Mozilla Messaging

{{Short description|Software company in Canada}}{{Infobox company

| name = Mozilla Messaging

| logo = Thunderbird logo new.jpg

| type = Subsidiary

| hq_location_city = Vancouver, British Columbia

| hq_location_country = Canada

| industry = Software

| key_people = David Ascher (CEO)

| fate = Absorbed by Mozilla Corporation

| defunct = {{End date|2011|4|4}}

| founded = {{Start date and age|2007}}

| products = Mozilla Thunderbird

| parent = Mozilla Foundation

| num_employees = Approximately 10

| website = {{URL|mozillamessaging.com}}

}}

Mozilla Messaging (abbreviated MoMo{{cite web|url=http://support.mozillamessaging.com/it/kb/Thunderbird+FAQ#Who_makes_Thunderbird_|title=Thunderbird FAQ, Who makes Thunderbird|author=jenzed and Breaking_Pitt|accessdate=2010-04-07|publisher=Mozilla Messaging|quote=Thunderbird is developed, tested, translated and supported by the folks at Mozilla Messaging and by a group of dedicated volunteers. Mozilla Messaging ("MoMo" for short) is a sister project to the for-profit Mozilla Corporation, the folks who make the Firefox browser. Both are wholly owned subsidiaries of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100822193419/http://support.mozillamessaging.com/it/kb/Thunderbird+FAQ#Who_makes_Thunderbird_|archive-date=2010-08-22|url-status=dead}} and formerly known as MailCo{{Cite web |date=2008-02-19 |title=Mozilla Messaging starts up operations |url=https://blog.mozilla.org/press/2008/02/mozilla-messaging-starts-up-operations |access-date=2024-01-08 |website=Mozilla Press Center |language=en-US}}) was a wholly owned, for-profit subsidiary of the non-profit Mozilla Foundation.{{cite web|url= https://www.zdnet.com/article/mozilla-ready-to-add-im-to-thunderbird-stable/|title= Mozilla ready to add IM to Thunderbird stable?|access-date= 2008-05-12|author= Tom Espiner|date= 2008-02-20|publisher= }} It was broadly tasked with aspects of the Mozilla Project that focused on interpersonal communications, such as instant messaging and e-mail. Its main focus was developing version 3.0 of Mozilla Thunderbird,{{Cite web |date=2009-08-31 |title=Mozilla Messaging @ david ascher |url=http://ascher.ca/blog/2008/02/19/mozilla-messaging/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831094457/http://ascher.ca/blog/2008/02/19/mozilla-messaging/ |archive-date=2009-08-31 |access-date=2024-01-08 }} the e-mail client developed by the Mozilla Foundation.

It was spun off from the Mozilla project in 2007; on 4 April 2011, it was merged into the Mozilla Labs group of the Mozilla Corporation.{{cite web|url=https://arstechnica.com/open-source/news/2011/04/thunderbird-returns-to-nest-as-mozilla-messaging-rejoins-mozilla.ars|title=Thunderbird returns to nest as Mozilla Messaging rejoins Mozilla|last=Paul|first=Ryan|publisher=Ars Technica|date=5 April 2011|accessdate=2011-04-05}}