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Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by chrisseaton » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 11:52 AM UTC

orangepanda wrote: post #6

Deukhoofd wrote: post #5

Earlier quoted context omitted.

They moved it over to MZLA Technologies Corporation last year, which is a for profit, so they could monetize it. https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-moves-to-monetize-thun...

> by moving the project away from its foundation into a corporate entity they will be able to monetize the product and pay for its development easier than before. Non profits also are able to monetize products and pay out employees. There must be some other reason for the move?

They mean monetise Thunderbird and then use that money for other things. That’s the difference. A charity cannot do that by law.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by bjarneh » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 11:55 AM UTC

Thunderbird is such a great program. Ever since I gave up Mutt as my default email program, I've been using all the time.

One of the richest guys on the planet (Zuckerberg) was using Thinderbird in a photo some time ago I think. Perhaps if he reads HN; they can get an infinite lifeline.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by 5e92cb50239222b » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:00 PM UTC

mkl wrote: post #8

I use Thunderbird, and have for a very long time. Unfortunately, the new development and progress is gradually breaking more and more extensions, making it less useful to me as time goes on. Bizarrely, the donation page thinks I'm in the UK, when I'm almost as far as possible away from there.

IP-based geolocation is a crapshoot. I frequently get teleported to Eastern Europe, Finland, USA, or Canada, despite living very far from all of them.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by jsilence » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:03 PM UTC

I really wish fixing the Maildir store implementation would be a higher priority so that the local mailstore can be shared with other mail clients.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by _zamorano_ » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:03 PM UTC

mkl wrote: post #8

I use Thunderbird, and have for a very long time. Unfortunately, the new development and progress is gradually breaking more and more extensions, making it less useful to me as time goes on. Bizarrely, the donation page thinks I'm in the UK, when I'm almost as far as possible away from there.

Spaniard here. The donation page thinks I'm mexican. Changed to es-ES but didn't work at the first time. The paypal link seems to do nothing.

Tried browsing from google.es and again it was set to Mexico, though this time I was able to donate after changing to Spain.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by floor_ » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:04 PM UTC

I was told to take a hike after reporting a feature regression. So I will not be donating. :(

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by _zamorano_ » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:06 PM UTC

ekianjo wrote: post #22

too bad they dont support Caldav/carddav natively. I hate to rely on plugins for something that is so essential.

I've been using TbSync for the last couple of years, and CalDav works flawlessly for me.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by adar » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:07 PM UTC

floor_ wrote: post #36

I was told to take a hike after reporting a feature regression. So I will not be donating. :(

Do you have a link to the bug report?

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by mkl » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:08 PM UTC

5e92cb50239222b wrote: post #33

mkl wrote: post #8

I use Thunderbird, and have for a very long time. Unfortunately, the new development and progress is gradually breaking more and more extensions, making it less useful to me as time goes on. Bizarrely, the donation page thinks I'm in the UK, when I'm almost as far as possible away from there.

IP-based geolocation is a crapshoot. I frequently get teleported to Eastern Europe, Finland, USA, or Canada, despite living very far from all of them.

In practice I've found it works pretty well. Every geolocation service I've tried (just did 6-7 now) gets my country right, and more than half get the city/region. I've always had it get online students' locations right too.

Re: Give to Thunderbird

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Post by jansan » Fri, Aug 06, 2021, 12:12 PM UTC

I dislike Mozilla's politics and don't use Firefox, but I have been using Thunderbird since at least 15 years. So yes, donated money for this project, hoping that they don't come up with some "revolutionary" UI ideas.