Welcome back to State of the Thunder! In this edition, we're taking more community questions on a range of topics. From improving Settings to the role of Add-ons and more, the Thunderbird team is tackling your most urgent inquiries!

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Chapters:

00:00 Intro 01:56 Supporting and Sustaining FOSS Projects We Use 05:49 Future UI Settings Plans 14:05 Account Setup and Manual Configuration 21:34 Balancing Complexity and Simplicity 32:58 Benefits of the New Monthly Release Channel 38:01 JMAP Support in Thunderbird 41:12 Maintaining Backups in Thunderbird

Resources: Mozilla Connect discussion on how to improve the Thunderbird community: https://connect.mozilla.org/t5/discussions/have-ideas-to-improve-the-thunderbird-community/m-p/101438#M39415 Stalwart: https://stalw.art/ Thunderbird UX Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/ux Thunderbird Add-ons: https://addons.thunderbird.net/ Thunderbird on Matrix: https://matrix.to/#/#thunderbird:mozilla.org Thunderbird Developers Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/developers Thunderbird Planning Mailing List: https://thunderbird.topicbox.com/groups/planning xkcd "Standards" comic: https://xkcd.com/927