[tor-talk] Is Thunderbird safe to use with Tor now?

[Patrick Schleizer]

Cypher:
> Hey Everyone,
> 
> I have a an account on an anonymous mail service that I created via
> Tor. I'd like to access this account via POP3/SMTP using Thunderbird.
> According to the docs[1], Thunderbird is not safe to use with Tor.
> This advice was from 2012. Have things changed? Is Thunderbird now
> safe to use with Tor or still a bit shaky?
> 
> Thanks!
> Cypher
> 
> [1]
> https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/EMail/Thunderbird
> 

See:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/doc/TorifyHOWTO/EMail/Thunderbird#NewAdvice

In summary, look into TorBirdy:
https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/torbirdy

Cheers,
Patrick