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Thunderbird for Mac

Email client from Mozilla.

Free
In English
3.8
Based on 172 user rates

Thunderbird overview

As of July 2012, Thunderbird has transitioned to a new governance model, with new features being developed by the broader free software and open source community, and security fixes and improvements handled by Mozilla.

Thunderbird is a free, open-source, cross-platform e-mail and news (NNTP) client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a Web browser.

What's new in version 152.0

  • SecurityDevices enabled in enterprise policies.
  • One-click account setup for Thundermail accounts.
Changed
  • Use 'Add' instead of 'New' for account, calendar, address book creation buttons
  • GMail OAuth updated to use PKCE
  • Mail server hostname also checked when detecting address books and calendars
  • Updated about:rights to replace local with hosted url
  • 'Hide completed tasks' now also hides cancelled tasks
Fixed
  • New mail alerts appeared on wrong monitor in three-monitor setup
  • Spam messages triggered new mail notifications before being moved to Spam folder
  • Filtered IMAP or NNTP subscriptions were lost after closing Subscribe dialog
  • 'Download Headers' dialog for newsgroups failed to open
  • Messages nested deeper than 255 levels disappeared from threading view
  • Performing Delete followed by Undo on thread parent message could corrupt view
  • Single messages still appeared collapsible after thread members were deleted
  • Updated threads remained misordered until folder refresh or resort
  • Non-threaded subject sorting separated 'RE:' replies from original messages
  • BCC recipients were included in signed email headers
  • Filter search on Body missed draft messages containing German umlauts
  • Thunderbird could crash during local message search
  • Blocked file warning showed without 'Unblock File' button in compose window
  • Forwarding/Redirecting Exchange messages failed with NS_ERROR_OUT_OF_MEMORY
  • Compose window closed early and send progress dialog hung after NNTP failure
  • Compose window stayed open after sending when mailnews.sendInBackground set
  • Microsoft OAuth2 failed when HTTPS localhost redirect was not intercepted
  • Pasting contact photos stopped working when photo button had focus
  • Filter dialog lacked focus ring and had poorly distinguishable buttons
  • Subfolder kept stale accessibility unread count after unread messages were deleted
  • 'Edit as New Message' and inline 'Forward' not possible with PGP-signed messages
  • Various MIME improvements
  • EWS messages could go missing from folder view
  • IMAP "Show only subscribed folders" could not be changed without restart
  • Unable to delete more than 1000 messages at a time on Microsoft 365
  • EWS folders in Trash were moved to Trash again instead of being hard deleted
  • IMAP notifications repeated for emails read on another device after sleep wake
  • POP3 deadlocked when server went silent without closing socket
  • Calendar acceptance no longer distinguished between single occurrence and series
  • Transparent popups on macOS made calendar event editing difficult
  • Duplicate attendees were added to invitations instead of being filtered out
  • Task percentage complete was not preserved separately from status in tooltips
  • Visual and UX improvements
  • Security fixes
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Thunderbird for Mac

Free
In English
Version 152.0

What users say about Thunderbird

Mikael-B
By Mikael-B on Oct 24, 2022 for v.102.3.2

Features: 2.0

It does really feel like a web browser, which I feel a mail client isn't. I have to turn to terminal to get proper logging of connections. When exporting messages for archives there exist no solution that guarantees all messages and attachments make it even when all are on disk. What's that?

Reliability: 2.0

I don't feel I know what it's doing and I''ve been an email user for 30 years and ain't no newbie in setting up and analysing mail servers nor setting them up myself.

Other user ratings:

