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Microsoft’s Outlook is generally considered the leading email app on Windows, but at the same time, Thunderbird has become more and more popular, not only on Linux and Mac, but also on Microsoft’s very own operating system.
Despite the adoption of Outlook increasing lately, especially among company employees and following the Office 365 suite benefitting from the remote working trend, Thunderbird continues to be one super-popular choice and it happens for good reason
Not only that it packs a super-advanced feature lineup, but Thunderbird also sports a clean and intuitive interface that can be further customized according to your preferences.
Right now, Thunderbird works on the following platforms:
- Windows: Windows 7 or later
- Mac: macOS 10.9 or later
- Linux: GTK+ 3.14 or higher
As you probably know already, Windows 7 is already discontinued and only receives updates as part of the ESU program released by Microsoft for companies. So Thunderbird still supporting the platform is good news for those who are yet to make the switch to a newer version of the operating system, though at some point in the future, Mozilla would drop Windows 7 compatibility too. No information in this regard has been shared though.
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A new version of Thunderbird is available for download today, and while the focus isn’t on new features, it still comes with a bunch of notable changes that are worth highlighting.
First and foremost, Thunderbird 78.3.2 introduces a new update for the update system, so starting with this version, the application will no longer automatically install updates if the Preferences tab is active. This should help prevent the app’s closure when users set up the application.
Just as expected, there are new improvements for the OpenPGP implementation, with Mozilla explaining the following in the official changelog of the app:
OpenPGP: Improved support for encrypting with subkeysOpenPGP: Encrypted messages with international characters were sometimes displayed incorrectly
As far as Windows users are concerned, there are two notable improvements.
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First and foremost, this update introduces dark mode, high contrast, and Windows theming fixes, so overall, Thunderbird should align with your visual settings on a Windows computer more seamless.
And then, the Thunderbird update fixes the Windows installer becoming unreadable with the Windows high contrast mode, and this build resolves the whole thing, rendering everything correctly again.
The update brings with just one known issue, as Mozilla says that the message list is not focused on startup, but of course, this isn’t something that affects the functionality of the app in a substantial way.
Needless to say, this update is a revision to Thunderbird 78, and all the changes that Mozilla has included in this build are available too.
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While there are plenty of improvements in Thunderbird 78, one of the things I love the most about this version of the email client on Windows is that it finally comes with support for minimizing the app to tray, a feature that makes it so much easier to know the app is running and quickly access its features.
“On Windows, you can now keep Thunderbird running in the background without taking up any space in your task bar. With this new option enabled, when you minimize your Thunderbird window, it will be reduced to a small icon in the system tray (the small area next to your system clock in the lower-right corner of your screen). A click on Thunderbird’s tray icon will bring it back,” Mozilla explains.
The full list of new features available in Thunderbird 78 on all supported platforms is available here.
Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, cross-platform email and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a smaller and faster web browser. Just as Firefox aims to redefine the web browser, Thunderbird is a refinement of the mail and news interface. Users often use them both together.
Thunderbird Features
- Under the Help Menu, you can find the new Migration Assistant to help you set up Thunderbird the way you want it.
- Prior to this new feature you had to know your IMAP, SMTP, SSL/TLS settings. Now all you need to provide is your name, email address, and password and the new email account set up wizard will check our database and find the email settings for you.
- One-click Address Book is a quick and easy way to add people to your address book.
- The new attachment reminder looks for the word attachment (and other words like file types) in the body of your message and reminds you to add an attachment before hitting send.
- The Activity Manager records all the interactions between Thunderbird and your email provider in one place.
- Thunderbird 3.1 changes the way you do email with tabbed email, and a new set of search tools helps you find your emails faster.
- The new Quick Filter Toolbar lets you filter your email faster.
- If you like Firefox's tabbed browsing, you're going to love tabbed email. Tabbed email lets you load emails in separate tabs so you can quickly jump between them.
- If you think you're going to need an email in the future but want it out of your inbox without deleting it, archive it! Archiving helps you manage your inbox and put your email into a new archive folder system.
- Thunderbird is flexible to suit your personality, to give you the features you need, and to fit your work style. Change how Thunderbird looks or add as many features as you want.
- With Personas, lightweight 'skins' allow you to change the look and feel of Thunderbird in an instant. Hundreds of skins are available from the latest movies, famous landmarks, and Japanese tattoos.
- Smart Folders helps you manage multiple email accounts by combining special folders like your Inbox, Sent, or Archive folder.
- More information can be found at: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/en-US/thunderbird/features/