[kwlug-disc] Does anyone want to take over Thunderbird?

[Jason Locklin]

The writing's been on the wall for Thunderbird for a long time. It's a
shame, though, as I've tried several other clients many times and always
came back to Thunderbird. I absolutely detest webmail -you lose so much
in the trade-off for not having to spend 5 minutes configuring a client.
That 5 minutes, though, seems to mean that email clients are becoming
extraordinarily niche. Even people who like to tinker seem to be
switching to self-hosted webmail rather than using clients.

On 01/12/15 11:28 AM, CrankyOldBugger wrote:
> 
> http://arstechnica.com/information-technology/2015/12/thunderbird-a-tax-on-firefox-development-and-mozilla-wants-to-drop-it/#p3
> 
> In short, Mozilla wants to unload Thunderbird so its devs can
> concentrate on Firefox.
> 
> I found this a tad upsetting as I used Thunderbird as a replacement for
> Outlook on my Windows machine, and I find Thunderbird to be a very good
> Linux mail reader.  I also have the Enigmail addon in Thunderbird for my
> encrypted stuff.  I also have the necessary addons to get Thunderbird to
> manage my Google calendar.
> 
> Conversely, I recently decided to switch from Chrome to Firefox and to
> be honest, I'm not impressed with Firefox.  Buggy stuff, especially when
> dealing with Google pages.
> 
> And, as the article states, Mozilla hasn't been developing actively for
> Thunderbird other than security fixes.  Which really doesn't bother me
> too much as I like the program the way it is.
> 
> http://alternativeto.net/software/mozilla-thunderbird/ shows Thunderbird
> as being way out in the lead for user preference for mail clients.
> 
> What is everyone here using for mail/calendar/encrypted mail/etc., these
> days?  Is there a better alternative to Thunderbird that's cross-platform?
> 
> 
> 
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