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State of the Thunder 10: Answering Community Questions!
Welcome back to State of the Thunder! In this edition, we're taking more community questions on a range of topics. From improving Settings to the role of Add-ons and more, the Thunderbird team is tackling your most urgent inquiries!
Want the tl;dr of the video? Be sure to check out our blog post at https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/state-of-the-thunder-answering-community-questions/. Want to listen to State of the Thunder as a podcast? Go to https://thundercast.transistor.fm/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Supporting and Sustaining FOSS Projects We Use
05:49 Future UI Settings Plans
14:05 Account Setup and Manual Configuration
21:34 Balancing Complexity and Simplicity
32:58 Benefits of the New Monthly Release Channel
38:01 JMAP Support in Thunderbird
41:12 Maintaining Backups in Thunderbird
Resources:
Mozilla Connect discussion on how to improve the Thunderbird community: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/have-ideas-to-improve-the-thunderbird-community/m-p/101438#M39415
Stalwart: https://stalw.art/
Thunderbird UX Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux
Thunderbird Add-ons: https://addons.thunderbird.net/
Thunderbird on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/%23thunderbird:mozilla.org
Thunderbird Developers Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/developers
Thunderbird Planning Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning
xkcd "Standards" comic: https://xkcd.com/927
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By Welcome back to State of the Thunder! In this edition, we're taking more community questions on a range of topics. From improving Settings to the role of Add-ons and more, the Thunderbird team is tackling your most urgent inquiries!
Want the tl;dr of the video? Be sure to check out our blog post at https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/07/state-of-the-thunder-answering-community-questions/. Want to listen to State of the Thunder as a podcast? Go to https://thundercast.transistor.fm/
Chapters:
00:00 Intro
01:56 Supporting and Sustaining FOSS Projects We Use
05:49 Future UI Settings Plans
14:05 Account Setup and Manual Configuration
21:34 Balancing Complexity and Simplicity
32:58 Benefits of the New Monthly Release Channel
38:01 JMAP Support in Thunderbird
41:12 Maintaining Backups in Thunderbird
Resources:
Mozilla Connect discussion on how to improve the Thunderbird community: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/have-ideas-to-improve-the-thunderbird-community/m-p/101438#M39415
Stalwart: https://stalw.art/
Thunderbird UX Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux
Thunderbird Add-ons: https://addons.thunderbird.net/
Thunderbird on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/%23thunderbird:mozilla.org
Thunderbird Developers Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/developers
Thunderbird Planning Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning
xkcd "Standards" comic: https://xkcd.com/927