (pl) (nl) (sl) (sr@latin)
• * Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)
• * Ronan Arraes Jardim Chagas (pt_BR)
• * Stas Solovey (ru)
• * Tiago Santos (pt)
• * Wolfgang Stoggl (de)
• * Yosef Or Boczko (he)
• * МироCлaв Николић (sr) (sr@latin)
• And for the user manual:
• * Anders Jonsson (sv)
• * Andre Klapper (el)
• * Christian Kirbach (de)
• * Daniel Mustieles (es)
• * Federico Bruni (it)
• * Josef Andersson (sv)
• * Marek Cernocky' (cs)
• * Mario Blattermann (de)
• * Piotr Drag (pl)
• * Rafael Fontenelle (pt_BR)

What is new in version 0.9.1:

• Support HTML signatures (#738895)
• Quote from multiple selections in reply (#738188)
• Restore reply/reply all/forward state of edited drafts (#743067)
• Quoted message portion may be easily removed in composer (#741609)
• True delete now supported in Gmail (#721790)
• Improved searching for terms w/ punctuation (#714863)
• Better management of draft messages to avoid orphans
• Empty Trash, Empty Spam (#714809, #725260)
• Better conversation construction (#714563)
• Improved IMAP connection reestablishment and retrying of remote operations
• Various bug fixes, optimizations, improvements
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.9.0:

• Improved full-text search experience (#720361)
• Periodic database & attachments garbage collection (#714134)
• Remove minimum width for sidebar/folder list (#713882)
• Use GtkHeaderBar for dialogs (#741240)
• Can now specify Reply-To when composing (#714588)
• Fix signed int32 UID/UIDVALIDITY bug (#737642)
• Composer shortcuts now listed in online help (#741573)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.8.3:

• Prevent race condition causing Geary window not to open (#737811)
• Compile with Vala 0.28 (#741077)
• Updated SSLv3 POODLE fallback (#741132)
• Fixed connection state handler to return to IDLE
• Removed unnecessary assertion causing crashes for intl users (#739316)
• Updated German help translations
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.8.2:

• "View Source" creates temp files only readable by user (#724436)
• elementary Contractor support (#734717)
• Prevent displaying blank window when Geary first starts (#720360, #737811)
• Disable SSLv3 (POODLE attack) (#739019)
• Fix IMAP problems when running under Turkish locale (#714892)
• Don't crash when closing composer (#739141)
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.8.1:

• Display properly-scaled icons under GTK+ 3.14
• Don't show composer close/detach buttons twice under GTK+ 3.14
• Fix code analysis errors reported by newest Vala
• gcr-3 minimum version requirement not specified
• Properly install French online help
• Czech online help added
• Updated Spanish, German translations

What is new in version 0.8.0:

• Enforce CSS scope style rules when viewing emails
• Bug fixes
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.6.3:

• Warn user of TLS certificate issues when connecting (#713247)
• Fix wrong timestamp in composed email Date: header (#714376)
• Compile with Vala 0.25 and better

What is new in version 0.7.2:

• Warn user of TLS certificate issues when connecting (#713247)
• Better scrolling system for inline composer
• Improved database performance and reduced lags
• IMAP stack fix (old IDLEs causing command completion)
• Compile with Vala 0.25 and better
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.7.1:

• Show attachments lacking a Content-Disposition
• Prevent Inbox from being cleared at startup (Dovecot, Zimbra, more)
• Major memory leak (due to GMime bindings) fixes
• Improved IMAP disconnect/reconnect logic
• Autocomplete properly quotes RFC822 strings
• Stabilize search results to prevent lost or dropped results
• Inline composer polish
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.6.2:

• Patch major memory leak due to GMime bindings
• Prevent Vala 0.26 compiler error
• Stabilize search sorting to prevent dropped search results
• Prevent Inbox from being cleared on startup w/ Dovecot, Zimbra, and more.

What is new in version 0.7.0:

• Major overhaul of email composer, now inline in main window and redesigned
• Composer will automatically add signature to emails
• Saving drafts to server can be disabled
• Improved main window interface, now using GtkHeaderBar
• Database speed optimizations to reduce lags and improve read times
• Improved connection retry
• Various bug fixes
• Updated translations

What is new in version 0.6.0:

• Cleaned up star/unstar and mark as read/unread functionality
• Added localized help docs to installed files
• Many bugfixes

What is new in version 0.5.2:

• Improved recognition of special folders for "Other" accounts
• Prompt before permanently deleting messages
• Allow searching for "from:me" and the like
• Conversation viewer quoted text improvements
• UI and icon improvements
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

What is new in version 0.5.1:

• Ability to save sent mail
• Basic search operators
• Separate trash, archive, and delete operations
• Improved special folder handling for "Other" accounts
• Fixed some IMAP issues
• Speed improvements & miscellaneous bugfixes

What is new in version 0.4.3:

• Fix "squished" conversation list when used with certain themes
• Compile-time support for WebKitGTK 2.0

What is new in version 0.5.0:

• Port to GtkApplication
• Use app menu instead of gear button menu, where available
• Miscellaneous bugfixes

What is new in version 0.4.2:

• Update to compile with Vala 0.22.1.

What is new in version 0.4.1:

• Compile-time support for WebKitGTK 2.2
• Fixes IMAP STARTTLS failure to connect bug
• Works around LIST bug in IceWarp IMAP servers (crasher)
• Solves crash when IMAP connect fails due to timeout
• CamelCased MIME types now handled properly (prevents blank emails)
• Adds missing RTL icons
• New translations

Requirements:

• GTK+