has been my e-mail client for years from Windows Vista to current day Linux & will continue to be. It's easily one of my favorite FOSS software programs.

personally, I'd be ok with your second proposal, where that popup appears every time a new major version is released. I don't want nagware on my desktop, and certainly I don't want to be more or less forced to pay something for the right to freely use my computer, because then we're taking a step towards windows and that kind of stuff. However, that doesn't mean the idea itself is bad, and if not presented agressively, I think it can be a great discovery method

Brodie, we love your energy, and we totally agree! There are ways to fund FOSS and it's okay (more than okay, really!) to ask for donations in a respectful way to keep our developers and maintainers funded and our projects alive! 💙 💰

That's very much like I was thinking. About six months ago I thought to myself, I should really make a donation to @thunderbird because I've been using their software since it pretty much came out, done more installs than I can remember and because I'm dying (cancer) it was about time I gave a little back. Thing is though, I kept forgetting but it wasn't until I did a recent install and the 'pop up' for want of a better description appeared that I actually did.

Sadly it's unreasonably memory intensive even though i haven't done anything like plugins