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[–] [email protected] 15 points 9 months ago (3 children)

I do not understand why anyone would use Outlook when thunderbird is free and, in my experience, much more functional.

[–] [email protected] 10 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Prior to this new version of Outlook, Outlook was much more functional than Thunderbird and it wasn’t close. That being said while a year ago I’d say you were smoking dope, as of right now you are correct, new Outlook sucks.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

Ah, I have only used both a relatively small amount, and from my experience I think thunderbird is more functional, flawed though my perspective may be. In what ways has outlook been more functional, from your perspective?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago (1 children)

I pay for a plugin so I can use Thunderbird with the exchange server (and 2FA) my office has. Best purchase in a long time, I think it's like a dollar a month or something, pretty cheap.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

What do you like about thunderbird?

[–] [email protected] 1 points 9 months ago

One thing I like is that it runs on Linux, so outlook isn't an option for me anyway.

I tried other mail clients but most of them don't work with exchange servers (and 2FA)

[–] [email protected] -1 points 9 months ago (1 children)

Does thunderbird still look and feel like it was designed in 1998?

[–] [email protected] 2 points 9 months ago

Maybe not 1998 but it definitely has a particular look. I like it though, it's utilitarian.