Thunderbird 2 now available!
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Thunderbird 2 now available!
http://www.mozilla.com/en-US/thunderbird/
Some useful extensions [so far] for Thunderbird 2:
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1031
I'm gonna upgrade my TB 1.5 client right now.
Some useful extensions [so far] for Thunderbird 2:
http://www.xyzcomputing.com/index.ph...k=view&id=1031
I'm gonna upgrade my TB 1.5 client right now.
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What's New in Thunderbird 2
- Message Tags: Create your own tags for organizing email. Messages can be assigned any number of tags. Tags can be combined with saved searches and mail views to make it easier to organize email.
- Visual Theme: Thunderbird 2's theme and user interface have been updated to improve usability and maximize screen real estate.
- Session History Navigation: Back and Forward buttons allow navigation through message history.
- Advanced Folder Views: Customize the folder pane to show favorite, unread or recent folders.
- Easy Access to Popular Web Mail Services: Gmail and .Mac users can access their accounts in Thunderbird by simply providing their user names and passwords.
- Improved Support For Extensions: Extensions can now add custom columns to the message list pane in addition to storing custom message data in the mail database.
- Improved New Mail Notification Alerts: New mail alerts include information such as the subject, sender and message preview text.
- Folder Summary Popups: Mouse over a folder with new messages to see a summary of the new messages in that folder.
- Saved Search Folder Performance: Search results for saved search folders are now cached, improving folder loading performance.
- Find As You Type: Finds and highlights message text as you type.
- Improved Filing Tools: Recent folder menu items for moving and copying messages to recently used folders. Move / Copy again functionality.
- Updates to the Extension System: The extension system has been updated to provide enhanced security and to allow for easier localization of extensions.
- New Windows installer: Based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System, the new Windows installer resolves many long-standing issues.
- Windows Vista Support: Many enhancements and fixes for Windows Vista.
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Not all of us are as talented as you mr house burner downer.
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Originally Posted by wipe0ut
old news
I randomly run "check updates" on TB and it didn't and still doesn't report that there is a new version. Guess it only works for incremental updates to a specific version.
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I just got thunderbird for the first time after seeing this thread and have it linked with my gmail account. It seems like every message I send from gmail goes to my inbox in tb as well, anybody know how to change that?
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Originally Posted by sonnyg80
so sly, since your announcements shot
what are the differences/advantages of using thunderbird over outlook?After the switch I loved the simplicity of it. Very easy to use interface after you get used to where things are. And the junk filtering seems to be more intuitive as well. Message filters are also A LOT easier to setup compared to Outlook/Outlook Express/Eudora. The address book seems to be a lot simpler than outlook mainly because it's not a full contact management system like outlook is although it can hold a lot of information.
After using it at work for a while, I ditched outlook at home as well. Never looked back. After that I used outlook only to manage tasks and my calendar, but that was a while ago and actually I haven't opened up outlook in god knows how long.
TB > outlook > Eudora
I believe they are working on a calendar system, I don't know if it will be part of a future version of TB or not. If it is,
I wish TB had a simple Task manager. That would be awesome. If it had that and the calendar, it would be a serious contender with outlook.
Oh forgot one thing, I also use outlook as my newsgroup reader.
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Updated calendar information:
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
http://www.mozilla.org/projects/calendar/
Which is right for me?
You may prefer Lightning if...
You may prefer Lightning if...
- you send or receive meeting invitations via email
- you already use Mozilla Thunderbird for email
- you customize your applications with add-ons (such as extensions or themes)
- you prefer your calendar to be separate from your email client
- you don't currently use Mozilla Thunderbird for your email
- you don't like adding add-ons (such as extensions or themes) to your applications
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
I first started using Thunderbird at work to replace Eudora because my mailboxes kept getting corrupted with Eurdora.
After the switch I loved the simplicity of it. Very easy to use interface after you get used to where things are. And the junk filtering seems to be more intuitive as well. Message filters are also A LOT easier to setup compared to Outlook/Outlook Express/Eudora. The address book seems to be a lot simpler than outlook mainly because it's not a full contact management system like outlook is although it can hold a lot of information.
After using it at work for a while, I ditched outlook at home as well. Never looked back. After that I used outlook only to manage tasks and my calendar, but that was a while ago and actually I haven't opened up outlook in god knows how long.
