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@jppelt We suggest you contact your distro maintainers directly, as we can't dictate or control what they do with their repos.

We worked with #Midjourney AI to create some stunning 16:9 desktop wallpapers inspired by the Thunderbird logo. (Plus, one inspired by our friends at Firefox too.)

And now they're yours. If you love them, share them!

Hey Mastodon family, do you hang out on Reddit? Join /r/Thunderbird to ask questions, give feedback, or contribute your knowledge to the community! We'd love to see you there.

https://www.reddit.com/r/Thunderbird/

This week, we begin the serious work on Thunderbird 114. There's a lot to plan, define, and schedule for a year that will bring drastic UI and UX changes.

A lot of the changes may upset some users and amaze others.

Every step of the way, we want to be transparent.

You'll see early mock-ups. You'll hear about plans and proposed solutions throughout the development process.

We'll be writing plenty of documentation and support articles to help users w/ the transition...

We understand that certain add-ons are invaluable to your workflow. So, to help you decide the best time to update your version of Thunderbird, here's a simple way to discover if the extensions you currently have installed are compatible with #Thunderbird102.

https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/favorite-add-on-compatible-with-thunderbird-102/

Thunderbird 102 is now available! It's a SERIOUS upgrade loaded with highly-requested features like:

📨 Brand New Address Book
📨 New Spaces Toolbar
📨 Import/Export Wizard
📨 Redesigned Message Header
📨 Beautiful new icons and & color folders

Read more: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/thunderbird-102-released-a-serious-upgrade-to-your-communication/

Our release manager just flipped the switch, and we are minutes away from unleashing #Thunderbird102!

Happy #Thunderbird102 release day! 📩 🎉

Just to set expectations, we anticipate rolling out Thunderbird 102 by early evening, Eastern Standard Time. (This means it will be very late for our European friends.)

We'll keep you posted as the day progresses.

Thunderbird 102 (stable) releases tomorrow! We'll be here to keep you posted on the rollout, and tell you exactly when you can download it.

We appreciate all of your engagement, questions, and excitement over the beta period. Cannot wait to put this in your hands!

Hey keyboard warriors: do you prefer to zip around Thunderbird as fast as possible?

Check out this exhaustive list of keyboard shortcuts, which you can customize by OS and Thunderbird version! https://support.mozilla.org/en-US/kb/keyboard-shortcuts-thunderbird

Speaking of K-9 Mail, if you're interested in the Beta but do NOT want to use the Google Play store, just visit the GitHub repo and sideload the APK! https://github.com/thundernest/k-9/releases

The wait is over! Read all about our plans for Thunderbird on Android... and please join us in welcoming @k9mail to the Thunderbird family.

Blog: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/revealed-thunderbird-on-android-plans-k9/

Press Release: https://thunderbird.prowly.com/190970-mozilla-thunderbird-project-reveals-plans-for-android-email-client

FAQ: https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/06/faq-thunderbird-mobile-and-k-9-mail/

Thank you for helping the Thunderbird community test the 102 Beta! We've set up a TopicBox forum to discuss your experience or ask questions. Feel free to post there or just browse: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/beta

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QUESTION: "Hey Thunderbird, do you plan on integrating Google Contacts? Currently, I need to use the CardBook plugin."

ANSWER: Connecting to the Google address book through CardDAV is already possible in Thunderbird 91. In the "New Address Book" dropdown, “Add CardDAV Address Book” will guide you through it!

"Here’s How Mozilla Thunderbird Is Making a Comeback in 2022" https://www.howtogeek.com/805530/heres-how-mozilla-thunderbird-is-making-a-comeback-in-2022/

Let's do more Q&A!
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QUESTION: Will you put more effort into feature parity with MS Outlook so Thunderbird can connect out of the box to exchange servers without IMAP support?

ANSWER (via @ryanleesipes, Thunderbird Product Manager): This is a complicated topic. We are looking into the best way to better support Exchange/O365 users. The problem is that Exchange/ActiveSync is not an open standard and thus, even if we implemented support, Microsoft can arbitrarily break us at any time.

You get teleported to a horrific alternate timeline where you can choose only ONE Thunderbird Add-On to use.
Which one are you installing?

Here's an overview of the new features in Thunderbird 102. Stay tuned to our blog for in-depth updates and deeper dives leading up to the late June release. (For our Beta community, these features should hit by the end of May). https://blog.thunderbird.net/2022/05/7-great-new-features-coming-to-thunderbird-102/

Landing on Thunderbird Daily later today: global font size setting control.

This will allow you to change the font size of the entire application, independently from the zoom level of single messages.

It currently doesn't work for dialogs, but it's a start. More improvements soon