If your organization uses Microsoft Exchange-based email, you’ll be happy to hear that Thunderbird’s latest monthly Release version 145, now officially supports native access via the Exchange Web Services (EWS) protocol. With EWS now built directly into Thunderbird, a third-party add-on is no longer required for email functionality. Calendar and address book support for Exchange […]

Community First Thunderbird is (and has always been) powered by the people. The project exists because of the amazing community of passionate code contributors, bug-bashers, content creators, and all-around wonderful humans who have stood behind it and worked to support and maintain it over the years. And as the Thunderbird community grows, we want to […]

Thunderbird’s rich history comes with a complex community of contributors. We care deeply about them and want to support them in the best way possible. But how does a project effectively do just that? This article will cover a project and partnership we’ve had for most of a year with a company called Bitergia. It […]

GUADEC is the annual GNOME conference and this year it was in beautiful Denver, Colorado. Why are we writing about this on the Thunderbird blog? I’m so glad you asked. Thunderbird was there and our very own Ryan Sipes gave a compelling keynote talk! Ryan’s GUADEC 2024 Keynote Ryan gave a brief history lesson of […]

Thunderbird will support Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) natively, all written in exciting Rust! Read more to find out about our Rusty adventures, the technical nature of the EWS implementation, and what is on the horizon!

Last year we took ownership of the Thunderbird Flatpak, and it has been our officially recommended package for Linux users. However, we are expanding our horizons to make sure the Thunderbird Snap experience is officially supported too. We at Thunderbird are team “free software”, independent of the packaging technology.

Please join us for our upcoming Thunderbird community office hours on November 29, 2023 at 18:00 UTC. The new office hours format will feature a key Thunderbird guest to talk about the area they specialize in, and open the floor to questions from you!

If you recently upgraded to Thunderbird 115 and noticed a smaller font size or a presentation that feels too compact, here’s how to fix it!

A change was made in Thunderbird 115.0 that rejects the use of the SHA-1 algorithm in digital signatures of S/MIME emails. Read more to learn about this important change, and how it might affect certain users.

We always want to keep our users informed and safe. In light of recent ransomware masquerading as Thunderbird, it’s the right time to review the list of trusted places you can download and install Thunderbird from.