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?
thunderbird is great. no complaints here. good to have your own offline copy and also to use openpgp implementation.
It’s used in company I work in. It’s pretty solid, given how much data it has to work with, although it’s a bit slow. But that’s probably combination of shitty workstation, huuuuge inbox, shitty local mail provider and pretty slow internet speeds…
It slows down when you have tens of thousands of emails in one folder. Archiving old emails by month helps keep it running smoothly. For some reason, it won’t let you do that with gmail accounts unless you archive to a local folder though.
You don’t want to know how that mail abomination is set up here… Archiving? Blasphemy!
I have a good computer with a mid size inbox (too lazy to delete), fast internet, and like 4 different mail providers.
It’s still slow. I don’t hate it though.
there are email clients, and there are email providers. thunderbird is an ok client.
Thunderbird is not a email provider, it’s email client. Gmail is both a email provider and they have a webclient you can (but don’t need to) use. You can use gmail with Thunderbird, I do that.
The question is what are you looking for a new email provider or a new email client?
From their post, I’d assume they’re looking for both.
Thunderbird will be releasing a mail service called Thundermail.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/
If you ending up needing a mail client like Thunderbird, consider Betterbird. It’s just a more-polished version of Thunderbird.
That’s incredible. I wonder how long it will take. Sounds like swapping to Thunderbird now on my existing email accounts is the move. I’ll get used to the client then create the new email once they launch theirs. Beats paying for my own domain or locking in to Proton/Tuta
Yeah, thunderbird is solid as an email client. Can’t really think of anything I need to do with email that it can’t do
it’s awesome, i’ve been using it for like 20(?) years.
the current beta version is great
I use it daily it works fine.
I use betterbird
It’s been my daily client for probably 20 years now. My IMAP email account is around 80GB and it has no issues with that whatsoever.
Never understood how people use Outlook. It’s so obnoxious and slow by comparison. To obsessed with a “modern UI” or whatever I guess.
Quick filter is amazing, as is instantly archiving to year/month subdirectories.
Thunderbird I use each day on my Linux desktop. It’s ok, better than the others I tried.
I have different email addresses I manage.
There are probably dozens of ways to create a non Gmail email, depending on your tech level with domains.
If you want a custom domain, just purchase one at any domain seller. Example liner.me , limer.name etc, there are dozens of things you can choose from and will cost very little to a lot depending on your choice.
Then once you have that , most of the major domain providers offer email service without getting complicated. Or, you can go next level and take your new domain to one of many email companies where they hook you up. Or, you can do this yourself.
I use Thunderbird for a decade, not sure maybe less, but it feels like a long time. I use Thunderbird exclusively for mail. But feels like this is the wrong place to ask, isn’t it?
Also Thunderbird is Mozilla’s most successful product. Meaning it is self sustainable.
I daily use it for work. It’s great.
It still works very well and I dare say it is one of the best email clients we have today. For both Windows and Linux.
Thunderbird is fine as a mail client. It doesn’t provide any email service, though.
For email service, Proton and Fastmail are top choices. Proton requires a “bridge” app in order to use clients like Thunderbird. On mobile, Proton only works via the Proton app.
As for clients, again, Thunderbird is fine. Betterbird is a better choice if you like Thunderbird but wish it weren’t so rough around the edges. If you are on Linux, I actually prefer Evolution to Betterbird/Thunderbird.
They will soon be an email service provider! https://thundermail.com/
