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<div class="moz-cite-prefix">Two points on this that I neglected to
specify...<br>
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On 2/20/2018, 3:32:18 PM, Tanstaafl
<a class="moz-txt-link-rfc2396E" href="mailto:tanstaafl@libertytrek.org"><tanstaafl@libertytrek.org></a> wrote:<br>
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cite="mid:e1dce433-ca55-56d5-0e79-d8de9aa5be55@libertytrek.org">
<li>Since Thunderbird will require its own infrastructure sooner
or later, why not develop and provide a:</li>
<ul>
<li>'Thunderbird Hosted Communications Hub' (or whatever you
want to call it), available only to those who choose to become
financial contributors. I would suggest 2 or 3 different
levels, e.g.:</li>
<li>One time contributors get a 'Basic' account, one email
address, low storage, no IMAP</li>
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Of course I meant @thunderbird.net (or whatever branded domain is
used) email addresses here.<br>
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cite="mid:e1dce433-ca55-56d5-0e79-d8de9aa5be55@libertytrek.org">
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<li>Supporters who opt to provide a certain level of recurring
donations get unlimited storage/email addresses, IMAP support,
with lots of potential for new services to attract even more
supporters:</li>
<ul>
<li>How about a partnership with Timo and the Dovecot guys to
provide the IMAP/JMAP Server support?</li>
<li>Or a partnership with the SOGo team to provide Groupware
(Contacts/Calendars) support?<br>
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<li>Sync capability (see my comment below for details)</li>
<li>Opt-in offerings to help test new/beta features (like for
the hopefully upcoming JMAP support, that Dovecot is
currently working on)</li>
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And because the hosted environment is provided by the Thunderbird
organization, they have access to ALL logs and relevant information
for troubleshooting any problems with said new services, although
users should be made very aware of this and agree to it, or opt-out.<br>
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cite="mid:e1dce433-ca55-56d5-0e79-d8de9aa5be55@libertytrek.org">
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<li>One thing: to really make this a compelling offering, I
think it should offer something unique, and I can't think of
anything better than full JMAP support<br>
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And while I was at it, just thought this was worth repeating...<br>
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