I want to use Thunderbird, but man, it's lacking some basic features. Features that used to be available via add-ons, but which stopped working somewhere around v60.
My biggest annoyances:
* Inability to easily edit the from address
-Why: I use Fastmail with 10 different custom domains and custom senders. In TB I would have to manually add in each sending domain. And TB still doesn't "remember" which -from- addresses are used by which -to- address. This used to be solved by the https://www.absorb.it/virtual-id/ . Shockingly, the Fastmail webui does have this feature.
* Inability to minimize to tray on Linux (Windows does have this feature, but that doesn't help me).
* Inconsistent notifications, sometimes you'll get one, sometimes not, who knows why.
* No easy way to tell if Thunderbird is using IMAP Push
But at least I'm glad they put an IRC client in. If there's one thing I always wanted my email client to be, it's an IRC client. (sarcasm)
Birdtray [1] works perfectly for this. I think the only thing you have to is create a .desktop file that opens birdtray that opens Thunderbird automatically.
> Inability to easily edit the from address
There is a feature for this for quite a while. In the write message window, just click the down arrow next to 'From' and either choose a pre-configured identity [2] or click "Customize From Address" which allows you to freely edit the from address.
> And TB still doesn't "remember" which -from- addresses are used by which -to- address.
Not sure what you mean, but there is a 'Reply from this identity when delivery headers match' config in account settings. I have never used it, but it allows you to automatically choose an identity when you are replying to a email from a particular address/domain.
You can only "Customize From Address" if the domain you're wanting to send from is added to your sending profiles. So. Yes. it's possible. But it's user-hostile.
Hmm. Do I have it right that you mean you can't send from e.g. "test@example.com" (using "Customize From Address..." then entering that address in the From field) unless another address for the domain "example.com" is set up as an account in Thunderbird (e.g. "hello@example.com")? If that's what you mean, then I don't think that's correct, as I just tried it and Thunderbird let me send the message despite me not having any account for example.com in my profile. I did of course get a response from example.com telling me there was no MX server, but that tells me Thunderbird went as far as sending it.
No I mean, I have many different domains.
So if I want to send an email from example.com, I have to add it to the sending profiles. This is fine, and usually done during initial setup. However, if I want to be able to send from a second domain, say, thisdomaindoesntexistasdadasd.com I need to go and add that seperatly for allow thunderbird to allow me to put it in the from addr. Further, when sending an email, I then have to select the domain from the drop-down, then edit. it's just tedious. Not impossible to work around, but also not worth the effort when the Fastmail UI handles it so much better.
My biggest annoyances:
* Inability to easily edit the from address
-Why: I use Fastmail with 10 different custom domains and custom senders. In TB I would have to manually add in each sending domain. And TB still doesn't "remember" which -from- addresses are used by which -to- address. This used to be solved by the https://www.absorb.it/virtual-id/ . Shockingly, the Fastmail webui does have this feature.
* Inability to minimize to tray on Linux (Windows does have this feature, but that doesn't help me).
* Inconsistent notifications, sometimes you'll get one, sometimes not, who knows why.
* No easy way to tell if Thunderbird is using IMAP Push
But at least I'm glad they put an IRC client in. If there's one thing I always wanted my email client to be, it's an IRC client. (sarcasm)