TB > outlook > Eudora
I believe they are working on a calendar system, I don't know if it will be part of a future version of TB or not. If it is,
I wish TB had a simple Task manager. That would be awesome. If it had that and the calendar, it would be a serious contender with outlook.
Oh forgot one thing, I also use outlook as my newsgroup reader.
After the switch I loved the simplicity of it. Very easy to use interface after you get used to where things are. And the junk filtering seems to be more intuitive as well. Message filters are also A LOT easier to setup compared to Outlook/Outlook Express/Eudora. The address book seems to be a lot simpler than outlook mainly because it's not a full contact management system like outlook is although it can hold a lot of information.
After using it at work for a while, I ditched outlook at home as well. Never looked back. After that I used outlook only to manage tasks and my calendar, but that was a while ago and actually I haven't opened up outlook in god knows how long.
TB > outlook > Eudora
I believe they are working on a calendar system, I don't know if it will be part of a future version of TB or not. If it is,
I wish TB had a simple Task manager. That would be awesome. If it had that and the calendar, it would be a serious contender with outlook.
Oh forgot one thing, I also use outlook as my newsgroup reader.
i tried it awhile back but never really gave it a shot i guess - I'll look deeper into it and see how it goes
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Originally Posted by sonnyg80
ah okay - good info man
i tried it awhile back but never really gave it a shot i guess - I'll look deeper into it and see how it goes
i tried it awhile back but never really gave it a shot i guess - I'll look deeper into it and see how it goes
If you want to give it a try. For a month, download your mail to whatever you are currently using and to thunderbird. But only use thunderbird during that month. This way after the month if you dont' like thunderbird, at least you have downloaded your mail to outlook already and you can continue on.
That's what I did and it worked out. In that month, I set up my email accounts, message filters, installed extensions, set up my junk filters etc...
Also, here's my currently installed extensions for thunderbird. Thunderbird is the lonely child in the mozilla group. It doesn't have as many people developign extensions for it like Firefox does. If there is one extension to install it's the Minimize to tray. Outlook does that by default, TB doesn't. So after you install that it makes it much nicer.
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Oh forgot to mention one thing.
I love the labeling feature in TB. it has 5 labels by default that coresspond to a number. So I have 1 = important, 2 = shipments, and so on. And then you can view by label so if for example I wanted to see any shipments that are coming my way, i just view by that label and voila.
If anything I use that feature the most.
I love the labeling feature in TB. it has 5 labels by default that coresspond to a number. So I have 1 = important, 2 = shipments, and so on. And then you can view by label so if for example I wanted to see any shipments that are coming my way, i just view by that label and voila.
If anything I use that feature the most.
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
yea give it a try for a while. Here's a good tip.
If you want to give it a try. For a month, download your mail to whatever you are currently using and to thunderbird. But only use thunderbird during that month. This way after the month if you dont' like thunderbird, at least you have downloaded your mail to outlook already and you can continue on.
That's what I did and it worked out. In that month, I set up my email accounts, message filters, installed extensions, set up my junk filters etc...
Also, here's my currently installed extensions for thunderbird. Thunderbird is the lonely child in the mozilla group. It doesn't have as many people developign extensions for it like Firefox does. If there is one extension to install it's the Minimize to tray. Outlook does that by default, TB doesn't. So after you install that it makes it much nicer.
If you want to give it a try. For a month, download your mail to whatever you are currently using and to thunderbird. But only use thunderbird during that month. This way after the month if you dont' like thunderbird, at least you have downloaded your mail to outlook already and you can continue on.
That's what I did and it worked out. In that month, I set up my email accounts, message filters, installed extensions, set up my junk filters etc...
Also, here's my currently installed extensions for thunderbird. Thunderbird is the lonely child in the mozilla group. It doesn't have as many people developign extensions for it like Firefox does. If there is one extension to install it's the Minimize to tray. Outlook does that by default, TB doesn't. So after you install that it makes it much nicer.
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Originally Posted by stangg172004
im excited for you sly!
I like sharing this kinda stuff because I like helping people find ways to work easier and more efficiently.
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Originally Posted by Sly Raskal
You forgot the red text didn't you?
I like sharing this kinda stuff because I like helping people find ways to work easier and more efficiently.
I like sharing this kinda stuff because I like helping people find ways to work easier and more efficiently.
i like finding new ways of simplifying normal tasks...
hence why i cherish my logitech mouse, it really makes thing much more efficient than the regular 2 button mouse
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