Thunderbird wouldn’t be here today without its incredible and dedicated contributors. The people developing Thunderbird and all of its add-ons, testing new releases, and supporting fellow users, for example, are the wind beneath our wings. It’s time to give them the spotlight in our new Contributor Highlight series.

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In this month's Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex shares updates on native Linux system tray support, custom account colors, Exchange support, and more.

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Learn the basics to time blocking with the Thunderbird Calendar to make the most of your precious resource: your time!

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Thunderbird will support Microsoft Exchange Web Services (EWS) natively, all written in exciting Rust! Read more to find out about our Rusty adventures, the technical nature of the EWS implementation, and what is on the horizon!

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Thunderbird is getting a bit Rusty, but in a good way! In our monthly Development Digests, we've been updating the community about enabling Rust in Thunderbird to implement native support for Exchange. Now, we'd like to invite you for a chat with Team Thunderbird and the developers who are making this change possible. As always, send your questions in advance to officehours@thunderbird.net!

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We know the Thunderbird community has LOTS of questions! We get them on Mozilla Support, Mastodon, and the site formerly known as Twitter. They pop up everywhere, from the Thunderbird subreddit to the teeming halls of conferences like FOSDEM and SCaLE. During our March Community Office Hours, we took the most frequently asked questions to Team Thunderbird and got you some answers.

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Automated testing increases the software quality by minimizing the number of bugs accidentally introduced by changes to the code. And we want to find those bugs before our users do!

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In this month's Thunderbird Development Digest, Alex updates us on Rust and Exchange, list management, and successful ESMification.

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The March 2024 Thunderbird Community Office Hours invites questions from the community in an open forum format.

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Hello Thunderbird Community! There are a lot of exciting developments happening right now surrounding Thunderbird Sync, Exchange support, and our new Snap package for Linux users. Let's dive in!

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We want it to be easy to make Thunderbird yours, and so does our community. The Thunderbird Add-on page shows the power of community-driven extensions. There are Add-ons for everything, from themes to integrations, that add even more customization to Thunderbird.

Our guest for this month's Thunderbird Community Office Hours is John Bieling, who is the person responsible for Thunderbird's add-on component.

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Hello Thunderbird Community! I’m very happy to kick off a new monthly recap in order to bring a deeper look and understanding of what we’re working on, and the status of these efforts.

These monthly digests will be in a very short format, focusing primarily on the work that is currently being planned or initiated that is not yet fully captured in BugZilla. Nonetheless, we're putting it out there to cherish and fully embrace the open nature of Thunderbird.

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We've been working on some significant (and what we think are pretty fantastic) UI changes to Thunderbird. Besides the new Cards View, we have some exciting overhauls to the Message Context Menu (aka the right-click menu) planned. UX Engineer Elizabeth Mitchell will discuss these changes, and most importantly, why we're making them

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Please join us for our upcoming Thunderbird community office hours on November 29, 2023 at 18:00 UTC. The new office hours format will feature a key Thunderbird guest to talk about the area they specialize in, and open the floor to questions from you!

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WHY was Thunderbird 115 called "Supernova?" What caused the press to declare Thunderbird dead back in 2012? And how did we turn the ship around? Ryan answers these questions and much more in his personal recollection of Thunderbird's history.

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If you recently upgraded to Thunderbird 115 and noticed a smaller font size or a presentation that feels too compact, here's how to fix it!

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We always want to keep our users informed and safe. In light of recent ransomware masquerading as Thunderbird, it's the right time to review the list of trusted places you can download and install Thunderbird from.

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Curious how to get that shiny new "Supernova" look? Here's a step-by-step guide on activating Vertical Layout, Cards View, and Tags Mode in Thunderbird 115.

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The road to Thunderbird 115 "Supernova" has been a long one, and we're confident you'll love the final result. If you're already using Thunderbird 115, you may have noticed a feature that is conspicuously absent: Thunderbird Sync.

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Ryan, Alex, and Jason get together to talk about the new features and improvements in Thunderbird 115 "Supernova." But they also share WHY those features were developed, and what's being worked on right now. Plus, some breaking news about the future of the Thunderbird Project!

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We asked Jon Hicks, the creator of the original Firefox and Thunderbird logos, to re-imagine his iconic design in light of Thunderbird’s exciting future. 

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