The Vivaldi browser’s built-in email client, a real must-have!

Vivaldi is a web browser. It is also a calendar and an RSS feed reader. And now, Vivaldi also offers an email client.

The web browser developers have integrated a full-fledged mail client. So there’s no need to mess around with web clients or work with another application window on the desktop.

Features of Vivaldi Mail

Vivaldi Mail includes the following features, among others:

• IMAP, POP3, Gmail, iCloud and Outlook support,
• tags, filters and a powerful search tool;
• unseen/unread counters;
• custom keyboard shortcuts;
• an integrated feed reader;
• show/hide read emails, mailing lists, custom folders, feeds, junk mail and trash;
• saving searches;
• message queuing and batch sending;
• management of invitations with integration of the Vivaldi calendar.

According to Jon von Tetzchner, CEO of Vivaldi, “Vivaldi Mail is an ode to the original, simple and reliable form of communication”.

“Email can be chaotic and messy at times, but Vivaldi Mail is the partner you need to get the job done: keeping your mail organized and easy to navigate,” he adds.

The new email client sits in Vivaldi’s left sidebar and opens in a browser tab if needed. When you don’t need it, just close the tab. Although my version of the email client is still listed as beta, what you will be installing is, in fact, version 1.0. Once you open the email client, it should look very familiar to anyone who has ever used an email client.

How to Get Vivaldi Mail Client

The new version of Vivaldi (with the built-in email client) was released on June 9, 2022, so you just need to update your existing installation or download a new installer (from the Vivaldi download page) and install the browser. Once you have installed the latest version, you need to configure your mail server.

After installing Vivaldi, open the browser and then click on the Vivaldi icon in the upper left corner of the browser window. In the pop-up window, click Settings. In the window that appears, click + in the lower left corner of the section Mail accounts. In the next window, click Manual Setup to expand account creation options. In the window Mail Setupfill in all the necessary information for your email account and click Add Account downstairs.

Once you’ve added the account, you can configure Vivaldi mail to look and behave the way you need.

Vivaldi Mail is Mozart!

To be completely honest, I prefer my email to be handled by a separate email app. That said, Vivaldi Mail is one of the best web browser-based email clients I’ve used in a long time.

The only drawback of Vivaldi Mail is that it cannot be opened in its own window. Which means it’s tied to the browser and you can’t open it as a standalone tool. That’s okay, because Vivaldi makes it easy to open and close the email client from the left sidebar.

That oversight aside, the Vivaldi email client is very well designed, easy to use, and reliable. The only feature Vivaldi Mail lacks is email encryption. But there are plenty of other options, like a powerful filtering tool, mailing list management, and the ability to customize the interface and other options. If you want to fit more of your work into a browser window, the latest version of Vivaldi gives you Mail.

Source: ZDNet.com