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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows Vista, Windows Me, Windows NT, Windows XP, Windows 2000, Windows 98
- Date added: December 31, 2008
- Total Downloads: 811,361
- Downloads last week: 5,133
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 706 votes
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CNET editors' review
Reviewed by: CNET Staff
Mozilla's Thunderbird comes into its own with version 2.0, offering features and innovations that take aim at both Web mail clients and industry standards like Microsoft's Outlook.
The program loads fast, even when weighed down by multiple folders and RSS feeds, and the basic feature set remains intact: good junk mail filters, HTML support, multiple identities, and POP, IMAP, and Microsoft Exchange server support. Security features include S/MMIE, digital signing, message encryption, and a built-in phishing detector. Interface tweaks maximize message viewing, an obvious necessity in an e-mail reader.
What makes this freeware e-mail client such a serious contender are the new features. Back and forward buttons, like you have in your Web browser, let you jump through messages in the order that you viewed them. Customizable tag names and colors make it a cinch to keep things organized, even across dozens of message folders. The folder pane is customizable. Gmail and Mac users will find configuration as simple as entering your e-mail address and password, with rumored support forthcoming for other Web-based providers. Search results can be saved, and Thunderbird has Firefox's extension capability, allowing for user-designed tweaks that greatly enhance the program.
Flexible, powerful, and lightweight, Thunderbird 2 is an appropriate companion app to Mozilla's Firefox in every way.
Publisher's description
From Mozilla :Thunderbird makes e-mailing safer, faster, and easier with such features as intelligent spam filters, a built-in RSS reader, and quick search. Thunderbird was designed to prevent viruses and to stop junk mail so you can get back to reading your mail. Thunderbird provides effective tools for detecting junk mail. Its 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 through your messages. Version 2.0.0.18 is a security- and bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 706 votes
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
"Being Mozilla and not Microsoft"
Pros: Looks good and easy to use. Being a part Mozilla that is a bonus.
Cons: Kept spamming my email from contacts in my address book.
It would not let me put more then one account on the program.Summary: Maybe a few glitches but when fixed I would say yes go for it.
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
Pros: Loads fast, decent spam filter, manages multiple email accounts, has never once crashed on me. Also, the new Mozilla Lightning calendar plug-in FINALLY makes it comparable to Outlook in terms of calendar integration from within Thunderbird.
Cons: Nothing major
Summary: Awesome program, and 100% free...I now use Firefox, Thunderbird, and Open Office and will never pay for overpriced Microsoft Office applications again!
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
Pros: automatically sets up for gmail accounts
Cons: a little harder for non gmail accounts
Summary: a very non invasive email checker
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
Pros: I like this application....
Cons: Hey CNET Editor...where is Exchange Support?
I see IMAP and POP....but where is exchange server support?Summary: Please review applications carefully CNET....
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0 out of 1 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.19
"Okay but not meeting my needs for multi-computers"
Pros: Looks good, works nicely in Windoze and Linux
Cons: Import-Export capabilities are most inadequate
Too often gets confused with multiple smtp servers
Seems to insist on putting multiple red tables within tablesSummary: Excellent for one user, one computer.
Horrid for sharing and networking.
WHY cannot we have universal-common address-book and email formats? - See all 9 user reviews Write review
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