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Thunderbird for Mac

Email client from Mozilla.

Free
In English
3.8
Based on 172 user rates

Thunderbird overview

As of July 2012, Thunderbird has transitioned to a new governance model, with new features being developed by the broader free software and open source community, and security fixes and improvements handled by Mozilla.

Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform e-mail and news (NNTP) client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a Web browser.

What’s new in version 128.1.0

  • Could not add override for a certificate with the wrong hostname
  • Auto-detection of CalDAV calendars and CardDAV address books failed in certain scenarios
  • Potential memory leak in local folder repair
  • Selecting messages and then switching to a new folder with no selected messages did not clear selected messages count
  • When using an external installation of GnuPG, Thunderbird occassionally sent/received corrupted messages
  • Users of external GnuPG were unable to decrypt incorrectly encoded messages
  • UTF-8 encoded messages became garbled when encrypted using inline OpenPGP
  • Could not access the contents of an S/MIME encrypted message wrapped in a digital signature
  • Occasional crash occurred shortly after startup
  • Flatpak created a duplicate unpinned icon in Linux dock after launching Thunderbird
  • Flatpak release notes URL was incorrect
  • Spell checker dictionary was not available for Flatpak install
  • Digital signatures on signed-only OpenPGP messages were broken with some providers
  • Visual and UX improvements
  • Security fixes
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Thunderbird for Mac

Free
In English
Version 128.1.0

What users say about Thunderbird

Mikael-B
By Mikael-B on Oct 24 2022 for v.102.3.2

Features: 2.0

It does really feel like a web browser, which I feel a mail client isn't. I have to turn to terminal to get proper logging of connections. When exporting messages for archives there exist no solution that guarantees all messages and attachments make it even when all are on disk. What's that?

Reliability: 2.0

I don't feel I know what it's doing and I''ve been an email user for 30 years and ain't no newbie in setting up and analysing mail servers nor setting them up myself.

Other user ratings:

Value | 3.0
Ease of use | 2.0
Customer support | 3.0
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What customer like

Price
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What needs improvements

User Experience
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Thunderbird qualities

Value
4.2
Ease of use
2.5
Features
3.2
Reliability
3.3
Customer support
2.8

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3.8

(358 Reviews of Thunderbird)

