On 23/10/2020 15:44, fsmithred via Dng wrote: > >> Has any of you TB users (assuming there are any here} done this migration? >> How is the new shiny? Is it fine? Shall I forget about TB? Any suggestions >> of what could replace it? > Nope. This is the first I've heard of it.
One really needs to keep track of the various Thunderbird mail lists/groups for news like this. As someone who watches the whole thing fairly closely, it's actually quite hard to keep track of the changes. However, this deprecation of old addons, which is what is forcing the loss of Enigmail, which in turn is what is forcing Thunderbird to take on OpenPGP encryption internally, has been publicly know for about a year. See here: https://admin.hostpoint.ch/pipermail/enigmail-users_enigmail.net/2019-October/005493.html > This is not the first I've heard > of problems with enigmail. Over the past 5 years or so, it seems like it > only works about half the time. And I mean it goes months without being > available for installation. For the avoidance of doubt, this is *not* a problem with Enigmail. Enigmail continues to work fine in earlier versions of Thunderbird. (As an aside, I don't recognise your negative perception of Enigmail. I've use it for years, I don't know how long, and I've always found it reliable and useful. If it was unavailable for installation then that would very likely be a problem with Mozilla's addon server, not Enigmail's fault). The reason for this change is that Thunderbird is deprecating all its old addons (the entire ecosystem) in favour of WebExtension-based addons and Enigmail won't work on the new Thunderbird. Thus Thunderbird has to take over OpenPGP encryption internally. Disclaimer: I say all of the above as a very long time user of Thunderbird who is (a) not happy with the direction in which Thunderbird is now being taken and (b) who is not impressed with the outward appearance of the style of governance of the project. To be fair, whether or not it would be possible to continue Thunderbird development in any other way with currently available resources is questionable. -- Mark Rousell
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