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?
Thunderbird is fine as a mail client. It doesn’t provide any email service, though.
For email service, Proton and Fastmail are top choices. Proton requires a “bridge” app in order to use clients like Thunderbird. On mobile, Proton only works via the Proton app.
As for clients, again, Thunderbird is fine. Betterbird is a better choice if you like Thunderbird but wish it weren’t so rough around the edges. If you are on Linux, I actually prefer Evolution to Betterbird/Thunderbird.
They will soon be an email service provider! https://thundermail.com/
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.
I have always trued to like Thunderbird. And could never do it, well at least on PC. On mobile, I used K9, which is now slowly becoming Thunderbird Mobile.
So I use TB in Android and that I am happy with it.
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.
Yeah, thunderbird is solid as an email client. Can’t really think of anything I need to do with email that it can’t do
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.
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.
I have it on my desktop, but rarely use email there. My phone uses K9, which is actually now Thunderbird also 🥸
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.
Thunderbird is great if you like using an email client that looks like its user interface was designed in 1996.