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  • User Ratings

jimplant3
jimplant3
Nov 11 2023
115.3.2
0.0
Nov 11 2023
0.0
Version: 115.3.2
Using a Mac, one on Catalina, the other on System 14 on an M1 chip. Can't get either one to work. Whan I enter my *correct* user ID and password to tell it to use iCloud, it comes back saying that my credentials aren't accepted. One commenter on another forum said to erase the account and restart TB. How does one erase an account? Another commented that one should delect ~/.thunderbird. There isn't one on either of my machines. I really want to replace Mail. Won't you please help?
stargazer-colorado
stargazer-colorado
Jul 22 2023
115.0
0.0
Jul 22 2023
0.0
Version: 115.0
Has the fixed compose window issue been fixed for V115.0? Any other comments to share?
asjunttila
asjunttila
Sep 24 2022
102.3.0
2.0
Sep 24 2022
2.0
Version: 102.3.0
Mozilla has tried to create a new problem for its users. The compose window for sending an email now has a fixed position on the screen. This window can no longer be moved around the screen. It is simply impossible to disable this feature. Now I am really thinking about finding an alternative to Mozilla Thunderbird, because this "innovation" is a very significant problem.
nobody2011
nobody2011
Jun 30 2022
91.10.0
5.0
Jun 30 2022
5.0
Version: 91.10.0
102.0 is out now: http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/thunderbird/releases/102.0/mac/
Satcomer
Satcomer
Apr 7 2022
91.8.0
0.0
Apr 7 2022
0.0
Version: 91.8.0
Maybe you reconcile it to Universal ! If you get a Mac mini and Xcode you reconcile for Universal easily , if you write in C!
ykmv
ykmv
Jun 21 2024
115.12.1
3.0
Jun 21 2024
3.0
Version: 115.12.1
jojimbody
jojimbody
Sep 30 2023
115.3.0
5.0
Sep 30 2023
5.0
Version: 115.3.0
Saneman1
Saneman1
Aug 3 2023
115.1.0
5.0
Aug 3 2023
5.0
Version: 115.1.0
Dorse
Dorse
Jul 27 2023
115.0.1
5.0
Jul 27 2023
5.0
Version: 115.0.1
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Jul 14 2023
115.0
5.0
Jul 14 2023
5.0
Version: 115.0
East'n'blue
East'n'blue
Oct 8 2022
102.3.1
5.0
Oct 8 2022
5.0
Version: 102.3.1
asjunttila
asjunttila
Sep 24 2022
102.3.0
2.0
Sep 24 2022
2.0
Version: 102.3.0
Uliana_k
Uliana_k
Jul 15 2022
102.0.1
5.0
Jul 15 2022
5.0
Version: 102.0.1
didifri
didifri
Mar 25 2022
91.7.0
5.0
Mar 25 2022
5.0
Version: 91.7.0
gorges
gorges
Nov 13 2021
91.3.0
3.0
Nov 13 2021
3.0
Version: 91.3.0
misjase
misjase
Aug 20 2021
91.0.1
5.0
Aug 20 2021
5.0
Version: 91.0.1
wordproductions
wordproductions
Jul 18 2021
78.11.0
5.0
Jul 18 2021
5.0
Version: 78.11.0
Rachael74
Rachael74
Jun 2 2021
78.10.2
3.0
Jun 2 2021
3.0
Version: 78.10.2
prLab
prLab
Dec 19 2020
5.0
Dec 19 2020
5.0
Version: null
Swingscars
Swingscars
Oct 21 2020
1.0
Oct 21 2020
1.0
Version: null
ben-marko
ben-marko
Aug 21 2020
4.0
Aug 21 2020
4.0
Version: null
Suricate15
Suricate15
Aug 2 2020
2.0
Aug 2 2020
2.0
Version: null
francoisvernaz28
francoisvernaz28
Jul 31 2020
5.0
Jul 31 2020
5.0
Version: null
Bolt1963
Bolt1963
Jul 26 2020
4.0
Jul 26 2020
4.0
Version: null
sandysandaver
sandysandaver
Jun 7 2020
3.0
Jun 7 2020
3.0
Version: null
glindabaum
glindabaum
Jun 1 2020
1.0
Jun 1 2020
1.0
Version: null
zlazkow
zlazkow
May 27 2020
5.0
May 27 2020
5.0
Version: null
lubomyrprytulak
lubomyrprytulak
Apr 8 2020
1.0
Apr 8 2020
1.0
Version: null
yanuarnugroho
yanuarnugroho
Dec 5 2019
5.0
Dec 5 2019
5.0
Version: null
a3a05603
a3a05603
Aug 30 2019
1.0
Aug 30 2019
1.0
Version: null
Macfool
Macfool
May 20 2019
4.5
May 20 2019
4.5
Version: null
56eagle
56eagle
Apr 10 2019
1.0
Apr 10 2019
1.0
Version: null
rmaniacnyc
rmaniacnyc
Apr 7 2019
5.0
Apr 7 2019
5.0
Version: null
WetNet
WetNet
Jan 31 2019
4.0
Jan 31 2019
4.0
Version: null
IronProgrammer
IronProgrammer
Jan 18 2019
4.0
Jan 18 2019
4.0
Version: null
476429
476429
Dec 27 2018
5.0
Dec 27 2018
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-skink-4656
anonymous-skink-4656
Oct 29 2018
0.5
Oct 29 2018
0.5
Version: null
plarcher
plarcher
Oct 29 2018
5.0
Oct 29 2018
5.0
Version: null
T Bellows
T Bellows
Aug 29 2018
4.0
Aug 29 2018
4.0
Version: null
orsobou4
orsobou4
Jul 14 2018
4.0
Jul 14 2018
4.0
Version: null
Scrapperoo
Scrapperoo
Apr 16 2018
4.0
Apr 16 2018
4.0
Version: null
Christian-Bauer
Christian-Bauer
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Jan 28 2018
5.0
Version: null
tjp1918
tjp1918
Dec 29 2017
3.0
Dec 29 2017
3.0
Version: null
reney1
reney1
Nov 27 2017
0.5
Nov 27 2017
0.5
Version: null
kWASj
kWASj
Aug 22 2016
4.5
Aug 22 2016
4.5
Version: null