It's out.
Download it here.
Printable View
Why?
I can see Firefox's advantages over IE. I'm not sure I see Thunderbird's edge over Outlook Express.
Very uninformative thread.
Email desktop clients are sooooo last year. I personally just use google and yahoo for my email. I can read and pull up old emails from anywhere and writing an email is as easy as posting on a message board. Why use a client at all?
I've found it's slightly easier to send attachments with a client instead of a Web service.Quote:
Originally Posted by valas
I absolutely hate web-based email. I only use it for checking personal email while at work.Quote:
Originally Posted by valas
Doesn't Outlook use IE to render html emails?Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Personally, I like the moat being there.
Give me your email, I show you why.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Hmmnn, kinda supprised to see this out so soon after 1.0RC1 came out.
gah. Someone please bring sanity back into computing, this statement makes me want to gag.Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
Outlook is the biggest pile of horsehit on the planet, and I'm too tired to explain why, you should already know. :(
I switched over to web mail last year, I can check and send from my isp's pop accounts by using yahoo's premium service. I would use gmail but I can't access gmail from my Treo.
Quote:
Originally Posted by PPatty
I didn't intend for this to be a conversion thread, I just figured people who used the program would like to know.Quote:
Originally Posted by Apallohadas
To answer the question, though: I find Thunderbird's value entirely in its junk mail filter. It takes a while to train it (maybe 2 weeks), but once it catches on, it catches on quick. Since they started disappearing, I can count the spam e-mails I've received on one hand. For context, I've been using Thunderbird for almost two years (different versions, each better than the last).
Of course, as the linked article states, it doesn't have Outlook's scheduling capabilities, but those hold no value for me, so I only gain by using Thunderbird. You may be of a different opinion if you rely on Outlook as a calendar/planner. I prefer a clean inbox, myself.
EDIT: For more information, feel free to read this article; it's dated, but it will help you understand how Thunderbird does its job.
Outlook has gotten better and better over the years - for corporate email it is far better than Lotus Notes or other competitors.
I use Outlook 2003 and Googlemail.
/shrug
Tried it. Out of the box the spam scanner generated far too many false positives and didn't catch as much real spam as it should have. For me it's not worth using it as a replacement to Outlook.