Value | 3.0
Ease of use | 2.0
Customer support | 3.0
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scion777-1
scion777-1
Apr 9, 2026
149.0.2
0.0
Apr 9, 2026
0.0
Version: 149.0.2
Mozilla Thunderbird's official site still lists 149.0.1 as the official version. ??
Saneman1
Saneman1
Mar 12, 2026
148.0.1
5.0
Mar 12, 2026
5.0
Version: 148.0.1
The New version of Thunderbird is 140.8.1esr (64-bit), and the latest version of Firefox is 148.0.2 (64-bit). For some reason, Thunderbird shows Firefox's version number here.
Akent
Akent
Sep 14, 2024
128.2.0
0.0
Sep 14, 2024
0.0
Version: 128.2.0
This "new" version was actually released a few weeks ago. Why is MacUpdate posting this now?
jimplant3
jimplant3
Nov 11, 2023
115.3.2
0.0
Nov 11, 2023
0.0
Version: 115.3.2
Using a Mac, one on Catalina, the other on System 14 on an M1 chip. Can't get either one to work. Whan I enter my *correct* user ID and password to tell it to use iCloud, it comes back saying that my credentials aren't accepted. One commenter on another forum said to erase the account and restart TB. How does one erase an account? Another commented that one should delect ~/.thunderbird. There isn't one on either of my machines. I really want to replace Mail. Won't you please help?
stargazer-colorado
stargazer-colorado
Jul 22, 2023
115.0
0.0
Jul 22, 2023
0.0
Version: 115.0
Has the fixed compose window issue been fixed for V115.0? Any other comments to share?
anonymous-walrus-2639573
anonymous-walrus-2639573
Jun 21, 2024
115.12.1
3.0
Jun 21, 2024
3.0
Version: 115.12.1
jojimbody
jojimbody
Sep 30, 2023
115.3.0
5.0
Sep 30, 2023
5.0
Version: 115.3.0
Saneman1
Saneman1
Aug 3, 2023
115.1.0
5.0
Aug 3, 2023
5.0
Version: 115.1.0
Dorse
Dorse
Jul 27, 2023
115.0.1
5.0
Jul 27, 2023
5.0
Version: 115.0.1
The_Blinded
The_Blinded
Jul 14, 2023
115.0
5.0
Jul 14, 2023
5.0
Version: 115.0
East'n'blue
East'n'blue
Oct 8, 2022
102.3.1
5.0
Oct 8, 2022
5.0
Version: 102.3.1
asjunttila
asjunttila
Sep 24, 2022
102.3.0
2.0
Sep 24, 2022
2.0
Version: 102.3.0
Uliana_k
Uliana_k
Jul 15, 2022
102.0.1
5.0
Jul 15, 2022
5.0
Version: 102.0.1
didifri
didifri
Mar 25, 2022
91.7.0
5.0
Mar 25, 2022
5.0
Version: 91.7.0
gorges
gorges
Nov 13, 2021
91.3.0
3.0
Nov 13, 2021
3.0
Version: 91.3.0
misjase
misjase
Aug 21, 2021
91.0.1
5.0
Aug 21, 2021
5.0
Version: 91.0.1
wordproductions
wordproductions
Jul 18, 2021
78.11.0
5.0
Jul 18, 2021
5.0
Version: 78.11.0
Rachael74
Rachael74
Jun 2, 2021
78.10.2
3.0
Jun 2, 2021
3.0
Version: 78.10.2
prLab
prLab
Dec 19, 2020
5.0
Dec 19, 2020
5.0
Version: null
Swingscars
Swingscars
Oct 21, 2020
1.0
Oct 21, 2020
1.0
Version: null
ben-marko
ben-marko
Aug 21, 2020
4.0
Aug 21, 2020
4.0
Version: null
Suricate15
Suricate15
Aug 2, 2020
2.0
Aug 2, 2020
2.0
Version: null
francoisvernaz28
francoisvernaz28
Jul 31, 2020
5.0
Jul 31, 2020
5.0
Version: null
Bolt1963
Bolt1963
Jul 26, 2020
4.0
Jul 26, 2020
4.0
Version: null
sandysandaver
sandysandaver
Jun 7, 2020
3.0
Jun 7, 2020
3.0
Version: null
glindabaum
glindabaum
Jun 1, 2020
1.0
Jun 1, 2020
1.0
Version: null
zlazkow
zlazkow
May 27, 2020
5.0
May 27, 2020
5.0
Version: null
lubomyrprytulak
lubomyrprytulak
Apr 8, 2020
1.0
Apr 8, 2020
1.0
Version: null
yanuarnugroho
yanuarnugroho
Dec 5, 2019
5.0
Dec 5, 2019
5.0
Version: null
a3a05603
a3a05603
Aug 30, 2019
1.0
Aug 30, 2019
1.0
Version: null
Macfool
Macfool
May 20, 2019
4.5
May 20, 2019
4.5
Version: null
56eagle
56eagle
Apr 10, 2019
1.0
Apr 10, 2019
1.0
Version: null
rmaniacnyc
rmaniacnyc
Apr 7, 2019
5.0
Apr 7, 2019
5.0
Version: null
WetNet
WetNet
Jan 31, 2019
4.0
Jan 31, 2019
4.0
Version: null
IronProgrammer
IronProgrammer
Jan 19, 2019
4.0
Jan 19, 2019
4.0
Version: null
476429
476429
Dec 27, 2018
5.0
Dec 27, 2018
5.0
Version: null
anonymous-skink-4656
anonymous-skink-4656
Oct 30, 2018
0.5
Oct 30, 2018
0.5
Version: null
plarcher
plarcher
Oct 29, 2018
5.0
Oct 29, 2018
5.0
Version: null
T Bellows
T Bellows
Aug 29, 2018
4.0
Aug 29, 2018
4.0
Version: null
orsobou4
orsobou4
Jul 14, 2018
4.0
Jul 14, 2018
4.0
Version: null
Scrapperoo
Scrapperoo
Apr 16, 2018
4.0
Apr 16, 2018
4.0
Version: null
Christian-Bauer
Christian-Bauer
Jan 28, 2018
5.0
Jan 28, 2018
5.0
Version: null
tjp1918
tjp1918
Dec 29, 2017
3.0
Dec 29, 2017
3.0
Version: null
reney1
reney1
Nov 27, 2017
0.5
Nov 27, 2017
0.5
Version: null
kWASj
kWASj
Aug 22, 2016
4.5
Aug 22, 2016
4.5
Version: null