Supported Standards
This list collects standards that the Thunderbird family of applications currently at least partially implements or supports (in our code base, ignoring things like TCP which we inherit from upstream
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This list collects standards that the Thunderbird family of applications currently at least partially implements or supports (in our code base, ignoring things like TCP which we inherit from upstream
Last updated
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✔ = This line item is supported for the given platform
✖ = This line item is not (yet) supported for the given platform
empty = We have not collected the standards information for the given platform yet
N/A = The standard does not apply to the given platform
| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
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| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
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| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
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| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spec Name | Spec URLs | Desktop Status | Android Status | Standards Involvement | Comment |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
POP3
✔
✔
IMAP 4r1
✔
✔
IMAP IDLE
✔
✔
SMTP
✔
✔
NNTP
✔
✔
RSS 0.9
✔
N/A
RSS 2.0
✔
N/A
Atom 0.3
✔
N/A
Atom 1.0
✔
N/A
List Management Headers
✔
✔
MIME
✔
✔
All 3 are supported for both Desktop and Android platforms.
OpenPGP
✔
✔
Kai Engert actively involved
S/MIME version?
✔
✖
oAuth 2.0
✔
✔
See also https://oauth.net/2/
vCard
✔
✖
Version 4 used by default
CardDAV
✔
N/A
LDAP
✔
N/A
See also https://ldap.com/
LDIF
✔
N/A
Supported for import and export
iCalendar
✔
✖
CalDAV
✔
N/A
CalDAV Scheduling
N/A
iTIP
✔
✖
IRC
✔
N/A
IRC TLS Port
✔
N/A
IRC CTCP
✔
N/A
IRC DCC
✔
N/A
IRC SUPPORT
✔
N/A
TODO: What about ISUPPORT 01 and ISUPPORT 02?
IRC NAMESX
✔
N/A
IRC MONITOR
✔
N/A
IRC WATCH
✔
N/A
IRCv3 Capability Negotiation
✔
N/A
See also the IRCv3 Support Table
IRCv3 SASL 3.2
✔
N/A
IRCv3 Message Tags
✔
N/A
IRCv3 Echo Message
✔
N/A
IRCv3 Multi-Prefix
✔
N/A
IRCv3 Server Time
✔
N/A
XMPP
✔
N/A
XEP-0030
✔
N/A
XEP-0045
✔
N/A
XEP-0054
✔
N/A
XEP-0059
✔
N/A
XEP-0078
✔
N/A
XEP-0085
✔
N/A
Typing notifications
XEP-0092
✔
N/A
XEP-0199
✔
N/A
XEP-0203
✔
N/A
XEP-0245
✔
N/A
XEP-0249
✔
N/A
XEP-0280
✔
N/A
XEP-xxxx MUC Avatars
✔
N/A
Matrix
✔
N/A
Thunderbird is an Ecosystem Member of the Matrix Foundation
UI only partially supports the full body of the specificaiton, not tracking on an MSC basis at this time
Olm/Megolm
✔
N/A
OTR
✔
N/A