Thunderbird Tekoha Aty

Hello everyone,

I recently saw Mozilla announce that the Pocket service will be discontinued on July 8, 2025, entering an export-only mode, with user data permanently deleted after October 8, 2025.

I’m very concerned about its future. The shutdown of Pocket really hit hard, and it makes me worry: could Thunderbird face a similar fate? Especially now that Mozilla seems to be focusing its efforts more on Firefox and AI browser development, I’d like to ask the community and official team a few questions:

1. What is the current organizational structure around Thunderbird’s development and maintenance? I understand that since 2020, Thunderbird has been placed under MZLA Technologies—an independent, wholly‑owned subsidiary of the Mozilla Foundation—and is managed by the Thunderbird Council. Does this mean Thunderbird operates under a fundamentally different model from Pocket?

2. Is there any possibility of Thunderbird being discontinued, divested, or “down‑scaled” in the future? Does Mozilla have any plans to shrink Thunderbird or shift strategy in a way similar to Pocket?

3. What is Thunderbird’s planned roadmap and how are resources being allocated? From what I’ve seen, Thunderbird is undergoing UI redevelopment (Supernova), monthly releases, mobile client initiatives, and new Pro services like Thundermail, Appointment, and Send. Does this reflect Mozilla’s confidence in its future?

4. How can users and community members show support or express concerns? If we want to help ensure Thunderbird’s continued health and growth, what steps can we take to encourage Mozilla to allocate more resources?

Hello Team Thunderbird You are doing a great job. I use thunderbird regularly.

I wish to contribute through donations.

Can you have UPI payment option in India? I will be donating regularly with that option.

Yours Sincerely

Hello! Would you please tell me how to get access to bugs like https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1958376 ? I’m using Thunderbird for building a mail client and need help with fixing vulnerabilities found in the 136 Thanks!

How do I take a screen shot of a received email message? I have a Win 11 PC, updated to most-recent. I tried [shift] [Windows] [S], and selected the portion I want (the entirety), but there seems to be no way to save this so I can send this as an attached file. (I am unable to send it as a forwarded email.)

Please restore View, Toolbars, SEND, ATTACH, etc. i CAN ONLY ACCESS THESE: TO, FROM and SUBJECT. Originally tried restoring via View, Tools, Restore,etc.,but noting worked. I'm an independent contractor and must send and reply to clients . Please help ASAP.

I am concerned that my Pop email setting will default to IMAP when I put add email to my iPhone, causing me to lose all of my current messages. Will there be an automatic default to IMAP?

My latest VISA bill has a $21.40 charge identified as from "THUNDERBIRD EMAIL WWW.THUNDERBI CA". I would like to know what the charge is for as I don't recall authorizing it.

Richard Bennett <redacted>@juno.com

On my Desktop, I have icons for Back and Restore. I have to close Thunderbird first. Then I click on the Icon, and I can back up or restore. Where can I find the backup and restore program?

Was having a problem accessing my email with Thunderbird. Posted on forum here looking for help and received a response from Matt, a moderator I believe. His reply pointed me in the right direction and things are working properly again.

I received an email notice informing me of Matt's response, but oddly it did not contain a direct link to take me to that particular thread. It took just a few extra clicks after logging into the site and I was able to read Matt's reply. Am I overlooking something in the email? It's not that a big deal but it seems like most any other site will send a direct link to take you to the most recent response.

I just wanted to thank whoever it was replied to my question about not being able to get my contacts into Thunderbirds address book so that when I began to type a name in the recipient to it would complete. I don't know if you'll ever see this but thank you very much I'm trying but this Even this site is a bit difficult for me so thank you once again peter

I'm 65 years old and I've been using Thunderbird for 30 years as my main email client. Now we've reached version 138.01. I have realized that the true power of TB is the addons developers' community. Why I'm saying this? Because in reality TB out of the box does not offer any basic but fundamental functions. I'll explain myself. On every TB update there is only correction of code covering TB malfunctions as if Mozilla developers are unaware of users' needs. Now we have the new version but with these fundamental problems i.e. 1. Import/Export tools does no cover full backup/restore functions covering all folders including Local folders content. 2. Lack of internal function to remove the duplicates emails. 3. Lack of full language spelling correction tool when composing an event in calendar. 4. Lack of profile images for all incoming emails. 5. Lack of full functionality of search function ( similar to the addon Expression-Search NG) 6. Lack of internal mail merge function. 7. Lack of more exlicit rules for the creation of filters. Why we have to wait any developer to develop an addon in order to cover TB non existent functions? I'm really tired of waiting and it's time for me to get off TB train and turn to other email clients which respect users needs. This post expresses my disappointment towards Mozilla foundation developers and I dont' expect to receive any comments from other users. The only thing I would like to see is whether other users agree /disagree with my comments. Nobody would like to see that Thunderbird covers only the 0.21% of the market share of all email clients. Our expectations as users would like to see TB only to gain share and not to lose.