

Microsoft Outlook: This would be my go-to app.However, there are some good alternatives that you can use in place of Thunderbird. This was a huge disappointment to me as I had already fallen in love with the software after using it on my Ubuntu system. Thunderbird unlike Mozilla’s Firefox browser never saw an official Android or iOS release. In 2020, it was announced the project would be shifted to a new subsidiary MZLA Technologies Corporation. In 2017, Mozilla started to continue its development for Thunderbird again. This meant Mozilla would only provide security and maintenance updates. In 2012 Mozilla halted the development of Thunderbird since many attempts to add new features to the software were unsuccessful. You can check how to contribute your code to Thunderbird here. The email client is open source and allows its user-base to contribute to the development of the software. Within 10 days, the total number of downloads had crossed a million. Within 3 days the software saw a total download of 500 thousand users making it an instant success. It was developed and released by Mozilla Foundation/ Corporation in 2004. Let’s move on to the topic of discussion for this article, Thunderbird.
