Does eM Client run on Linux?

Verdict: No

No. eM Client is sold for Windows and Mac only, with no Linux version on the download page, so you will need a different mail app on Linux.

eM Client by eM Client s.r.o. · Email & calendar · No way to run it

The eM Client download page offers Windows and Mac and nothing else. There is no Linux build to buy or try, and the company has not published one.

The good news is that eM Client is a fairly ordinary mail and calendar program underneath, so the move is easier than it sounds. If your mail is on Gmail, Outlook.com, iCloud or any account set up as IMAP, the messages live on the mail server rather than on your PC. Set the same account up in a Linux mail app and everything reappears, folders and all.

The parts that are stored only on your computer are the ones to rescue first. eM Client can export contacts to .vcf and calendars to .ics, and both of those import into Thunderbird and Evolution. If you used POP rather than IMAP, your old messages exist nowhere else, so export them before the Windows machine goes.

Do the export while eM Client still runs. Recovering its database later on Linux is difficult and not worth the afternoon.

What to use instead of eM Client

Thunderbird

Close matchFree

The usual landing place. Mail, contacts and calendar in one window, free, and it imports the .vcf and .ics files eM Client exports.

Your files: Cannot read the eM Client database directly. Imports contacts as .vcf and calendars as .ics, and picks up IMAP mail from the server.

Evolution

Close matchFree

Closest in spirit if you liked having mail, calendar and tasks side by side. Works well with Exchange and Microsoft 365 accounts.

Your files: Imports .vcf contacts and .ics calendars. No direct eM Client import.

Geary

Different way of workingFree

Much simpler, mail only. Fine if you mainly read and reply and kept the calendar elsewhere.

Your files: Mail only, pulled from the server. No contact or calendar import.

This doesn't have to stop you

One stubborn program doesn't have to decide the whole question. You can keep Windows on the same PC and restart into it only when you need eM Client. Everything else you do can move.

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