Upcoming Thunderbird release in July to feature Rust-based EWS protocol implementation, enhancing Microsoft Exchange compatibility.
  • thingsiplay@beehaw.org
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    7 months ago

    As a Thunderbird user and Rust fan, I approve this integration. However I want to mention that Thunderbird is good as it is and actually don’t think new features are needed. Only compatibility with other software or protocols could be better (which the Rust integration aims to improve). And to be honest, a way to disable some of the feature bloat would be preferable too, as I don’t use lot of the additional stuff (but I make use of the RSS Feed reader).

  • SuperFola@programming.devEnglish
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    7 months ago

    I’m getting fed up about all those articles “rust x something: the future?”, “I rewrote <cli tool> in rust it’s now memory safe”. I get the rust safeties and all, but that doesn’t automatically make everything great, right ? You can still write shit code in any language that can RM -rf all your disk, or let security gaps here and there without intending to.

      • airikr@lemmy.ml
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        7 months ago

        Different people, different taste.

        I love FairEmail because of its “millions” of settings and the privacy features, for an example if you press a link, you’ll get a popup with options (for an example, what app you want to open the link with). And if the link contains trackers, FairEmail will remove these by default and saying “tracking parameters removed” with yellow text in bold.

        K-9 Mail feels incomplete in comparison. Have you tried FairEmail?

  • daddyjones@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    How many people still use an email client? Genuine question.

    I use either my phone or a web interface.

    • HouseWolf@lemm.eeEnglish
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      7 months ago

      I only recently start using it after also being a browser email user all my life.

      Kinda wondering what took me so long Thunderbird is great! don’t have to relearn questionable Ui between different email providers or re-login to check two mailboxes on the same provider.

      Only annoying thing is not supporting ProtonMail out of the box.

      • TCB13@lemmy.worldEnglish
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        7 months ago

        Only annoying thing is not supporting ProtonMail out of the box.

        That’s Protons fault, they’re the ones that decided to ignore all the open and standard e-mail, contacts and calendar protocols out there and built their custom-everything stack to keep you vendor-locked into their interfaces.