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- Price: Free
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- Date added: February 01, 2006
- Total Downloads: 58,537
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 30 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Formerly known as the e-mail component of the Mozilla Web browser, Thunderbird now exists as a standalone, full-featured client. The recently stripped-down code feels leaner and more focused than the original Mozilla component. In terms of features, the program is comparable to or exceeds other products in this space, boasting good junk-mail filters, compatibility with RSS feeds, HTML support, and multiple identities. Thunderbird also handles both POP and IMAP accounts admirably. The program boasts stellar security features such as S/MIME, digital signing, and message encryption. Visually ahead of the game, Thunderbird's interface is a joy to use, and the application now lacks the sluggishness that plagued previous versions. We also like the layout options, which allow us to view our mail in various columned arrangements. Other little perks include message searching, saved-search folders, import tools, smart-address completion, labels, return receipts, and antiphishing protection. Mac users looking for an alternative to Apple's e-mail client will absolutely find Thunderbird a high-flying choice.Publisher's description
From mozilla.org :Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier than ever before with the industry's best implementations of features such as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search.
Thunderbird gives you a faster, safer, and more productive e-mail experience. We designed Thunderbird to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail so you can get back to reading your mail.
Thunderbird provides the most effective tools for detecting junk mail. Our tools analyze your e-mail and identify those that are most likely to be junk. You can automatically have your junk mail deleted or you can put it in a folder you specify, just in case you like reading junk mail.
View your e-mail the way you want it. Access your e-mail with Thunderbird's new three-column view. Customize your toolbar, change its look with themes, and use Mail Views to quickly sort throug your messages. Version 1.5 adds automated update to streamline product upgrades, built-in phishing detector, and spell checking as you type.
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
"Replaces Mac's Boring Default Mail (Yay!)"
Pros: Mozilla comes through again with Thundebird, another amazing free essential program. I was getting fed up with Mac's default mail program, boringly called Mail. To spice things up, add some ease-of-use and more functionality, I decided to try out Thunderbird, with blazing success.
With Thunderbird, I manage all my work email and personal accounts. Thunderbird's free junk mail filter is a great bonus. Security options are easy to adjust, as are setup options. And Thunderbird has the same features you'd expect from other full-featured programs like Outlook Express.
Thunderbird is easily configurable, can support many accounts, can be customized with themes and extensions, is secure and rock solid in terms of stability and reliability.
I think in the near future, with a few enhancements, I could be looking at replacing OE with Thunderbird at home. Despite heavy competition with OE, with its robust features Thunderbird is highly raveable. I recommend it, even if for nothing more than as a replacement for your default Mac Mail.
Cons: The one thing Thunderbird doesn't have--at least I've been unable to find it--is the ability to add a simple text signature to a message. It has a signature option, but how to get it to imprint a simple text signature is a mystery to me. I resorted to creating a small graphic instead.
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3 out of 5 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
Pros: Free. Has spam filtering.
Cons: Worthless as a usenet newsreader since it cannot handle combining and decoding multipart messages, which is any of the multimedia posts. This has been an open issue since 11/2000. Outlook Express is better, and boy is that saying alot. I can't think of a current email program that doesn't have this capability.
See https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=60981
for bug details.
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3 out of 6 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 1.5
"v1.0.7 is still better. Loosing my extensions in v1.5"
Pros: Don't find any better.
Cons: As I said, loosing my extensions is a big con.
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