Betterbird open source email client and Thunderbird

[hacktheworld]

After many years of using Thunderbird, I chose to uninstall it and install Betterbird.
That? for about a week three or four of my email accounts on Thunderbird were hacked daily and I had to change my password on the websites of email providers every time. I thought there was something wrong with Thunderbird and I installed Betterbird: it seems that I guessed why since I got Betterbird it has never happened again, pure coincidence? I don't know, but the facts speak for themselves.
P.S. Debian 12 Operating System

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Sounds like you have password stealing malware targeting Thunderbird, this is not Thunderbird's fault.
Reinstalling system should help too followed by changing passwords.

 

[hacktheworld]

Sounds like you have password stealing malware targeting Thunderbird, this is not Thunderbird's fault.
Reinstalling system should help too followed by changing passwords.

Why in your opinion password stealing malware doesn't targeting Betterbird too?

 

[CaffeineAddict]

Why in your opinion password stealing malware doesn't targeting Betterbird too?

Likely because Betterbird is not as popular.
It's same as why hackers don't target Linux as much as Windows.

 

[hacktheworld]

Likely because Betterbird is not as popular.
It's same as why hackers don't target Linux as much as Windows.

If so, I'll keep it with Betterbird so I don't have any more headaches.

 

[hacktheworld]

Betterbird. Simply better.

Betterbird. Simply better. A soft fork of Mozilla Thunderbird

www.betterbird.eu

 

[f33dm3bits]

Likely because Betterbird is not as popular.
It's same as why hackers don't target Linux as much as Windows.

I've used Thunderbird for years, never had this issue. It doesn't look any different from Thunderbird looking at the official screenshot on Flathub.

Install Betterbird on Linux | Flathub

A better version of Thunderbird

flathub.org

Betterbird: FAQ

Betterbird is a soft fork of MozillaThunderbird. Soft fork means that it is closely following the Thunderbird Extended Support Releases (ESR) therefore avoiding the mistakes of other forks which quickly lost track of upstream Thunderbird, thus opening users up tosecurity vulnerabilities.

Also it seems to be a fork of Thunderbird, not sure how that makes one issue happening in one and not in the other unless they made a lot of changes. I would also think if it's a general issue with Thunderbird that you would read more about it on forums and reddit.

Have you thought about adding 2FA on the accounts that support it?

 

[kc1di]

Trying Betterbird here so far it's good. faster than Thunderbird.

 

[Condobloke]

highly unlikely that Thunderbird has been hacked.

You would do well to repost this as a bug

Bugzilla Main Page

bugzilla.mozilla.org

 

[CaffeineAddict]

I've used Thunderbird for years, never had this issue. It doesn't look any different from Thunderbird looking at the official screenshot on Flathub.

Betterbird: FAQ

We can only speculate what they did, if they're tracking ESR likely they only do security and performance patches. IDK.

Have you thought about adding 2FA on the accounts that support it?

This should prevent stealing passwords, or at least rule out the assumption.

 

[Gainer]

Can either Thunderbird or Betterbird be set up to default to preview only. (I tried to explore the idea in Thunderbird but the holidays distracted me). Then choose which emails to allow download fully for processing (ie to reply)?

Or possibably reccommend an email client that does.

The reason I ask is for decades I used a email preview application in windows that also was a full email client. All junk, spam, unwanted, trash, infested emails are handled at the server level. Only fully vetted emails come to my computer. I could store and/or reply with confindence.

PS- I avoid 2FA