{"slug": "thundermail", "name": "Thundermail", "category": "communication", "category_name": "Email and chat", "description": "", "recommenders": 3, "commenters": 4, "warners": 0, "score": 2.991, "rising": 0.35, "first": "2025-12-17", "latest": "2026-10-13", "why": "Sign up for the waitlist at https://thundermail.com", "why_is_quote": true, "has_verdict": false, "sentiment": {"recommend": 3, "neutral": 1, "compare": 0, "warn": 0}, "spark": [0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 2, 0, 0, 0, 0, 0, 1], "listed": true, "loved": [], "caveat": "", "short_quote": "Sign up for the waitlist at https://thundermail.com", "kind": "", "icon": true, "domain": "thundermail.com", "github_repo": null, "official_url": "https://thundermail.com", "pricing": "", "aliases": ["Thundermail", "ThunderMail"], "verdict": null, "praise": [{"label": "", "summary": "", "quotes": [{"id": 801288960, "item_id": 50080560, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=50080560", "by": "e12e", "date": "2026-10-13", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "allows setting up a limited number of custom domains and subdomains with catch all aliases", "excerpt": "Just noting that the thundermail email service (not to be confused for the app) - allows setting up a limited number of custom domains and subdomains with catch all aliases - so I could move my s.hypertekst.net domain over. https://support.tb.pro/hc/en-us/articles/51338950680467-How-do-I-set-up-a-catch-all-alias", "context": "", "use_case": "Custom domain email hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Thunderbird for iOS"}, {"id": 763394433, "item_id": 47712152, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712152", "by": "panny", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "I may give Thundermail a try.", "excerpt": ">Thundermail is a great idea! I think the synergy part is what is great here. Imagine thundermail is a FOSS server app. Imagine they implement things like proof-of-work for senders, and no PoW means the mail goes into a quarantine instead of directly in the user's inbox. That could fight spam, without the centralization and loss of privacy we've had in email. That hasn't happened now, because of the chicken-egg probl", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 763359424, "item_id": 47709964, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709964", "by": "ryanleesipes", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Sign up for the waitlist at https://thundermail.com", "excerpt": "Sign up for the waitlist at https://thundermail.com", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 763243616, "item_id": 47702726, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47702726", "by": "criticalfault", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Hosted Securely in Germany", "excerpt": "https://www.tb.pro/en-US/thundermail/ Hosted Securely in Germany Your emails are protected by strict EU privacy laws and hosted on infrastructure you can trust. With servers located in Germany, Thundermail prioritizes your privacy while ensuring reliable, fast delivery worldwide.", "context": "", "use_case": "EU-hosted email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}]}], "caveats": [], "who": [], "tags": [], "use_cases": ["custom domain email hosting", "eu-hosted email", "paid email service"], "compared": [{"slug": "thunderbird", "name": "Thunderbird", "co": 3, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}, {"slug": "stalwart", "name": "Stalwart", "co": 2, "switched_from": 0, "switched_to": 0}], "makers": [{"id": 763402096, "item_id": 47712631, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712631", "by": "ryanleesipes", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Also the Thundermail service is based on Stalwart (completely foss).", "excerpt": "Sign up for the waitlist here: https://Thundermail.com Also the Thundermail service is based on Stalwart (completely foss). We'll open source any additional relevant bits. We also released the supporting services: https://github.com/thunderbird/appointment https://github.com/thunderbird/tbpro-add-on https://github.com/thunderbird/thunderbird-accounts", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 763399377, "item_id": 47712461, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47712461", "by": "ryanleesipes", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Emails are encrypted with your public key before being stored in the database.", "excerpt": "No, we rely on PGP encrypted email. What I'm talking about is the latter. Emails are encrypted with your public key before being stored in the database. (Our stack is based on Stalwart, you can read about how it works here: https://stalw.art/docs/encryption/overview )", "context": "works on Thundermail", "use_case": "encrypted email hosting", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 763379216, "item_id": 47711201, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47711201", "by": "ryanleesipes", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "Will support custom domains out of the box", "excerpt": "Will support custom domains out of the box. Getting real close to launch. Join waitlist at https://thundermail.com", "context": "", "use_case": "", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 763345313, "item_id": 47709082, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=47709082", "by": "ryanleesipes", "date": "2026-04-09", "stance": "recommend", "quote": "Launching Thundermail this year (an email service)", "excerpt": "CEO of MZLA (the Mozilla entity that develops Thunderbird). One point of clarification, we don't get money from any source but our donors. After years of funding issues, MZLA was created by the Mozilla Foundation and the Thunderbird Council (our community governance body), to provide a legal/financial home for Thunderbird. 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With servers located in Germany, Thundermail prioritizes your privacy while ensuring reliable, fast delivery worldwide.", "context": "", "use_case": "EU-hosted email", "switched_from": "", "story": "Help Keep Thunderbird Alive"}, {"id": 740842704, "item_id": 46302669, "url": "https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=46302669", "by": "e2le", "date": "2025-12-17", "stance": "neutral", "quote": "The Thunderbird team recently announced ThunderMail which will have an optional $9/year plan.", "excerpt": "> Mozilla Mail Aren't they already moving towards this? The Thunderbird team recently announced ThunderMail which will have an optional $9/year plan. https://www.tb.pro/en-US/thundermail/ > Thunderbird for iOS https://blog.thunderbird.net/2025/10/state-of-the-bird-2024-25/ > We\u2019ve also seen the overwhelming demand to build a version of Thunderbird for the iOS community. Unlike the Android app, the iOS app is being bu", "context": "", "use_case": "Paid email service", "switched_from": "", "story": "Mozilla appoints new CEO Anthony Enzor-Demeo"}]}