Thunderbird set to release Thunderbird Pro, an email service

Thunderbird a software created and maintained by Mozilla has been around for over two decades. They are a staple and deeply entrenched in the open source community. Thunderbird is also the often go to recommendation for email clients.

Today, Thunderbird announced that they will soon release an email service. This email service is said to rival Google and Microsoft, however be rooted in privacy.

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The Good: Any service that creates a alternative to big tech and is privacy focused is a good thing for the community.

The Bad: Thunderbird is based in the United States, a non-privacy focused nation, that has a history of surveillance.

What we hope to see: We hope to see the following from Thunderbird
- Embracing Zero-Knowledge Encryption
- Hosting their Email Servers in a privacy respecting country
- Continue their legacy of developing open source software
- Commit to principles of privacy by design and default and not building in trackers or telemetry.
- Submit to third party security and privacy audits

The Revolutionary Take: