How's is Thunderbird? Does anyone even use it? (lemmy.dbzer0.com)

submitted 1 week ago by TimewornTraveler@lemmy.dbzer0.com to c/firefox@lemmy.ml

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I've never heard of anyone using Thunderbird, but I hear about other Firefox users all the time.

I want a new email place. FUCK GMAIL 💥 FUCK GOOGLE! I had to use MS Office for work once, it was okay. Better than Gmail by a mile. But you seriously think I'm gonna use Microsoft? Well, what else is there? If Thunderbird is alright I think I should give it a try.

I also need to find a way to make a new not-gmail email domain. No idea where to go for that. Uh, does Thunderbird have anything?

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[-] CutieBootieTootie@hexbear.net 4 points 1 week ago

ProtonMail is fine but not super compatible with Thunderbird. Thunderbird is an email client, which can be used to connect to email services, but it's not a service itself like Microsoft or Google offers

[-] comfy@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 week ago

Yeah, anyone looking to try Protonmail should be aware of how lock-in it can be if you're on the free account. Maybe things have changed since, but I couldn't set up email forwarding or bring my own client, and only noticed it when I was about to change provider.

[-] JBrickelt963@jlai.lu 1 points 1 week ago

It's like TutaMail (formerly Tutanota) – their security is such that it does not allow access by third-party clients. However, there are Thunderbird extensions that allow you to open a kind of web page in Thunderbird.

[-] nightwatch_admin@feddit.nl 1 points 1 week ago

Paying customers can install a protocol bridge between Proton and regular mail client. This does break the security of local storage as TB doesn’t supply any.

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