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Re: The Future of Thunderbird

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Post by david_draco » Thu, Feb 16, 2023, 10:49 PM UTC

super256 wrote: post #208

david_draco wrote: post #137

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Enigmail functionality is now built-in, it's quite nice!

When TB78 was introduced, the only supported S/MIME and did not allow inline encryption in plaintext. Has this changed now?

I use OpenGPG for signing and writing emails, they are plaintext encrypted. https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/openpgp-thunderbird-how... https://www.linuxbabe.com/security/encrypt-emails-gpg-thunde...

Re: The Future of Thunderbird

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Post by 6510 » Fri, Feb 17, 2023, 12:59 PM UTC

6510 wrote: post #403

chefandy wrote: post #397

Earlier quoted context omitted.

You think Firefox would have more users if they hadn't updated their interface?

I'm still on ff but other browsers became very usable when I lost 100+ extensions.

correction: After the IE disabling update Edge is the only application with internet access. I'm on the Edge now.

Re: The Future of Thunderbird

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Post by freedude » Tue, Feb 21, 2023, 3:59 PM UTC

clircle wrote: post #110

freedude wrote: post #82

I wanted Thunderbird to be the answer to the question I have been asking for years. "How to replace Outlook in the corporate environment?" Every time I investigate it, Thunderbird is a resounding no. Why? This is not the vision of the Development Team. But if it was a side goal it would afford them the development money to do all the other things.

Whats wrong With outlook in a corporate environment?

Like most MS products it is a bloated pig of a software package designed in many ways to facilitate vendor lock-in but not necessarily provide the most satisfying customer experience. It's security is abysmal and I use two products to protect it from the Internet. It requires a horrible license and the terms of use is borderline tyrannical.

But Teams is worse.