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You have always been able to use your own domain email with Thunderbird. The big news here is the fact that they are launching not only a web based mail service a la Thunderbird but also providing an email server for addresses of [yourchosenname]@thundermail.com. which is gonna be pretty great.

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lud@lemm.ee ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
I assume they mean that you can use your own domain with their email server.

I.e point your MX records to them.

Of course you always could use your own domain in their email client. It would be a pretty shitty email client otherwise.

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Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
Yeah, but the Thunderbird client… ain’t great.

And yes, I’m a Linux nerd since 2003. Thunderbird’s client sucks.

That said, I hope this is successful.

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- imvii@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  I’ve been using Thunderbird for email for years. I use it with some SMTP servers on shared hosting platforms, a yahoo account and a few gmail accounts - one with calendars. I don’t have any problems with it. Runs stable, doesn’t crash or do weird things. My only complaint would be search is a little clunky, but it works.
  
  I had to use Outlook client for year at another job and that client was hot garbage.
  
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  - MeThisGuy@feddit.nl ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    and it does RSS
    
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- A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  Whats wrong with the thunderbird client.
  
  Even when I was on windows back on XP I used it. Never had a problem with it or its functionality, personally.
  
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  - Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    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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    A_Random_Idiot@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
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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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- dubyakay@lemmy.ca ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
  What client do you recommend instead?
  
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  - Geetnerd@lemmy.world ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    For Linux, I can’t think of another user side client. I use web based.
    
    So, I’m happy to see Mozilla get into that arena.
    
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  - Patch@feddit.uk ⁨6⁩ ⁨days⁩ ago
    Depends 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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