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- Price: Free
- Operating system: Windows 98/Me/2000/XP/Vista/NT
- Date added: March 18, 2009
- Total Downloads: 838,327
- Downloads last week: 1,882
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- CNET editors' rating: stars
- Average user rating: stars out of 776 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.
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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 2.0.0.21 is a bug-fixing release.
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Version 2.0.0.21 is a bug-fixing release.
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User reviews of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
- Average user rating: 4.1 stars out of 776 votes
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Pros: Good size font, clear screen. Soon learn special features. Store in local folders
Cons: Upset by conflict (?) with other email services, and account settings. Email no longer received: why? "!Folder being ssorted"--eternally.
Summary: Still looking for solution, in Forums and elsewhere. Should I abandon it, or abandone GoogleMail?
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Pros: Free, e-mail client, looks nice.
Cons: No cons found yet.
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Pros: Great for sending routine e-mails
Cons: Can't not send an e-mail with an attachment. Can not find a fix for the problem and I'm not alone in the office with this specific problem
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4 out of 4 people found this review helpful
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
"Great in so many ways, but can be very frustrating"
Pros: FREE; customize with themes & tons of functionality extensions; fairly easy to set up with Google Mail accounts especially; great spam filtering; handles multiple accounts well & can do multiple sub-folders well.
Cons: Crashes too often - frequently after "updates" installed; can be a HUGE resource hog (CPU 99% isn't rare); no user manual; online support is pitifully unorganized (both forums & "Mozillazine" articles)
Summary: I really love Thunderbird... Except when I hate it.
I was forced to find a full-featured email client when my Office 2003 disk "disappeared" at the same time my ex did (go figure) and Thunderbird was the most obvious choice. Most of the ti... read more >> -
Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.21
Pros: Handles multiple email addresses well.
Cons: Does NOT learn how to handle spam as advertised. Will mark items spam even if they're in the address book or there are other message rules. Doesn't remember font settings.
Summary: Since this is a Mozilla product there is so much potential and it's wasted. I keep using it because it is the only product that will allow me to use all my emails in one place. There are so many little annoyances, though, that if I could find anot... read more >>
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