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Autoresponder (out of office reply)

The ability to send a designated automatic out of office reply for each new email message is received within a user-specified time and date range.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 17 Jul
Under consideration

Sorting emails

Ability to sort email messages by sender, date (oldest/newest), read/unread status, and similar parameters, to present the desired messages at the top of the page.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 08 Jun
Under consideration

Include sub-folders in unread emails indicator

Currently, next to each folder there is an indicator with the number of unread emails, but it doesn't include unread emails from sub-folders of that folder. The ...
Suggested by: Gabriel (05 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 28 May
Under consideration

Automatic spam filter

A native spam filter that automatically detects junk email and routes them to a Spam folder.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 12 Jun
Under consideration

Calendar: CalDAV support

Ability to sync calendar via CalDAV protocol.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 22 Jul
Under consideration calendar

Local folders (offline folders)

Ability to store email messages inside local directory folders, not synced with the email provider's server. (so they are not synced with the email server anymore)
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jul
Under consideration

Multiple signatures per email address

Add multiple unique signatures for a single email address and choose which signature to use when composing an email. So multiple signatures per identity.
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 29 Jun
Under consideration

Email translation

Translate email content to the desired language with the click of a button.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 21 Jul
Under consideration

PGP encryption support

Enable PGP encryption for sending and receiving confidential emails in order to increase security and data privacy.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 22 May
Under consideration

Portable version

For corporate users without admin privilieges, a portable version would be great.
Suggested by: Mendelyeev Moura (31 Jul, '20) Upvoted: 08 Jul
Under consideration

Delete single messages in the conversation

Enable the ability to delete a single message from an email conversation. (Currently, it is only possible to delete an entire email conversation)
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 04 Jul
Under consideration

CardDAV support

Ability to sync contacts via CardDAV protocol.
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 07 Jul
Under consideration

Calendar: Convert email into an appointment and/or task

Ability to create an appointment and/or task from and based on a received email message. "Would you consider a feature like creating an action, inbound email to ...
Suggested by: Arjan Dral (13 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 05 Jun
Under consideration calendar

Color-coded labels (tags)

Ability to categorize messages and tag them with a specific color. "In thunderbird I can use "Labels", and choose color on message received, what is TO DO is ...
Suggested by: Cyril Verrier. (15 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 31 Mar
Under consideration

Notifications per email account

A setting allowing to turn on or off incoming email notifications separately per each email account.
Suggested by: Andrew (29 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 29 Jun
Under consideration

Moving emails from search results

When the search function has been used to find specific emails, it would be useful to be able to then move the emails to a folder. At present this is not possible.
Suggested by: David Press (14 Apr, '20) Upvoted: yesterday
Under consideration

Search by part of the word instead of matching the whole word

If you search for "Whatever" in Mailbird search, you can also expect Mailbird to find "Whatevers", "Whatever's" etc, e.g. match not only the whole word.
Suggested by: Dasha (09 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 02 Jul
Under consideration

Password protection

Set and require a lock-screen password be entered when opening Mailbird (potentially with a timeout feature).
Suggested by: Pawel (23 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 28 Apr
Under consideration

Automatic filters to categorize email messages

Automatically prioritize incoming messages using categories such as "important", "work", "newsletters" or "promotional" so they can be handled separately and won't ...
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 29 Oct, '25
Under consideration

Filters: forward action

Forward emails automatically based on specified filter conditions. For example, all emails about product issues can be set to automatically forward directly to ...
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 13 Jan
Under consideration filters

Tasks based on email messages

Create tasks directly from your received email and assign them to either Mailbird or a supported third-party app.
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 19 Feb
Under consideration

Automatic BCC

A setting to set an automatic BCC address for each email sent. Also, the ability to set different BCC addresses per each email account.
Suggested by: Andrew (29 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 19 Feb
Under consideration

Open .eml Files

Mailbird should be able to open .eml files from the filesystem (or attachments).
Suggested by: Jeff Z. (04 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 03 Jan
Under consideration

Backup functionality

Ability to backup emails, folders, contacts, groups, and settings so they can be restored after changing the computer or reinstalling the operating system.
Suggested by: Stephen (08 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 24 Jan
Under consideration

Linux version

Mailbird app for Linux systems
Suggested by: Hans-Peter Oswald (17 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 06 Apr
Under consideration

Rename accounts in navigation bar

Rename account on in the left navigation bar so it uses custom name instead of email address, See the screenshot attached.
Suggested by: Jacques du Preez (23 Sep, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Mark as read / unread button

Mark as read / unread button in the toolbar at the top of the inbox. This would save me endless frustration and right-clicking.
Suggested by: Simon Reid (15 May, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Send later: Offline sending

