Hello from the Thunderbird development team! With some of our time spent onboarding new team members and interviewing for open positions, April was a fun and productive month. Our team grew and we were amazed at how smooth the onboarding process has been, with many contributions already boosting the team’s output. Gearing up for our […]
Hello again Thunderbird Community! It’s been almost a year since I joined the project and I’ve recently been enjoying the most rewarding and exciting work days in recent memory. The team who works on making Thunderbird better each day is so passionate about their work and truly dedicated to solving problems for users and supporting […]
Hello again Thunderbird Community! Despite the winter seeming to last forever and the world being in a state of flux, the Thunderbird team has been hard at work both in development and planning strategic projects. Here’s the latest from the team dedicated to making Thunderbird better each day: Monthly Releases are here! The concept of […]
Hello again Thunderbird Community! As January drew to a close, the team was closing in on the completion of some important milestones. Additionally, we had scoped work for our main Q1 priorities. Those efforts are now underway and it feels great to cross things off the list and start tackling new challenges. As always, you […]
Hello Thunderbird Community! I’m Toby Pilling, a new team member and I’ve spent the last couple of months getting up to speed, and have really enjoyed meeting the team and members of the community virtually, and some in person! September is now over (and so is the summer for many in our team), and we’re […]
In this month’s Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on a 25-year-old bug, the Linux system tray, Exchange support, and more.
The new ESR is almost here! In this month’s Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on Account colors, Mozilla Sync, and the Thunderbird 128 beta.
In this month’s Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on native Linux system tray support, custom account colors, Exchange support, and more.
In this month’s Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on the new Cards View, folder compaction rewrite, Exchange support in Daily, and more.
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!
Thunderbird is getting a bit Rusty, but in a good way! In our monthly Development Digests, we’ve been updating the community about enabling Rust in Thunderbird to implement native support for Exchange. Now, we’d like to invite you for a chat with Team Thunderbird and the developers who are making this change possible. As always, send your questions in advance to officehours@thunderbird.net!
We know the Thunderbird community has LOTS of questions! We get them on Mozilla Support, Mastodon, and the site formerly known as Twitter. They pop up everywhere, from the Thunderbird subreddit to the teeming halls of conferences like FOSDEM and SCaLE. During our March Community Office Hours, we took the most frequently asked questions to Team Thunderbird and got you some answers.
In this month’s Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex updates us on Rust and Exchange, list management, and successful ESMification.
Hello Thunderbird Community! There are a lot of exciting developments happening right now surrounding Thunderbird Sync, Exchange support, and our new Snap package for Linux users. Let’s dive in!
The Thunderbird Project enjoyed a fantastic 2023. From my point of view – as someone who regularly engages with both the community and our team on a daily basis – the past year brought a renewed sense of purpose, sustainability, and excitement to Thunderbird. Let’s talk about a few of the awesome milestones Thunderbird achieved, but let’s also discuss where we stumbled and what lessons we learned along the way.
