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Thunderbird 0.7 Released

Posted by michael on from the freshmeat dept.

aeinome writes "Right on the heels of the release of Firefox 0.9 comes the official release of Thunderbird 0.7. Updates are similar to Firefox's, with new extension and theme managers and slight increases in speed. Be sure to read the release notes for the complete list of new features, and then download it from the Thunderbird homepage."

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  1. yes, but... by jjeffries · · Score: 5, Funny

    will it win critical acclaim?

  2. Thunderbird Rocks. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Informative

    I have been using Thunderbird for quite sometime now. It is EXCELLENT. The spam filter works well after you train it.

    1. Re:Thunderbird Rocks. by darien · · Score: 5, Interesting

      I disagree entirely. I used to use Outlook, with SpamBayes as my spam filter. The Thunderbird spam filter is far, far less effective. I have a suspicion it doesn't read email headers or something. All I can say for sure is that after training SpamBayes for two weeks I used to get maybe one email a week in my "suspected spam" folder. Then I moved to TB's built-in spam filter, and since then I get more like three spams a day delivered straight to my inbox. Not good. If this new version doesn't fix that I'm just going to go back to SpamBayes, even though I'll have to run it as a separate process.

  3. Re:Difference between Firefox and Thunderbird? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Yes. One checks your mail. The other lets you browse the web. As for killer features, it depends whether you like getting your porn in your inbox or downloading from websites.

  4. Still Room for Improvement by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Interesting

    I used Outlook for a long time before getting fed up with it, and now I'm going through the same thing with Thunderbird. In fact, I still can't seem to switch between HTML and plaintext email composition without changing my overall composition preferences, which is buried at least four or five clicks away from the composition window.

    I'm not sure if it's a config design issue as much as it is a familiarity issue. I dumped Outlook because of its history with security, and Outlook 2002's poor compatibility with Windows XP. Thunderbird is better in some ways, but it definitely has its downsides, not the least of which is the painful configuration of multiple accounts and general preferences.

    Firefox and Thunderbird are incredible aps but Thunderbird especially has a lot of room for improvement. When Thunderbird can piece together split usenet files and handle Y-EN/C then it will probably truly have arived for many of us. After that you need to out-exchange exchange :) and realize email is a centeral pda application and to that end we need scheduling, adress books that sync with our newtons, and help us manage our lives. Indeed, do Thunderbird right and you can really shake up the world because there's a real hunger and need for an ultra powerful email/usenet/scheduler/contact/pda manager.

    1. Re:Still Room for Improvement by psylent · · Score: 5, Informative
      "In fact, I still can't seem to switch between HTML and plaintext email composition without changing my overall composition preferences, which is buried at least four or five clicks away from the composition window."

      Doesn't [shift]-Write work for you?

    2. Re:Still Room for Improvement by cheekyboy · · Score: 5, Interesting

      WHY ISNT this info in the TOOLTIP for the write button?

      Its little things like that , that really make a great app, proper hints that are usefull, and inteligent software.

      No one has the time to read 100 pages of docs.

      Dont know if .7 does this, but when you customize your toolbar, you should have the option of adding ANY MENU command into a button!!!!! That is of such usefull and obvious importance.

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  5. Mozilla by Sandman1971 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    My question is.... When will Firefox and Thunderbird be packaged together in a new full blown Mozilla release? Can't seem to find any info on the website regarding it.

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    1. Re:Mozilla by neverkevin · · Score: 5, Informative

      From the FireFox FAQ:

      What's happening with the Firefox development?

      Firefox will be used as the default browser in Mozilla. The current Mozilla suite will be replaced by stand-alone applications.

      Link

  6. Re:vs. Opera by Punboy · · Score: 5, Informative

    Opera, AFAIK, is not open-source. Firefox and Thunderbird are. Firefox and Thunderbird IMO are more stable and have more/easier to use features. Also, they look better. And in some cases are faster than Opera. Go try them out, they won't bite :-p

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  7. Re:Nice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Which is why we should all type in smaller fonts... to save disk space.

  8. Actually... by Ender+Ryan · · Score: 5, Informative
    Actually, at my (admittedly small) company, we have already standardized on Mozilla Thunderbird for email. There _are_ some bugs, but they are easier to live with than the shortcomings of other, lesser email software.

    We even use it on the Macs, which came with... Mail.app? iMail.app? whatever... We use it on the Macs, because it just does IMAP better. It still amazes me how poorly most email clients handle IMAP.

    Thunderbird also supports TLS for all mail communications, which is very nice to have out of the box support for in free software.

    YMMV.

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  9. Re:Not from me.... by Masami+Eiri · · Score: 5, Informative

    Delete your old install first, then install it. Or install to another folder. That should make it work.

  10. Re:Nice. by jhobbs · · Score: 5, Funny

    And don't forget that a simple semicolon will do in many situations where you may be tempted to use a whole colon.

  11. Caution with themes! by Trillan · · Score: 5, Informative

    I don't know if it is a general problem or not, but when I've tried to download Thunderbird themes Firefox has attempted to use them, instead of passing them to Thunderbird.

    Not passing them to Thunderbird isn't that big a deal, really. Trying to use them in Firefox is. Installing a Thunderbird theme into Firefox will cause all of Firefox's controls to disappear.

    A little caution is in order.

  12. It's not. by justinarthur · · Score: 5, Informative

    Actually, running Mozilla is faster than running both Firefox and Thunderbird at the same time, because the mail/news and navigator components of Mozilla use the same instance of the Gecko Rendering Engine without wasting system resources. There is NO reason that I can possibly think of for switching from Mozilla [SeaMonkey] to Firefox+Thunderbird until Firefox+Thunderbird can utilize the same instance of the GRE. Moreover, if you want standalone, you can always select the specific components you want installed during the graphical installation or during compile.