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Thunderbird 0.9 Released
Simon (S2) writes "Thunderbird 0.9 is now available for download! New features include Saved Search Folders (aka Virtual Folders) which allow you to display messages based on previously set search criteria across multiple folders. Message Grouping allows you to organize e-mail in a folder by grouping them based on various attributes like Date, Sender, Label, etc. Thunderbird 0.9 also includes numerous bug fixes and other improvements. For more information, see the release notes. Builds can be found on the mozilla.org FTP server or in the release notes above."
The Mozilla Foundation has been really doing a fantastic job with thinks like Mozilla, Firefox (and Camino!), Thunderbird, and the new multiplatform Sunbird calendaring client.
Kudos to the team both at the Foundation and in the open source community for turning out this first rate software!
I'd hate to assist in the clobbering of an FTP server -- I'm suprised such a popular software project (particularly one with not-so-small files) isn't using Bittorrent yet.
Not to be too curmudgeonly towards your kind offer, but I would much rather that the Thunderbird team themselves provided an "official" MSI package for download from their site along with md5 sums and a signature to check it against.
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I think the next important step for Thunderbird would be to allow it to be installed (via extensions and such) as a full PIM suite. Calendar, address book, etc. are features people look for, and if these were available, Thunderbird would start converting Outlook users at the same rate Firefox is converting IE users.
Adding in the existing Calendar extension would be a good start. Adding in connectivity to an standards-based open source groupware server would create the end-to-end solution we've been looking for all these years.
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They heave great servers at mozilla.org. THay can handle a /. But if you really want to share the file to a /. crowd make a .torrent file and share it using bittorent.
I think what the graandparent wants is the ability to put multiple tags on an individual email. Oftentimes emails can cross over to many different topics.
I'll never make that mistake again, reading the experts' opinions. - Feynman
wouldn't it be nice to be able to file messages in a real database?
What's that got to do with mysql?
The new View > Sort > Group By Sort (G)
:)
You'll have to download it to see what it does
I'll do the stupid thing first and then you shy people follow...
My reasons to switch:
1. Profile, preferences, rules, contacts, etc are easy to backup. You can have all your files in one place and you choose where.
2. IMAP support in Outlook really sucks... in a way i can`t even describe it. Thunderbird is perfect with IMAP, and no need to purge messages manually...
3. Saved Search folders in 0.9 are great. They are like views in databases, but for your messages.
4. RSS support to keep you up with the news.
5. Great extensions makes Thunderbird even better.
6. It looks much better than Outlook Express.
Uh, my TB has maxed out at 60572K today, and I'm just using it for one newsgroup and twenty-something RSS feeds. And why has the parent been modded troll? This is clearly an issue...
I'd really like to switch to Thunderbird...but I just can't give up the instantaneous searching capabilities that the LookOut add-in gives Outlook. I've gotten so used to being able to search my entire Gigabyte-sized Outlook archive in less than a second that I just can't bring myself to give it up, despite the cool features I'm seeing added to Thunderbird.
Anyone know of speedier search capabilities coming to Thunderbird anytime soon?