Help Keep Thunderbird Alive

Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive by Vinnl on Thursday April 09, 2026 @03:26PM (#47708530)

I'm not a Thunderbird user myself, and obviously everyone's experiences are different, but I've seen lots of people happy with Thunderbird's development. And just the fact that they've ensured that k9mail is still maintained seems like an objective win, even if it's now called Thunderbird. Exchange support is also something I've been hearing people wish for in non-Outlook email clients in general for ages.

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Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive by antisol on Thursday April 09, 2026 @09:12PM (#47712363)

  > just the fact that they've ensured that k9mail is still maintained seems like an objective win, even if it's now called Thunderbird.

Not if you liked k9 and wanted it to not get turned into trash. It's just a matter of time. Personally I'd rather see k9 not maintained - it works perfectly well and has for ages - than see it ruined by mozilla like everything else.

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Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive by Vinnl on Friday April 10, 2026 @08:02AM (#47716797)

k9mail's developer called it a day, so this is still strictly the better outcome. If you want an unmaintained version, why not just install the old version?

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Re:Help Keep Thunderbird Alive by antisol on Monday April 13, 2026 @09:36AM (#47751764)

That is indeed extremely likely to happen

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