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[–] [email protected] 4 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

I had no idea!

Wonder if any of that stuff will make it upstream and if not if there’s good reason?

[–] [email protected] 10 points 16 hours ago

As per the FAQ:

We will submit all changes to upstream to eventually benefit Thunderbird.