The latest stable version of the free and open source Thunderbird email client is now available for download for Windows, Mac, and Linux. Thunderbird 78 is an extended-support release (ESR) that includes a number of changes from last year’s Thunderbird 68 ESR. Calendar and Tasks functionality has been built into Thunderbird, so you don’t need […]
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Newton Mail is back from the dead (again) and this time it’s going open source
Newton Mail has had a rough couple of years. The cross-platform email app offered a bunch of nifty features and earned itself a bit of a fan base — but the company must have had a tough time making money because it announced plans to double its price in 2018… then announced it was shutting […]
Mozilla moves Thunderbird email client to a new subsidiary called MZLA
The Mozilla Foundation’s most popular and well-known product is the free and open source Firefox web browser. But the organization has been developing the Thunderbird email client for nearly as long. Mozilla released the first build of Firefox in September, 2002 and the first version of Thunderbird in July, 2003. But in the years since […]
Purism’s Librem One suite of apps offers ad-free, privacy-focused chat, email, social media (for a fee)
2 Comments on Purism’s Librem One suite of apps offers ad-free, privacy-focused chat, email, social media (for a fee) Purism sells a line of laptops that ship with GNU/Linux software and which support privacy features including physical kill switches for the cameras, microphones, and wireless cards. The social purpose corporation is also developing the Librem 5 smartphone, which should ship with a Linux-based operating system later this year. Now Purism is moving beyond hardware […]
Gmail turns 15, finally lets you schedule emails for future delivery
Today Google is an enormous company that makes the world’s most widely used operating system, software laptops, desktops, and tablets, speakers and displays powered by AI virtual assistants, media streamers, thermostats, security cameras, and WiFi routers, among other things. But fifteen years ago Google was pretty much just the world’s most popular search engine (and […]
Computer history Museum releases Eudora email client source code
Before email was something you could access on the web, on your phone, or via Outlook, there were a handful or primarily text-based email applications such as Elm and Pine. One of the first popular email utilities to feature a graphical user interface was Eudora, created for Mac computers by Steve Dorner in 1988. Qualcomm […]
Thunderbird open source email client looks to the future
It’s been nearly 5 years since Mozilla announced that it was going to stop investing heavily in development of the open source Thunderbird email application in order to focus on the much more popular open source Firefox web browser. But over the years it’s become clear that Thunderbird isn’t exactly dead. Development of new features may […]
Smart Reply lets Google answer emails for you (kind of)
Software is getting pretty good and guessing what you want to do based on context. That’s why keyboard software for smartphones can suggest words as you type and it’s how Gmail can show a message asking if you meant to include an attachment if you forget to add one to an email message you just […]
Now you can login to Yahoo Mail without a password
Yahoo Mail is getting a major overhaul for its 18th birthday. Yahoo has redesigned the Yahoo Mail apps for Android and iOS and added support for managing Outlook.com, Hotmail, and AOL Mail accounts through Yahoo Mail. Login to the Yahoo Mail website and you can link multiple accounts to manage your mail in one place. […]
Outlook for Android exits beta, gains IMAP, customizable swipe gestures, and more
Microsoft launched a preview version of Outlook for Android about three months ago, and now the company is comfortable removing the “preview” label. Outlook for Android now supports email from providers that use IMAP as well as from Exchange servers, Outlook.com, Gmail, iCloud, and Yahoo. The latest version of the app also has a few other improvements. […]