The three developers behind the effort to bring native Microsoft Exchange support to Thunderbird join us to discuss their adventures in Rust, and explain the long-term benefits and steep challenges associated with this project. (NOTE TO VIEWERS: This is a highly technical conversation.)

👀 COMPANION BLOG: Adventures In Rust | Bringing Exchange Support To Thunderbird https://blog.thunderbird.net/2024/04/adventures-in-rust-bringing-exchange-support-to-thunderbird/

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CHAPTERS: 00:00 Quick Intro 00:57 Why Support Exchange in Thunderbird? 02:18 The complicated history of Thunderbird 05:36 Why we chose Rust 07:48 The problems we encountered 09:27 How we solved (some of) them 12:31 What's next? 13:56 Ikey's exploration and role 15:28 Why is this so important? 19:04 What are the wins for adopting Rust? 21:45 Why write our own serialization/de-serialization code instead of using SERDE? 25:03 Why support EWS and not Graph API? 31:31 What's the debugging story like? 38:10 C++ vs Rust compilation 41:25 When will calendar and address book support happen? 43:44 How can the community contribute? 47:59 Roland's Support Spotlight