

It’s this community-powered model that helped us thrive during the past few years. We celebrate the fact that our software is open-source and funded by donations. And how to help the people who are helping you! Whether you need tech support or just need a simple answer to a question, here’s how to find the help you need. That’s where the amazing Thunderbird Community enters the picture.

We also realize that sometimes you’ll have questions about using Thunderbird. Statista and The Radicati Group are both finding that both the number of e-mail users and its sheer volume continue to grow ever larger.We understand that email and calendaring can be a vital part of your work day, and just as important to your personal life. Finally, if you think that e-mail is dying thanks to competition from programs like Teams, Slack, and Zoom, think again. According to Statista, 18% of all e-mail users are still using desktop e-mail clients. And although most users now use web-based e-mail services, such as Gmail and Microsoft 365, millions still like standalone e-mail clients. Within the next few months, in the forthcoming Thunderbird 78.2, the program will finally get the long-anticipated power to encrypt end-to-end email messages via OpenPGP.ĭespite all of Mozilla's efforts to get rid of Thunderbird, the program is living on. Its biggest feature is its Lightning calendar, and tasks add-on has finally been completely integrated into the program.

The latest version, Thunderbird 78, comes with many minor improvements. Now, Thunderbird, under MZLA, is charting its own course. By May 2017, Mozilla re-committed to the project and active development started again. Nothing came of those suggestions, but Thunderbird's loyal users rallied to the beleaguered program with financial donations.
