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Thunderbird Hot

Windows Freeware Email Client

Description

Mozilla Thunderbird is a free, cross-platform e-mail and news client developed by the Mozilla Foundation. The project strategy is modeled after Mozilla Firefox, a project aimed at creating a smaller and faster web browser. Just as Firefox aims to redefine the web browser, Thunderbird is a refinement of the mail and news interface.

Simple to use, powerful, and customizable, Thunderbird is a full-featured email application. Thunderbird supports IMAP and POP mail protocols, as well as HTML mail formatting. Easily import your existing email accounts and messages. Built-in RSS capabilities, powerful quick search, spell check as you type, global inbox, deleting attachments and advanced message filtering round out Thunderbird's modern feature set.

Useful Links

Thunderbird Home Page

Thunnderbird Documentation

Thunderbird Addons

User reviews

Average user rating from: 1 user(s)


Overall rating		4.2
Installation		4.0
Features		5.0
Ease of Use		5.0
Compatibility		4.0
Stability		3.0

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Free Email Client From Mozilla, Monday, 26 March 2007

Written by olly374


Overall rating		4.2
Installation		4.0
Features		5.0
Ease of Use		5.0
Compatibility		4.0
Stability		3.0

Advantages
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1. It's free
2. It is made clear that you are testing the application. As Thunderbird is open source this means any bugs/issues are easily reported.
3. You can import mail, account settings and address books from Outlook, Outlook Express and Eudora.
4. Support is free even though you must search the knowledge base before posting, and someone actually bothers to answer your questions.
5. Can easily change the look and add extra functionality

Disadvantages
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1. The current release has some bugs to iron out which is not a problem if you only have one email account. However lots of users have reported difficulties with advanced configurations and saving passwords.
2. It is made clear that you are testing the application. Some people don't realise this but with all software applications including commercially brought ones, you are actually testing them because it is impossible for anyone to predict how someone will really use their software.
3. Support and help- at the moment only free support is available and the time taken depends on what time zone you are in. (The person who helped me was based in the US.)

Summary
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For a free product this is very good however I don't think the email client, Mozilla Thunderbird is as good as Mozilla's browser, Firefox. The let down for me was not being able to save passwords properly. I know a few people who successfully and happily use Thunderbird on Windows XP and different flavours of Linux.

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