Mobile-config-thunderbird is pretty good


apt install thunderbird make zip git
git clone https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird.git
cd mobile-config-thunderbird
make
sudo make install

geary experience was not very good, glad to see this option. Reading and writing mails work pretty well, settings is not adaptive yet. Tested on mobian bookworm and furios trixie.

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Are you running this on Puros or Postmarket?

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mobian bookworm (so should work on pureos crimson), I have not tested on byzantium but it might work.

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Amazing!
What about calendar?

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Calendar is not adaptive yet.

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With Thunderbird Conversations extension, you can open threads in a single tab.

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It is confirmed on byzantium as well, thanks to @francois-techene

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Been using Geary on and off, but Thunderbird is a good desktop choice, so maybe it will be good.

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When I open thunderbird, I’m not seeing these customizations. Just the default UI…am I missing something?

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Did you execute the commands given in the OP?

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Yeah…I got it sorted. Thanks. Works good so far.

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Can you help me?


In english he say : cd mobile-config-thunderbird bash : cd: mobile-conf… “no file of that type”.

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You need to first download it using git clone command. This command will create mobile-config-thunderbird. If you have not used git before, you will need to run apt install git

git clone https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird.git

Or you can download https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird/-/archive/main/mobile-config-thunderbird-main.tar.gz and extract it.
cd Downloads
tar -zxvf mobile-config-thunderbird-main.tar.gz

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Thanks! And after, he say that there is no rule to build the target “install”. Stop What should I do? @Pirate_Praveen

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I manually copied those files into the designated folder if you follow the path. Restart the thunder bird. It is a bit laggy and no multiple select so far unless you use the shift key from the external keyboard. Geary is still better at this point

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git clone or downloading via a browser are two options to get the software. Depending on which method you used to download, the name of the directory will be different. Usually most browsers download files in Downloads directory by default.

The following commands should work,

sudo apt install thunderbird make zip wget # wget is a command line tool to download webpages
wget https://gitlab.postmarketos.org/postmarketOS/mobile-config-thunderbird/-/archive/main/mobile-config-thunderbird-main.tar.gz
tar -zxvf mobile-config-thunderbird-main.tar.gz
cd mobile-config-thunderbird-main/
make
sudo make install
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Thank you very much! In fact, I didn’t think I had the right version of Thunderbird installed since the interface displayed was really not easy to use. But I changed the display through Thunderbird Settings and now everything is fine for the “Inbox” and for writing an e-mail. On the other hand, I have no idea how to access emails already sent, spam, drafts… Can you guys do it?

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Yeah you click the ‘checklist’ in upper left corner

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@ASwyD2 If I click ib the “checklist” I see : Mail, Adress Book, Calendar, Tools, Chat, Settings, Show Sapces Toolbar. I don’t see sent, draft, spam… :confused:

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I did have to move some borders around with my mouse though

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