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I've always wanted to use an application like Thunderbird, but haven't gotten around to it. Reading the changelog, it seems like some of those features (like l

I've always wanted to use an application like Thunderbird, but haven't gotten around to it. Reading the changelog, it seems like some of those features (like linking an attacent instead of re-uploading it) should have been features a long time ago. Am I misunderstanding something about it? How is the development and status of the project overall? Is someone here knowledgeable enough about it to give a synopsis?

tlackemann 7y ago
As I understand it, development for Thunderbird was recently ramped up again[1]. Some of the more "obvious" features might have been on the backlog for some time. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/01/thunderbird-in-2019/ https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/01/thunderbird-in-...
lol768 7y ago
>Reading the changelog, it seems like some of those features (like linking an attacent instead of re-uploading it) should have been features a long time ago. Am I misunderstanding something about it? Filelink is a specific feature which allows pluggable storage providers (e.g. OwnCloud) to be used to transparently provide a link to a large file within the email body. It's not a feature that other clients I use support and therefore I'm a little unsure as to why this "should have been a feature a long time ago". I don't see why you couldn't have just copy/pasted the link - this seems like a minor UI improvement.
abdullahkhalids 7y ago
> How is the development and status of the project overall? Is someone here knowledgeable enough about it to give a synopsis? It's a stable project. I would continue using it if it never got updated again but remained working on the latest versions of Linux distros. It's an email client. It's text. It just needs to not break, and remain as fast as it is now.
- newscracker 7y ago
  IMO, it could do with a lot of improvement. Search doesn't work very well on larger mailboxes, and filtering search results needs a lot of improvement. For it to be a bigger contender, I also strongly believe that it needs native support for MS Exchange for email and calendaring (not just relying on IMAP for emails, since IMAP is blocked in many organizations that have switched to Outlook or Outlook365 with 2FA). P.S.: Just to add further, I donate to Thunderbird regularly. [1] [1]: https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/

tlackemann 7y ago

As I understand it, development for Thunderbird was recently ramped up again[1]. Some of the more "obvious" features might have been on the backlog for some time. [1] https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/01/thunderbird-in-2019/ https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/2019/01/thunderbird-in-...

lol768 7y ago

>Reading the changelog, it seems like some of those features (like linking an attacent instead of re-uploading it) should have been features a long time ago. Am I misunderstanding something about it? Filelink is a specific feature which allows pluggable storage providers (e.g. OwnCloud) to be used to transparently provide a link to a large file within the email body. It's not a feature that other clients I use support and therefore I'm a little unsure as to why this "should have been a feature a long time ago". I don't see why you couldn't have just copy/pasted the link - this seems like a minor UI improvement.

abdullahkhalids 7y ago

> How is the development and status of the project overall? Is someone here knowledgeable enough about it to give a synopsis? It's a stable project. I would continue using it if it never got updated again but remained working on the latest versions of Linux distros. It's an email client. It's text. It just needs to not break, and remain as fast as it is now.

newscracker 7y ago
IMO, it could do with a lot of improvement. Search doesn't work very well on larger mailboxes, and filtering search results needs a lot of improvement. For it to be a bigger contender, I also strongly believe that it needs native support for MS Exchange for email and calendaring (not just relying on IMAP for emails, since IMAP is blocked in many organizations that have switched to Outlook or Outlook365 with 2FA). P.S.: Just to add further, I donate to Thunderbird regularly. [1] [1]: https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/ https://donate.mozilla.org/en-US/thunderbird/