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Mozilla Thunderbird

Mozilla Thunderbird. What is Thunderbird?. E-mail client Usenet newsgroup reader RSS client Comparable to: Outlook Express Eudora Netscape Communicator. Supported Platforms. Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP Linux Mac OS X OS/2 Solaris. Thunderbird Is Free.

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Mozilla Thunderbird

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  1. Mozilla Thunderbird

  2. What is Thunderbird? • E-mail client • Usenet newsgroup reader • RSS client • Comparable to: • Outlook Express • Eudora • Netscape Communicator

  3. Supported Platforms • Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000, XP • Linux • Mac OS X • OS/2 • Solaris

  4. Thunderbird Is Free • Thunderbird is a free, open source program • Maintained by the Mozilla project • Downloadable at http://www.mozilla.com/thunderbird/

  5. About the Mozilla Project • Launched by Netscape in 1998 • Large, open source community of developers and testers • Development roadmap available to the public • Frequent releases • Advocate for standards on the Net

  6. Features • Multiple e-mail and newsgroup accounts • POP and IMAP protocols • HTML mail formatting • Import and export e-mail accounts and messages • Spell check as you type • Deleting and detaching file attachments • Advanced message filtering • Folder retention rules • Customizable • E-mail stored as plain text

  7. Features Not Included • Calendar, notes, and task management • Support for HTML e-mail (e.g. Hotmail)

  8. Junk Mail Filters • Adaptive junk mail detection “learns” what is junk and what is not junk • Will use your mail provider’s spam filters • Marking a message as “junk” is as easy as clicking a button

  9. Anti-phishing Protection Thunderbird alerts you when a message might be a scam

  10. Security • S/MIME • Digital signing • Message encryption • Certificates and security devices • Attachments never run without permission • Does not allow scripts to run by default • Does not display pictures by default

  11. Automatic Updates • Automatically downloaded in the background • Prompts you to install them when ready

  12. Customizations • Customizable toolbar • Extensions • Themes • Three unique message views • Mail views to sort your e-mail

  13. Extensions • Small program add-ons that extend the capabilities of Thunderbird • Available on Mozilla’s website • Made by third parties, so they may be risky

  14. Sampling of Extensions • DictionarySearch: Look up a selected word in an online dictionary • Contacts Sidebar: Display address book in a sidebar • StockTicker: Show favorite stocks in a customizable ticker

  15. What Don’t I Like? • When copying or moving messages, folder navigation is clumsy and error-prone at best • When in the midst of selecting a folder to move or copy a message to, there is no way to create a new folder

  16. Cool Geek Trick • Set up a multi-boot system with Windows XP and Linux • Install Thunderbird for Windows and set up your e-mail account • Install Thunderbird for Linux • Copy and tweak the preferences file to access the folders and e-mail messages stored on the Windows partition

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