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 is great if you like using an email client that looks like its user interface was designed in 1996.
I’ll take that design over basically any email client designed since
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
ProtonMail is fine but not super compatible with Thunderbird. Thunderbird is an email client, which can be used to connect to email services, but it’s not a service itself like Microsoft or Google offers
Yeah, anyone looking to try Protonmail should be aware of how lock-in it can be if you’re on the free account. Maybe things have changed since, but I couldn’t set up email forwarding or bring my own client, and only noticed it when I was about to change provider.
It’s like TutaMail (formerly Tutanota) – their security is such that it does not allow access by third-party clients. However, there are Thunderbird extensions that allow you to open a kind of web page in Thunderbird.
Thunderbird is very good and new additions are coming on a regular basis now. You can use it with any standard email service, and soon it will work with exchange and hopefully soon JMAP. There is also a mobile version.
It’s okay. Maybe more disappointing than outlook in some ways. It has a weird hybrid approach where it’s almost like a browser in some ways but I’m not seeing how that adds to the experience.
I use it, it’s fine. IDK if they offer email hosting.
Thunderbird does not currently offer mail hosting, but they are working on it.
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.
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.
We are using Thunderbird for AGES. We basically switched over from the original “Mozilla Mail” client that we had used before, and don’t ask what we used before that…
But we always had our own email addresses since the 1990s, and our own domain since the 2000s.
it just works
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 thunderbird running in a docker container so I can use it from any computer I am on at that moment. It dose what I need.
Thunderbird is excellent
I have it on my desktop, but rarely use email there. My phone uses K9, which is actually now Thunderbird also 🥸
I’ve read about K-9 becoming Thunderbird on smartphones but mine still says K-9.
