Thunderbird 2 Released! Why are you still using Outlook Express?
April 19th, 2007 - by James D. Murray
Mozilla has released Mozilla Thunderbird 2, the newest version of its free and open source email, RSS, and NNTP client. Thunderbird 2 supports both POP and IMAP email servers and Google Gmail, and is an RSS News and Blog feed reader and a USENET Newsgroup reader. The new features of Thunderbird 2 include advanced folder viewing options, faster email folder searching and browsing, saving email searches for later use, creating customizable email templates, and the organization of email using text-based tags, the same tagging feature found on blogs, photo, and link-sharing Web sites. And like the Mozilla Web browser FireFox, Thunderbird supports hundreds of add-ons (plug-ins) to add many useful features.
Thunderbird is a very popular email program commonly used in place of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. Thunderbird installs and starts up quickly and has a well-organized and intuitive user interface. It includes an excellent junkmail (spam) filter and a spelling checker, both features which are sorely lacking in the aging Microsoft Outlook Express. Thunderbird also supports the ability to access Web-based email services, such as Google Gmail, without using a Web browser.
Mozilla has released Mozilla Thunderbird 2, the newest version of its free and open source email, RSS, and NNTP client. Thunderbird 2 supports both POP and IMAP email servers and Google Gmail, and is an RSS News and Blog feed reader and a USENET Newsgroup reader. The new features of Thunderbird 2 include advanced folder viewing options, faster email folder searching and browsing, saving email searches for later use, creating customizable email templates, and the organization of email using text-based tags, the same tagging feature found on blogs, photo, and link-sharing Web sites. And like the Mozilla Web browser FireFox, Thunderbird supports hundreds of add-ons (plug-ins) to add many useful features.
Thunderbird is a very popular email program commonly used in place of Microsoft Outlook and Outlook Express. Thunderbird installs and starts up quickly and has a well-organized and intuitive user interface. It includes an excellent junkmail (spam) filter and a spelling checker, both features which are sorely lacking in the aging Microsoft Outlook Express. Thunderbird also supports the ability to access Web-based email services, such as Google Gmail, without using a Web browser.
