Mozilla Thunderbird Challenges Gmail With Its Own Email Service
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I should donate again. As someone who still depends on gmail, I keep forgetting how annoying it was to get ads every time I refreshed my inbox, before I switched to their app. Glad things seem to be working out.
wrote 22 days ago last edited byIt is extremely easy to switch email providers these days. I'd suggest start by setting up a forwarded mail box between Gmail and whatever new mail provider you choose. Then slowly but surely start using the new email address instead of Gmail and change the most important accounts to the new one.
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Tbh because it was the one shared on Reddit. Though if you have the right browser extensions when I wouldn't worry about it too much.
wrote 22 days ago last edited byUpvoted for honesty lol.
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I'm listening...
But how is a small non-profit going to afford a free email service? Ads in every email?
wrote 22 days ago last edited byBased on what I've seen in their forums it will be a paid service. I think it will be free at first for beta testers but I assume they are targeting people who currently use services like Proton.
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Based on what I've seen in their forums it will be a paid service. I think it will be free at first for beta testers but I assume they are targeting people who currently use services like Proton.
wrote 22 days ago last edited byThanks for the info.
But I think they'll still need an ad driven free version to gain acceptance.
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What client do you recommend instead?
wrote 22 days ago last edited byDepends what you're after. I'm a Thunderbird user, but if user friendliness is the aim then Geary is quite good.
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Nerds like us can figure it out.
But it's hardly user friendly. I'm not going to get into the minutiae, but Joe Blow could probably get it to fetch, and send, but the user interface options like font size, etc., blows. Typical nerd "It's good enough for me, RTFM, losers."
And I'm too old to fuck with things for fun. I want it to just work, and I'm not paying Apple prices for that, or supporting Microsoft's eventual SaaS subscription model, which WILL eventually happen.
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I mean.. It doesnt exactly take being hackerman, master of all hackermans to open a dropdown menu, bro.
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Thanks for the info.
But I think they'll still need an ad driven free version to gain acceptance.
wrote 21 days ago last edited bynah. ad free paid emails are already a thing
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Thundermail… yeah yeah. :gently pushes my aol.com account under the sofa:
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Nope, still requires double click
wrote 19 days ago last edited byIf you've done nothing but complain for 14 years then I'm glad you still have to double click.
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If you've done nothing but complain for 14 years then I'm glad you still have to double click.
wrote 19 days ago last edited byLmao sure buddy i should have forked a web browser, learn their front end and patched everything myself! Ir you know fuck right off to a billion other email clients that don't ship literally the most complex piece of software in the world with it
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