Thunderbird up for Adoption

[jadinolf]

TB would have been great if they didn't keep loading it with clutter.

I prefer the K.I.S.S. method (Keep It Simple Stupid) so I use PostBox which suits my needs completely.

Oh, I forgot to mention that is costs a few dollars. Sorry.

 

[4wd]

^^^ Am using TB because of it's absolute lack of clutter. And years of use with absolute stability. Whoever takes over, don't touch anything, just provide security updates if needed :O)

 

[maxseven]

When I was working (15 years ago) I liked MS Outlook a lot, but since then I've tried a few email-only clients and TBird is far/away the nicest I have found at least for my needs. It does have Chat that I'll never use, and I don't do much with RSS/Blogs, but otherwise it's nice and clean IMO.

The only thing I REALLY don't like about it; if you do a global Search it's not easy to find where the heck the resulting emails are located (what dir/subfolder). I do have many folders and subfolders.

 

[bawldiggle]

I have been using PostBox (fork of TBird) for the last 3 years.
- yes it costs ... $10/PC in 2012, now about $12
- only gripe is support is FAQs -OR- $10 per problem (email) ... no forum

In 2012 I changed from TBird to Postbox, but am about to install TBird on a new Win7 PRO 64bit because of very good support from MozillaZine forum.

Rediscovered TBird on a Linux Mint PC I set up 9 months ago (TBird and FFox come with Mint install)
- Postbox on Linux (and Win7) has been very stable (provided I keep up with housekeeping -- 2000 mails in inbox)
- Firefox is unstable (fails to render completely) on both Linux PC and Windows PC
- (currently using PaleMoon browser, very stable and excellent active forum

Suggested reads:
The Mozilla Thunderbird Blog dated 9-Dec-2015
Is Thunderbird dead and other FAQ 2006 post mentions the drift away from Mozilla

 

[Snookie]

Oh heck, that is bad news. I've been using Thunderbird in conjunction with Firetrust's Mailwasher Pro since installing Windows 7 years ago and it suits me just fine. Never had any problems with it handling both POP and IMAP accounts.

Will need some serious help to get all my folders and contacts moved over to something like Outlook :shock:

 

[OvenMaster]

Thunderbird isn't dead just yet, Snookie. It still works fine.

 

[jc836]

Version 38.5.0 is out today. I use Lightning Calendar as well and both work perfectly for my needs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

 

[Snookie]

Thunderbird isn't dead just yet, Snookie. It still works fine.

That's why I love it and am loathe to move away. It is purely and simply a great Email handling programme and does it without any unnecessary fuss.

 

[Snookie]

Version 38.5.0 is out today. I use Lightning Calendar as well and both work perfectly for my needs.

MERRY CHRISTMAS

I don't use a calendar on my desktop PC. Get enough pings and reminders from the one on iPad.

Oh yes and A MERRY CHRISTMAS one and all

 

[kronckew]

i use the x64 daily version 46.01a with google calendar, 5 email accounts, works fine. will keep using the latest version until it stops working. no viable free alternative yet.

 

[OvenMaster]

That's just it, people. Thunderbird won't really "stop working".
At some point in the future if no one wants to continue its development, T-bird would stop being updated, but it would still keep working. The only issues that would crop up would probably involve security. Then it'd be time to look for a new email client.

 

[Snookie]

Lets hope some organisation will take Thunderbird under their wing :grouphug:

 

[ThrashZone]

Most of the security holes are with share this or that from websites or a browser share this link or send this link too blah...
So if you don't send spam to others like that I'm sure all is good
And yes one persons share is another persons spam

 

[groze]

Couldn't SeaMonkey developers take it over?

 

[Barman58]

What may well happen is that some individuals will get together and take over the development at some point in the future, finance is always an issue but making it into donation-ware could raise substantial revenue, (which is what the changes made by Mozilla recently allows to happen).

When it comes down to it, Mozilla itself started off as an offshoot of the Netscape browser and the original SeaMonkey project

 

[mjf]

I've installed Thunderbird but have not transferred my Windows Live Mail files. I'm not really sure how to transfer inbox, sent + contacts. Also the uncertainty with Thunderbird ongoing support makes me wonder if I should bother. Buying Outlook as a separate program is ridiculously expensive and can we be sure that MS won't play games with this application (eg. move to W10 or you won't be supported).

 

[Snookie]

Most of the security holes are with share this or that from websites or a browser share this link or send this link too blah...
So if you don't send spam to others like that I'm sure all is good
And yes one persons share is another persons spam

Thanks, no I don't. In fact that's one thing I can't stand about Facebook, the amount of rubbish posts that get shared around, so I don't inflict that sort of thing on my friends or other contacts, also there's always a risk even opening these spurious links in the first place! Have noticed an increase in spam which appears to come from a known contact, but only contains a link. They are deleted immediately via MailwasherPro, don't even want them on Thunderbird!

 

[Snookie]

Couldn't SeaMonkey developers take it over?

I must be well behind the times, thought SeaMonkey was a Mozilla product too

 

[Barman58]

Sea Monkey was originally the overall product name for Mozilla's Development of an overall do everything Internet suite - basically it was the integration of a browser, (Firefox), and an eMail Client, (Thunderbird). When Firefox took off a few years ago it fell into the background but the project is still active I think.

Of course Firefox and Thunderbird are both very flexible and integrate very well together which is where the issues are now arriving - The developers allocated on Firefox are, as they always have done, working a lot with integration functionalities on Thunderbird. some in the high places in Mozilla are finding this is an issue, although the purists, who started Mozilla would probably disagree

 

[ThrashZone]

Buying Outlook as a separate program is ridiculously expensive and can we be sure that MS won't play games with this application (eg. move to W10 or you won't be supported).

I've used outlook 2007 since it came out it's up to sp3 in support
I've also use it in win-10 without any issues
Keeping in mind I don't use a M$ server I use my own domain name email service to bounce or pop3 to it Host Monster to be exact so as far as I know outlook doesn't rely on a M$ server to operate

At some point M$ could stop sending updates/ security fixes to it or out right say it's not supported in win-10 but I doubt very seriously it would happen in win-7

The offers on ebay were fairly cheap I paid about 4-500.us for office 2007 small business when it came out
If you can get outlook 2007 for less than 100.us you did well
Home and student version was pretty cheap but I can't remember what exactly

Thunderbird should be fine with a little common sense
Don't click on links sent to you
Don't open emails you don't recognize the sender
Don't use share this or that or tweet....features in any websites
Most websites have moved away from anyone needing a default email client for using Contact Us... stuff and simply show a blank place to enter an email address for them to respond to.