Thunderbird's Devs: Rust Is Coming
Thunderbird's Devs: Rust Is Coming
Exclusive insights into Thunderbird's 2024 roadmaps - major update on the Global Message Database and Exchange support via Rust.
Planned work for the 2024 release of Thunderbird.: https://developer.thunderbird.net/planning/roadmap
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I’m ignorant. What does native exchange support mean? I know we can get outlook/hotmail etc but is this more of the enterprise support?
3 0 ReplyHere is my understanding of it -
Currently, TB uses POP3/IMAP protocol to access your Mailbox on Exchange Server.
Ideally, it should be done via MS EWS Web API [1][2] which TB currently doesn't support, but MS Office Outlook does.
Given that MS Exchange is heavily used in corporate/company setup, it[3] will put TB on par with Outlook in that regard.
[1] https://www.techtarget.com/searchwindowsserver/definition/Exchange-Web-Services-EWS
[2] https://www.envisionup.com/blog/pop3-imap-microsoft-exchange-email-platform-use/
4 0 ReplyMicrosoft's email service isn't really following standards like IMAP/POP anymore and this breaks many apps. So they need to add support for their custom alternative system.
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