Re: Escape from Lemming Mode
Thunderbird user here... Even though Thunderbird has been ignored for at least the last three years, it remains one of the better email clients around (which is a very sad commentary on the state of email readers these days). Mozilla cutting it loose is a good thing, not a bad thing. It will allow Thunderbird to avoid being destroyed like Mozilla is destroying Firefox.
Thunderbird isn't going away. That Mozilla is heading down this path makes its survival much more likely.