The Mozilla foundation has just released version 0.9 of the Thunderbird e-mail client. Firefox tends to get most of the press releases, but Thunderbird is a brilliant product in it’s own right. I’ve been using it since early 0.3 releases and I’ve never had reason to complain. (My e-mail needs are quite extensive so I give it a huge workout.)
For well over a year, I have used IMAP and POP3 to retrieve over 1200 e-mails a day, and Thunderbird has held up very well. It fits very well with Firefox, in that it is small, fast, looks good and has all the cool features. (like SPAM filtering, HTML cleaning, themes and extensions and heaps of other goodies.) It will also import the address books and account settings from several different e-mail clients (including OE). If you are sick of the Microsoft Virus transport system. (Outlook Express and Internet Explorer) you really should be using Firefox and Thunderbird. Take my word for it, you’ll be safer and more efficient. You will not regret it. Plus both are free, so what have you got to lose by trying them?
Franki
