Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3

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Mozilla Thunderbird is a redesign of the Mozilla mail component. Our goal is to produce a cross platform stand alone mail application using the XUL user interface language. Our intended customer is someone who uses Mozilla Firebird (or another stand alone browser) as their primary browser and wants a mail client based on mozilla that "plays nice" with the browser. In addition, by focusing solely on stand alone mail, we believe we can make some dents in the overall footprint and performance of the mail client by removing components and chrome we don't need. On top of that, the UI becomes much cleaner as a stand alone application as opposed to being part of the mozilla suite.

Download: Mozilla Thunderbird 0.3 for windows | Linux | MacOS X

View: Thunderbird Mail Project Page

News source: Tech-Critic

Changelog:

The open attachment dialog has had several improvements made to it including a fix for a common 0.2 problem where the "Open With" option was disabled when trying to open an attachment
You can place your signature at the top of a message reply if your reply text is configured to be at the top of the message
POP accounts can be configured to remove read messages from the server after X days
Reading a news article with a background image no longer pegs the CPU at 100%
Windows and Linux versions properly handle binhex encoded mail attachments
IMAP has received a huge performance boost and is several times faster
This release is based on the Mozilla App-Suite 1.5 final branch and includes all of the stability work that went into Mozilla 1.5

(1 reply) #1 Demogorgon on 15 Oct 2003 - 09:45

using it now

#1.1 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:06

such a great replacement

#2 preducer on 15 Oct 2003 - 10:43

downloading it right now... and also firebird.

#3 kainashi on 15 Oct 2003 - 11:24

now downloading this.

(3 replies) #4 Riggs on 15 Oct 2003 - 12:02

Truthfully, how do you guys all feel about Thunderbird say, vs. Outlook, or Outlook Express? I am sitting here debating on switching e-mail programs and I'd like to see if you guys prefer Thunderbird.

#4.1 OPaul on 15 Oct 2003 - 12:32

I was a consistent OE user for a long time before switching to Eudora for the SPAM filtering, now I've found Thunderbird I haven't' looked back.

#4.2 JLP on 15 Oct 2003 - 16:06

Same here. I was also using OE and then switched to Eudora which is a little bit better. I then also tried some others and now I am finaly using Mozilla or Thunderbird and they are almost perfect.

#4.3 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:06

OE is history for me

#5 OPaul on 15 Oct 2003 - 12:37

Changes

Source: FileForum

(1 reply) #6 PROGAME on 15 Oct 2003 - 13:06

the full release notes is now out
the changelog is inside
Release Notes

#6.1 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:07

thanks for the update

#7 radixvir on 15 Oct 2003 - 14:16

anyone got a mirror?

#8 tariq on 15 Oct 2003 - 14:51

sweet!

#9 Cryton on 15 Oct 2003 - 15:04

I like this email client a lot. It loads fast and has a nice GUI. The only thing I disklike about it is that it uses 18MB RAM when it's running, which isn't that much, but compared to Outlook (8MB) it's considerabely bigger.

Still, I don't keep it running in the background, and it loads up quickly, so no real complaints. Miranda IM has a nice plugin that checks all my email accounts every 10 minutes and if I do get mail it lets me know and runs Thunderbird for me. Sweet!

#10 NeoMasamune on 15 Oct 2003 - 16:06

I've never used Thunderbird before, but I've heard good things about it from you guys here on Neowin. I'm downloading it right now to give it a try.

(8 replies) #11 Dark Vageta on 15 Oct 2003 - 16:22

still No Hot mail support

#11.1 OPaul on 15 Oct 2003 - 16:29

There probably never will be, Hotmail doesn't allow POP access anymore.

#11.2 PROGAME on 15 Oct 2003 - 17:34

incredimail has hotmail support

#11.3 Zerosignull on 15 Oct 2003 - 17:59

just use hotmail popper.

http://www.boolean.ca/hotpop/

it allows you to get your hotmail from ne email client

#11.4 Proneax on 15 Oct 2003 - 19:04

Yes! hotpop is awesome!! The main reason I'd been using OE was for it's hotmail integration. I use my hotmail address to sign up for things online so all my spam goes to my hotmail account and not my main account. I'm so glad I can use thunderbird now, no more worrying about security holes in OE! All my contacts etc imported flawlessly, this program is highly recommended.

#11.5 Dark Vageta on 16 Oct 2003 - 00:22

ok ill cave in

and give hotpopper a try

#11.6 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:07

thanks

#11.7 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:09

indeed..but it cannot support outlook 2003

#11.8 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:09

dang...hotmail..I need one....

#12 OPaul on 15 Oct 2003 - 16:28

For those interested there is a "Tray icon launcher/minimizer for Mozilla Thunderbird".
Thundertray 0.7.6 Beta

#13 mkamonster on 15 Oct 2003 - 18:07

I've been using the RC for a month now, very nice program. I've never seen something compared to it.

#14 mipra on 14 May 2004 - 02:08

This is such a stable version..u cannot just make a difference...

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