dovecot - Nov 2016 - Good email client to use with Dovecot?

On 18/11/2016 14:19, Tanstaafl wrote:
> Comments about the retired TB:
> >?https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/
As far as webmail being the future - imho - I am getting away from it, 
and that is why dovecot is worth investigating as port to replace the 
imap program supplied with my server OS.

As far as the blog entry above - that is dated 9 december 2015, and 
nothing newer.

Since someone also commented "more fixes than before" - I guess 
Thunderbird is "blogging" elsewhere - hint to where might be good in 
this thread.

It has certainly been an interesting read. Maybe I should use MUTT - as 
I have been a happy vi user for nearly 38 years (even coded it a bit in 
the pre-curses days - to add a new terminal ;) - ah memories :)

On 19/11/2016 16:18, Michael Felt wrote:
> On 18/11/2016 14:19, Tanstaafl wrote:
>> Comments about the retired TB:
>> >?https://blog.mozilla.org/thunderbird/
>
> As far as webmail being the future - imho - I am getting away from it, 
> and that is why dovecot is worth investigating as port to replace the 
> imap program supplied with my server OS.
>
> As far as the blog entry above - that is dated 9 december 2015, and 
> nothing newer.
An older blog is, imho, more accurate about the relationship and hence 
status on the relationship of Mozilla as an 'owner' aka 'legal
home' and
Thunderbird as an 'owned project' - see

QUOTE from blog: 
https://blog.lizardwrangler.com/2015/12/03/thunderbird-update/

I?ve seen some characterize this as Mozilla ?dropping? Thunderbird. This 
is not accurate. We are going to disentangle the technical 
infrastructure. We are going to assist the Thunderbird community. This 
includes working with organizations that want to invest in Thunderbird, 
several of which have stepped forward already. Mozilla Foundation will 
serve as a fiscal sponsor for Thunderbird donations during this time.

I also noted that we should look at whether Mozilla remains the best 
organizational and legal home for Thunderbird. This is a separate 
question from the technical infrastructure. This question is much more 
wide open. I don?t know what the answer will be. It could be that 
Mozilla remains the best home, based on history, affiliation and shared 
community. It could also be that a home geared to open source projects 
of Thunderbird?s size and scope is better suited. I can imagine either 
being the case. We have decided to separate the technical infrastructure 
and to explore what is best for Thunderbird and for the Mozilla project 
as a whole.

These discussions are at a very early stage. Finding the right solution 
requires some effort. This is Mozilla focusing on a more forward looking 
path, one aimed at longer term stability rather than continuing the 
status quo.

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>
> Since someone also commented "more fixes than before" - I guess 
> Thunderbird is "blogging" elsewhere - hint to where might be good
in
> this thread.
>
> It has certainly been an interesting read. Maybe I should use MUTT - 
> as I have been a happy vi user for nearly 38 years (even coded it a 
> bit in the pre-curses days - to add a new terminal ;) - ah memories :)

TB is the closest thing to a functional Outlook replacement for office
deployment. I have seen UN staff so distressed by IBM Lotus Notes that would
have given someone else's left arm to have TB instead. I have mutt as a
lifeboat, but is not good enough for daily use in office.

On Mozilla not willing to spend on TB, I think it is a very good thing. I would
rather see TB on github with a donation button than see it crippled with
Firefox-like spyware.


On Sat, Nov 19, 2016 at 4:34 PM, Michael Felt <'michael at
felt.demon.nl'> wrote:
These discussions are at a very early stage. Finding the right solution
requires some effort. This is Mozilla focusing on a more forward looking
path, one aimed at longer term stability rather than continuing the
status quo.