We never did a proper #introduction, did we? 😲

Hi Fediverse, we're Thunderbird, an #opensource #email client available for free on Linux, Windows, MacOS and now on Android!

You can use Thunderbird for managing an unlimited number of mail accounts, calendars, newsgroup accounts, and RSS feeds. You can also chat using your @matrix account.

💙 LIKES: Open standards, privacy, freedom, customization.

🚫 DISLIKES: Proprietary code.

Nice to meet you 📩

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in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

LOOOONGtime user of TBird. Love it. Use it instead of my institution's enterprize version of GoogleSuite... BUT, why, why, why does (regular) googlemail have such issues with TBird? Why does it think TBird is 'insecure'? Why is 2-factor auth so unstable? I'd really like to know.

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in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Hi :thunderbird: team I've used :thunderbird: for years first with Windows Vista or 7 in 09 now with :linux: it's been rock solid! It's an essential download for me. I remember on Wikipedia it says :thunderbird: is used by the French Military that endorsement made me try it out!😂 Keep up the good work!👍🏻
in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

I don't know actually, you type in the name of the software with : at the front & : at the end, lower case no space. It's used here on the @fosstodon instance, others include :firefox: :libreoffice: :linux: :android: etc. A lot of us have these in our bios to exoress support for the software we use. Perhaps @fosstodon admins @kev & @mike know?
in reply to Jwir3

@jwir3 it's a long and somewhat confusing history.

But this post from 2020 should fill in some of the blanks: blog.thunderbird.net/2020/01/t…

As we get close to the end of 2022, we are thriving and can't wait for you to see what's next.

This will also give you some insight into the health of Thunderbird: blog.thunderbird.net/2022/05/t…

in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

I've been using Thunderbird for a while now and I'm really falling in love with it. I just wish it was a bit more user friendly and "good looking". It's the best in features, but falls a bit behind other email clients when it comes to the UI an UX, especially to non tech savvy people.
Regardless of that, it's still the best client I know, an it's cross platform.
in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

Coming to #android? No way! Currently using FairMail, but honestly the interface is pretty rough. And the other #foss option I'm aware of is K9 which is very old school and doesn't really cater to the archiving approach to email. I'm really excited to see what Thunderbird will bring.
in reply to Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox

In addition to email, newsgroups, chat, etc. does Thunderbird currently support Mastodon?

Are Thunderbird's WebExtension mechanisms sufficiently powerful to enable developers to add a Mastodon or ActivityPub mode to Thunderbird?

Are you working on building ActivityPub or Mastodon support for Thunderbird?

in reply to JRelland :flower:

@jose_relland Thanks so much for using us, and we're so glad to here the QR code worked exactly the way we designed it to! (And a great place to show support for adding contacts and calendar to the mobile apps is connect.mozilla.org - our official feedback site!)