What’s New in Thunderbird 102

Explore the new features and changes in the new release of Thunderbird.

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Screenshot of Thunderbird's new message header.

Message Header Redesign

Thunderbird 102 helps you be more productive with less effort. When reading your email, the redesigned message header allows you to focus on what matters as it highlights important information. It’s also more responsive and easier to navigate. Plus, you can star important messages from the message header itself, and easily convert them into a calendar event or a task.

New Address Book

Thunderbird 102 gives your contacts a serious upgrade! The refreshed design makes it easier to navigate and interact with your contacts, and helps you better understand who you’re communicating with. The new Address Book has compatibility with vCard specs, meaning if your app can export your existing contacts into vCard format, Thunderbird can import them. Each contact card also acts as a launchpad for messaging, email, and event creation.

Screenshot of Thunderbird's new addressbook.
Screenshot of the new import and export wizards in Thunderbird.

New Import/Export Wizard

Thunderbird 102 makes it quick and simple to move your accounts and data around. The new step-by-step wizard provides a guided experience for importing all that data that’s important to you. We’ve also taken extra precautions to ensure that no data is accidentally duplicated in your profile after an import. Moving from Outlook, SeaMonkey, or another Thunderbird installation is easier than ever. No add-ons required!

New Spaces Toolbar

Thunderbird 102 makes navigating the application more intuitive thanks to the new Spaces Toolbar. Move between all of your activities with ease, whether it’s managing email, working with contacts through the awesome new address book, using the calendar and tasks functionality, chat, and even add-ons! If you want to save screen real estate, the Spaces Toolbar can be dismissed, and you can instead navigate the different activities Thunderbird offers with the new Pinned Spaces tab.

Screenshot showing the new matrix chat in Thunderbird.
Screenshot of the new spaces toolbar in Thunderbird.

New Matrix Chat Support

Thunderbird 102 offers a new way to chat privately and securely with your colleagues, friends, and family. We’ve added support for the open-source, decentralized chat protocol Matrix, and it’s usable right out of the box! (As always, we welcome your feedback since it’s an evolving service.)

Other Notable Changes

There are many other big changes that make Thunderbird 102 a very large release including:

  • New Icons and Default Folder Colors
  • Use Thunderbird without an email account (for example, as an RSS reader)
  • Numerous OpenPGP improvements
  • CalendarLocal parser converted to javascript
  • Today Pane calendar UI refresh
  • POP3 implemented in javascript
  • Account settings moved to macOS application menu
  • Plus: Application-wide font size control, Theme fixes, FileLink fixes, Accessibility fixes, improved vCard integration, improved calendar startup performance, Calendar fixes including correct order of week view headers and days for right to left locales.

You can see details of all our changes in the release notes for Thunderbird 102.0 and up.

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