I’ve never heard of anyone using Thunderbird, but I hear about other Firefox users all the time.
I want a new email place. FUCK GMAIL 💥 FUCK GOOGLE! I had to use MS Office for work once, it was okay. Better than Gmail by a mile. But you seriously think I’m gonna use Microsoft? Well, what else is there? If Thunderbird is alright I think I should give it a try.
I also need to find a way to make a new not-gmail email domain. No idea where to go for that. Uh, does Thunderbird have anything?
Thunderbird is not a email provider, it’s email client. Gmail is both a email provider and they have a webclient you can (but don’t need to) use. You can use gmail with Thunderbird, I do that.
The question is what are you looking for a new email provider or a new email client?
From their post, I’d assume they’re looking for both.
Thunderbird will be releasing a mail service called Thundermail.
https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/04/thundermail-and-thunderbird-pro-services/
If you ending up needing a mail client like Thunderbird, consider Betterbird. It’s just a more-polished version of Thunderbird.
That’s incredible. I wonder how long it will take. Sounds like swapping to Thunderbird now on my existing email accounts is the move. I’ll get used to the client then create the new email once they launch theirs. Beats paying for my own domain or locking in to Proton/Tuta
I daily use it for work. It’s great.
I use it daily it works fine.
I use Thunderbird for a decade, not sure maybe less, but it feels like a long time. I use Thunderbird exclusively for mail. But feels like this is the wrong place to ask, isn’t it?
Also Thunderbird is Mozilla’s most successful product. Meaning it is self sustainable.
it’s awesome, i’ve been using it for like 20(?) years.
the current beta version is great
It’s been my daily client for probably 20 years now. My IMAP email account is around 80GB and it has no issues with that whatsoever.
Never understood how people use Outlook. It’s so obnoxious and slow by comparison. To obsessed with a “modern UI” or whatever I guess.
Quick filter is amazing, as is instantly archiving to year/month subdirectories.
I use betterbird
Thunderbird I use each day on my Linux desktop. It’s ok, better than the others I tried.
I have different email addresses I manage.
There are probably dozens of ways to create a non Gmail email, depending on your tech level with domains.
If you want a custom domain, just purchase one at any domain seller. Example liner.me , limer.name etc, there are dozens of things you can choose from and will cost very little to a lot depending on your choice.
Then once you have that , most of the major domain providers offer email service without getting complicated. Or, you can go next level and take your new domain to one of many email companies where they hook you up. Or, you can do this yourself.
I use it, and have for decades. It’s wonderful and it just keeps getting better. Buy you own domain name, and a mail-hotel… Then you are good to go.
It still works very well and I dare say it is one of the best email clients we have today. For both Windows and Linux.
I have it on my desktop, but rarely use email there. My phone uses K9, which is actually now Thunderbird also 🥸
I’m using Thunderbird. It’s convenient for having multiple inboxes and has a subjectively nice interface without much bloat on it. It has a calendar app which is good for planning too. For email, I have a custom domain+TLD plus an account at purelymail. If purelymail goes dicks up I’m not dead in the water.
tbh I haven’t used an email client that wasn’t just a web interface for my personal email since like 2004. I only use one at work because we’re a Microsoft shop with Outlook/Exchange/etc.
Proton Mail is my choice for an actual email service.
It’s my default email manager. There isn’t a single thing I can’t do with it, whether it’s the default version, the improved Betterbird version, or extensions like those on the Firefox browser.
For example, message filters – not yet available on Android because their takeover of K9 Mail is too “recent” – but super useful for sorting emails into the right folder.
With Filtquila, Regex lets me boost that, and Betterbird also lets me remove emails containing any elements (attachments, subject, etc.) from the search, which I also do in classic Thunderbird.
