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i have about 50 email addresses. thunderbird handles it ok at the moment but i'm a bit worried the new update won't. fingers crossed..

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Isolated data point: I have a couple of accounts, some of them have more than 50k messages. I noticed Thunderbird's auto-update wouldn't trigger so I manually installed the macOS .dmg with no issues. The previous Thunderbird profile was loaded as usual (with the folders on an external disk)

I have to say that the new look and feel is definitely better but it looked much nicer in the screenshots, I don't know why, I don't think it's a technical thing, perhaps my own expectations.

It definitely looks better on the screenshots! I thought it was me, but I've noticed other people writing about this too. Maybe the design was not translated well to the code, some subtle things like proportions and distance between elements being off.

I suspect it could also be some old user settings that are messing with it. Perhaps a fresh install would not have that problem. The new defaults may play nicer with the new design.

it was too easy. worked smooth and instantly besides having to re-authorize my microsoft account. (they saw it as a new app). thunderbird looks a lot nicer now. i like it.

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