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- Requirements:
Windows 98/Me/NT/2000/XP/Vista
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- Date Added:
November 20, 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.
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 653 votes
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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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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
Pros: it does not have the holes IE has
Cons: none that worry me
Summary: Simply the best
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
Pros: Allows standard types of mail protocols. Allows configuring to proxy servers. It's fast. It's straightforward. You can configure where you want the email data be to stored.
Cons: It would be nice if it came with an integrated calendar like MS Outlook with which you could schedule meetings with email contacts.
Summary: Thunderbird is my email client of choice because it is fast, reliable, and lightweight. I can have my email stored on a data partition keeping it off of a the system partition. I can configure it for a Proxy for added security. I can use IMAP and... read more >>
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Version: Mozilla Thunderbird 2.0.0.17
"Thunderbird is really great e-mail application"
Pros: One of the Best email application, a lots of features, safe i easy to use it, easy to work with multiple accounts, ...you don't even need third party anti-spam software
Cons: none ...not even one
Summary: Great
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