I recently reported on how Microsoft has been celebrating the forced roll-out of the new Outlook as a “migration success”. Now the company has confirmed it won’t let you use the Mail & Calendar apps. The first phase of this change is already rolling out on Windows 11, with second and final phase expected in […]
    • InFerNo
      31·
      4 months ago

      It works better for searching, it works offline, catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying, backup and archiving, can move mails from box to box without sending.

      I also use roundcube, but only to read mails. If I want to reply to a catch-all mail I have to create an alias which is super tedious.

      • jasonlearst
        2·
        4 months ago

        catch-all addresses just work with correct from address when replying

        What do you mean by this? I’d like to be able to reply from a website@mydomain.com automatically.

        For me Thunderbird makes me create an alias in order to reply to my catch all (*@mydomain.com). Did you have to configure something specifically?

        • InFerNo
          3·
          4 months ago

          This is built into Thunderbird for a while now.

          https://i.imgur.com/065RFJJ.png

          1. Go to Account Settings
          2. Enable Reply from this identity when delivery headers match
          3. Enter your domain prefixed by a wildcard (*), for example *@yourdomain.com
          4. Close/confirm all your changes
          5. Open an email that was sent to one of your catch-all addresses and click the reply button.
          6. The FROM field should be the catch-all address and not your general address.
        • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
          3·
          4 months ago

          I click on my “From” address and then select “Customize From Address…”. I can then type anything I want up there. It’s a little annoying when replying to an email chain with an alias, but not too many steps.

          • InFerNo
            2·
            4 months ago

            See my other reply, you can automate this with a setting so you don’t have to edit it manually every time.

    • JustARegularNerd@aussie.zoneEnglish
      16·
      4 months ago

      I have email addresses under Outlook (old personal account), Gmail (study provided email), Exchange (work) and Proton (main personal account). I also actively use the calendar feature in my client, which is sync’d up to my Nextcloud instance.

      Just having it all under Thunderbird is so convenient and it feels more private. It’s also an entirely consistent UI between accounts

    • Captain Beyond@linkage.ds8.zone
      13·
      4 months ago

      Same reason anyone would use a dedicated provider-independent client instead of a proprietary web application locked into a single provider: less vendor lock-in, more local control, and so on.