Thunderbird frequently shows the spinning beachball on my Mac (OS X Lion, late 2006, 3GB RAM (max), SSD)

Is there a mail client that's current (still being patched), runs on Lion and does not suck?

Out of curiosity, why are you still on Lion?

Try N1

Sorry I just use webmail.

I very much doubt it. Does your provider do webmail? Might be time for a new Mac £££😢

Or Linux. Even fifteen year old hardware could run the most up to date software provided it performs adequately.

@estewart23 his MacBook only supports up to Lion.

You probably should be thinking about upgrading your Mac soon.

My workplace provides me with a Linux desktop (quite powerful one actually), but I prefer using my iMac/OS X as my desktop as the IPS LCD and fonts are more comfortable to my eyes. I have Terminal opening session straight to the Linux box by default. Maybe I can try running Thunderbird on the Linux box and do X forwarding…

On the other hand, I'm still considering getting a 5k iMac, but I'll have to pay it out of my pocket…

@sheeponmeth I've heard N1 stores login credential on their server?

@iwakirinko I have no idea, actually.

@iwakirinko have you tried this, if it's a font rendering issue, this should solve it and save you a wad of cash.
http://webupd8.org/2013/06/...

@helloworld Thanks, that looks useful.