Schedule email messages to be sent at the desired date and time regardless if Mailbird is running and if computer is online or not at that time. Note, that this ...
Suggested by: Pawel (12 May, '20) Upvoted: 11 Mar
Under consideration

Automatic spelling correction

After clicking the send button in case there are any spelling mistakes, the app would ask if it should automatically correct the mistakes before sending an email.
Suggested by: Francisco C Pujol (06 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 18 Jul, '25
Under consideration

Reply and forward in outlook style

I would like to see Outlook style reply for replying an forwarding email. Look better and classy, let me show you how is in Mailbird, and how is in Outlook with FROM, ...
Suggested by: Ivan (21 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

iCloud contacts sync

Direct sync with iCloud contacts
Suggested by: Marco (18 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jul, '25
Under consideration

Calendar: Tasks support

Ability to add and manage tasks from within the Calendar app inside Mailbird. Tasks should synchronize with Google Tasks and Microsoft To Do.
Suggested by: John Class (07 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 21 Jan
Under consideration calendar

Number of all emails in folders

Indication of a number of all emails (both read and unread) in each inbox and optionally also in other folders.
Suggested by: Ana (09 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 12 Jun
Under consideration

Automated backup of Mailbird settings

Automatic backup of Mailbird settings. Allowing to download and start with the same settings and email accounts once you install Mailbird on a new device.
Suggested by: Andrew (29 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 21 Jan
Under consideration

Automatic follow-ups

Option to automatically send a follow-up message if the recipient of your email doesn't respond by a specified time.
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Signature Options in Reply

Currently, you can have your signature included with all emails or new conversations only. It would be nice to have an option when replying to an email to quickly ...
Suggested by: Zac (16 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun
Under consideration

Keyboard shortcuts customization

Ability to customize the keyboard shortcuts used in Mailbird.
Suggested by: Stephan T (07 Apr, '20) Upvoted: 19 Feb
Under consideration

Send again

Have the ability to Re-Send a previously sent message. Also allow editing/change the email address. Also, edit the body of the message and/or attachments. Reason ...
Suggested by: Jack H (04 May, '20) Upvoted: 18 Feb
Under consideration

Sort folder manually

Manually sort the order of folders, which are displayed alphabetically, while it would be more useful to place the most commonly used ones at the top of the list.
Suggested by: Travis (27 May, '20) Upvoted: 24 Jan
Under consideration

Favorite folders

Allow user to designate favorite folders to allow single click to reach them. Now, you have to hover, go to the account and click on the folder. You could have a ...
Suggested by: Bob V (21 May, '20) Upvoted: 21 Jan
Under consideration

Voice messages

Bring the ease and human tone to email communication! Record and send a voice message via email. A transcript of your voice messages will be saved and sent to ...
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Calendar: Zoom support

Integrate Zoom into the native calendar
Suggested by: DM K (05 Jul, '20) Upvoted: 20 Jul, '25
Under consideration calendar

Move folders between accounts

Ability to move folders between email accounts in Mailbird. (e.g. Move that Invoices folder from your one business email to another one)
Suggested by: Andrew (28 May, '20) Upvoted: 24 Jan
Under consideration

Customize Hotkeys

The CTRL-ENTER hotkey has me sending half composed messages to my clients all the time. The reason being any time I want to copy and paste something into my email ...
Suggested by: Ryan Scammell (27 Aug, '20) Upvoted: 24 Jun, '25
Under consideration

send automatically birthday emails

As it is possible to add the birthday in contacts in Mailbird, would it be possible to send automatically an email from template to the contact? Would be nice when ...
Suggested by: Pieter de Bruin (25 Mar, '24) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Forward multiple emails

The ability to easily forward multiple emails to a recipient or multiple recipients
Suggested by: Anastasia (29 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Mailbird for Linux and Android

If we ever have Mailbird for Linux and for Android, thus no need to use some different random apps (neither of them compete with Mailbird anyway) - I promise, I will ...
Suggested by: Mikhail (28 Sep, '23) Upvoted: 16 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Markdown support

Provide option for using Markdown formatting. This could simply be an auto-conversion of common Markdown syntax to existing formatting options without needing to ...
Suggested by: Curtis (29 Jan, '25) Upvoted: 29 Jun, '25
Under consideration

Disable automatic receipt of suggestions in Mailbird

The automatic receipt of the suggestions in Mailbird displays the above when the software is opened, an action that we carry out when one or more new emails are ...
Suggested by: Retalv (17 Jun, '20) Upvoted: 27 Jan, '25
Under consideration

Email priorities

Assign and display priority status for email messages. Flag outgoing email messages as with a priority level to inform the recipient how important the email ...
Suggested by: Pawel (30 Jan, '20) Upvoted: 26 Jun
Under consideration