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[–] PunsNRoses@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Man I used to love Thunderbird back in the day. Time to give it another go!

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

It's worth it, I'll only leave if it stops functioning which there's zero sign of happening as this is pretty much it's rebirth!

[–] Elbullazul@lem.elbullazul.com 5 points 1 year ago (2 children)

just installed the beta, the UI looks much nicer, and the program has been working great so far!

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I'm still running alpha over here, was it a seamless transition for ya?

[–] Elbullazul@lem.elbullazul.com 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I didn't have thunderbird installed before, so can't say about that

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 3 points 1 year ago

No worries! Thunderbird is where it's at though, so glad you're testing the waters.

[–] GlenTheFrog@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Tab support in TB is one of the main reasons I like it. Are tabs still supported?

[–] Elbullazul@lem.elbullazul.com 1 points 1 year ago

Yep, tabs seem to work just like before

[–] 6pick6el6@lemmy.ml 5 points 1 year ago

Nice!! I haven't used thunderbird in years. I wish my job didn't force us to use outlook.

[–] mrmanager 4 points 1 year ago

I haven't used a local email client for 20 years or so, but after I installed thunderbird, I remembered why they are so great.

Searches are pretty much instant and it's easier to stay organized for some reason. :)

[–] somedev@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I'm really waiting for them to add Exchange support - that would be awesome.

[–] ghashul@feddit.dk 2 points 1 year ago (2 children)

I haven't used a local client since Outlook Express. Is it worth using with gmail?

[–] bananahammock@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 year ago

I'd recommend it! Feels better than a web app imo. Especially if your have a couple different addresses.

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 year ago

I primarily use a private option for my primary email. But I have a couple which are gmail and I use Thunderbird for them. You can setup Thunderbird so it provides at least some privacy with gmail, which is better than nothing for me

[–] emptyother@beehaw.org 2 points 1 year ago

Updated UI? Good. I went with emClient because Thunderbirds UI was so darn outdated looking. Also because the calendar and contacts plugins worked badly with gmail, resetting birthday dates and stuff.

[–] lalay721@feddit.it 2 points 1 year ago

Really looking forward to the new calendar, I love Thunderbird as a mail client but I've always found calendar and reminders to be quite unintuitive to use and I often had problems with CalDAV sync.

[–] animist@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago (2 children)

Does it finally have a vertical display like Outlook? That's all I really want

[–] mrmanager 3 points 1 year ago

It has 3 different layouts I believe. Try it :)

[–] shreddy_scientist@lemmy.ml 1 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I have yet to install it, but from what I've heard they literally remade it, so I'd say its safe to assume it's an option if not on by default.

[–] animist@lemmy.one 1 points 1 year ago