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- Date Added:
September 26, 2008
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Publisher's description of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
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 2.0.0.17 is a security- and bug-fixing release.
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Editor's review of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
5.0 stars
- "What's the word? Thunderbird!"
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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User reviews of Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
- Average user rating: 4.2 stars out of 660 votes
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"better than outlook and free, free, free."
Pros: free, and does as good a job as outlook, probably a better job.
Cons: the same problem with outlook, creating mail account needs to be simplified. one click.
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"I started using this instead of OE & like it MUCH more."
Pros: Loads faster, doesn't spit 'error' messages at me, runs smoother, doesn't lock up on a program like OE does, just easier & more secure now I'm used to it.
Cons: Nothing wrong so far.
Summary: It's just MUCH faster loading, especially when toggling back & forth between sites.
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"Interesting, but not as handy as Outlook Express"
Pros: Can pick your own announcement for new mail.
Cons: Address book not very handy.
Summary: Only used about a day. Was able to send and retrieve my email from qwest.net.
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"One of the best e-mail clients available"
Pros: Small download, quick, problem-free installation, very simple interface, straight-forward options, works with POP or IMAP4, no bloatware or useless features to bog down processor speed or memory
Cons: Must install add-on for Minimize-to-Tray feature, no integrated Calendar, signature feature a little too basic (you can write one line of text or attach a file, but it doesn't always show up as intended in the attached file)
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"Good value for the cost (Free)"
Pros: Unsure of this point
Cons: I am talking cosmetically and I prefer Outlook
Summary: I think I can get used to the way it looks as the cost of office is a lot these days
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