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

Hi Fediverse, we're Thunderbird, an #opensource #email client available for free on Linux, macOS and Windows. (And coming next year to Android. FINALLY, right?)

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 📩

#email #opensource #introduction @The Matrix.org Foundation

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Greg Walker
Greg Walker
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My current email client on Linux and Mac. I used to be a huge #kmail fan on #kde but dumped it years ago due to the addition of underlying frameworks which made it unusable and unreliable. Welcome to the #fediverse
#fediverse #KDE #kmail
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64 mastodonz logistics co-op
64 mastodonz logistics co-op
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haha speaking of that old school internet vibe! hi Thunderbird, where is that old uncle of yours, Composer?
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Tobias Hellgren
Tobias Hellgren
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Haven't used Thunderbird in years, but does it include a tool to clean up my Gmail inbox? My wife calls me crazy to have 9999+ unread mail
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AB
AB
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Glad to see you here.

Hey, I have always wanted to ask you this, so let me use this moment.

How come the Thunderbird doesn't have an out-of-office response feature? I understand there are some work arounds, but not a simple straight forward option to set it up. Many of us desparately seek it. And now that we are talking, could you also create a feature to schedule an email at a future date/time? I think that's among the most important features that email services must provide.

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Myk
Myk
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Oooh! #thunderbird on #android would be great! Fairmail has all the functionality, but its interface is not great for non technical folks.
#android #thunderbird
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Helen (She/Her)
Helen (She/Her)
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I recently started using you (after Microsoft stopped supporting my email client), and I’m so pleased I can manage all md emails easily in one place for FREE! 😁
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Pascal Baratoux
Pascal Baratoux
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Very good e-mail client I use every days with différents providers.
Thanks to the #Thunderbird team and community!
#thunderbird
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Positivity
Positivity
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Will there be additional support for tags? They’re one of my favorite TB features. ❤️
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Julian Fietkau
Julian Fietkau
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I'm new to the Fediverse, but I've been using Thunderbird for over 15 years now. Very glad you've stuck around and are doing well!
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It’s 🕔 somewhere
It’s 🕔 somewhere
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I would love to see it on iOS/iPhoneOS. There are many good alternative mail clients on that platform, but only Apple Mail supports S/MIME. Would make my day to have Thunderbird w S/MIME in the space.
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SallyBlack
SallyBlack
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This Android user can't wait for Thunderbird to finaally come to us. I miss it so much!
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ryuga81
ryuga81
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I'm using a cousin of yours, SeaMonkey, but an android client would be great :)
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Dante
Dante
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I’ve used see this for years on Linux. Glad to see you’re still kicking!
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@cigarguru Heck yea, alive and thriving! Thanks for being part of the Thunderbird Community.
@Dante
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HyL☮️🚲🇨🇦
HyL☮️🚲🇨🇦
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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.

@matrix

@The Matrix.org Foundation
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@vwdasher We 💙 you too. Thanks for being part of the Thunderbird Community.
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𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨:
𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨:
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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!👍🏻
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𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨:
𝕊𝕙𝕒𝕕𝕠𝕨:
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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?
@Mike Stone @Fosstodon @Kev Quirk
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Antony Sheehan
Antony Sheehan
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Hello I'm new is anybody there ?

Come over from twitter For a look👍

Does this place work the same as twitter?

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Terrybernstein
Terrybernstein
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Interesting. Currently I sync TB calendar to Outlook.com. If I can use TB on Android I might not need to rely on TBSync. I shouldn't have to anyway, tbh. That functionality should be built in.
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Willmot20
Willmot20
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Hi Thunderbird team, i've been using Thunderbird as my email client for years now and promote it on my freesoftwareforstudents.org website since I started it. Kudos to you!
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Adrian Kosmaczewski
Adrian Kosmaczewski
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will you feature Mastodon integration one day? Like you have for chat or such. Or is there an extension for such functionality?
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Jwir3
Jwir3
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This isn't meant to be a criticism, but didn't mozilla kill the Thunderbird email client a while back? Or was it just a shift of resources away from tb to ff?
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@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…


Thunderbird By The Numbers: Our 2021 Financial Report

Thunderbird's 2021 income was outstanding! Here's a snapshot of income and spending, and how it affects the future of Thunderbird.
Jason Evangelho (The Thunderbird Blog)
@Jwir3
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Peter Vágner
Peter Vágner
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#k9mail Is on #fdroid and once these two merge, it's likelly to be still available.
#fdroid #k9mail
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Thunderbird: Free Your Inbox
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@anedroid For Thunderbird on Android? Absolutely.
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Gary
Gary
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I've been waiting for Thunderbird to expand to Android. My current android email client isn't as good as T-Bird.
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Fenrir
Fenrir
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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.
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Kara Shallenberg
Kara Shallenberg
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oh hello! I currently use Mailplane on macOS because it plays nicely with both of my gmail accounts and my google calendar, but the dev says it’s gonna stop working soon (thanks google 🙄) so it’s nice to know of an opensource email client to try!
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Night Bound
Night Bound
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I wish you had more plugins available especially ones that are well maintained and update alongside the app.
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Julien 🐧
Julien 🐧
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nice to see you here :)
always have used thunderbird for my emails, perso and pro.. haven't found any other mail client that can compare to all its functionnalities ❤
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atomicwrites
atomicwrites
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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.
#android #foss
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Allan Paterson 🐟#FBPE #FBPPR
Allan Paterson 🐟#FBPE #FBPPR
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Well, this is great news! I use Thunderbird on my desktop and it is very good, I was told development had stopped but obviously not. Thank you, great product! I can highly recommend.
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Caitlin mka Katie
Caitlin mka Katie
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interesting feature with #Android...
but i'm a burned child.. on my windows it wasn't able for me to use IMAP
will there be improvements to use IMAP for android as my Windows laptop has retired and now i'm using Android devices only
#android
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phαη†⊕m 🎸 🏳️‍🌈 ⁂
phαη†⊕m 🎸 🏳️‍🌈 ⁂
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I'm using thunderbird and firefox since the V1. And netscape before. And using K9 mail on the smartphone. Happy to see you here! 👍🏼 @matrix
@The Matrix.org Foundation
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Fiona Gregory
Fiona Gregory
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Hi Thunderbird
I use you for backing up my gmail account, thanks to the advice of askleo.com
Thanks for being there
Fiona
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Bob Wyman
Bob Wyman
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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?

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