New combined and improved Add-ons manager for extensions and themes. New Windows installer based on Nullsoft Scriptable Install System. End-of-life 1.5.0.x product lineįirst Thunderbird 2 alpha release.

Native support for Intel-based Macintosh computers by shipping universal binary. Second Thunderbird 1.5 release candidate. Improvements to automated update system, website rendering and performance. Stability improvement and security fixes. End-of-life 1.0.x product lineįirst Thunderbird 1.1 alpha release. Improved Privacy Controls, Global Inbox, RSS/ Atom Integration, Improved data migration. Smaller download size, improved IMAP support, updated extension and theme managers. Pinstripe theme for Mac OS X, Windows installer, better junk mail handling, IMAP IDLE and LDAP version 3 support. Verdict:Įvolution rather than revolution is the buzzword for Thunderbird, but all the improvements are welcome, nonetheless.Current supported release Thunderbird 102.12.0Ĭurrent test releases Thunderbird Beta 115.0b2 Note that this is the portable version of Thuderbird. With advanced security, phishing protection and automatic updating, coupled with countless other features which are simply not found in other email clients, Thunderbird is the ideal program to handle your email correspondence and much more. Getting started with the email client has been greatly simplified thanks to automatic account setting detection and nice touches such as the appearance of a warning if an email is written which includes the word 'attached' but no attachment is added make Thunderbird a joy to use.

There are new tools available to make it easier to manage a burgeoning inbox Email archival makes it possible to remove messages from your main inbox while retaining them for future reference, and the advanced search facility takes the hard works out of tracking down messages using a keyword filtering and timeline system.Īs is the case with Firefox, Thunderbird supports addons can be used to customise and extend the features of the program. In addition to handling multiple email accounts, the program can also be used to subscribe to RSS feeds and access online newsgroups and a new tabbed interface makes it easy to jump between individual emails or different aspects of the program. Thunderbird is an email client from Mozilla, the organisation better known for the Firefox web browser which has a great deal to offer.

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