Aqua-Soft ForumsIs this new Thunderbird mail client any good? If you are using it at the moment, waht are the pro's and con's of it? How does it compare to other mail clients?
All help is appreciated :woot:
Is Thunderbird Any Good?
I like it. Remember, its basically a stand-alone Mozilla Mail. It has no new features.
Its got POP3/IMAP checking, with plenty of options.
Its got AWESOME bayesian filtering, so after a few weeks of recieving mail, you get NO junk mail.
All it really does is News/Email. Its not like Outlook with a calender, appointments, etc. Its a nice light client with all the features you need for email,and nothing else.
There is a huge discussion over here: http://www.mozillazine.org/forums/index.php?c=8
I'm testing it as well
Sounds like it may be worth the change. But one small questions; can it import accounts over from Outlook Express? If it can, then that's it. I'm switching :rule:
It can, but not if its Hotmail.
Just use Mr. Aqua's Savann, its simply the best browser out there. 
Remebmer to thank him, we don't want him to for the same reason as Cassiel.
Does Savanna have a mail client? I didn't think it did.
Originally posted by contrasutra@May 30 2003, 09:08 PMIt can, but not if its Hotmail.
It can? I've had a good look around the program, and I can't seem to find how to import my account. Do you know how? 
It does it automatically the first time you run it.
I know Mozilla Mail did, so Thunderbird should do it as well.
Originally posted by contrasutra@May 30 2003, 04:44 PMIt does it automatically the first time you run it.
I know Mozilla Mail did, so Thunderbird should do it as well.
Actually, I just recently installed the mozilla suite and I had to manually add the servers.
not a big deal, but just my experience with it.
Were you using Outlook, because it only works with Express.
Its also not perfect. But it worked fine for me.
Why do you need all these functions in a browser?? Tabs are great, but come on who really uses mail clients in their browser, and many of the other functions?? 
Aftera certain point the browser ceases to be just a browser, its not better, just bloated and more feature laden. <_< <_
This is the whole point of the Thunderbird/Firebird project.
Mozilla was too bloated with a Browser,mail client, IRC, composer. So two groups formed. The Firebird and Thunderbird project.
The Firebirds goal was to remove all the bloat and create a standalone Mozilla Browser w/o too many useless features.
The thunderbird project is to port Mozilla Mail over to a new toolkit, and to remove all the other Mozilla parts to create a standalone Mail Client.
Thunderbird runs w/o Mozilla.
Thanks for clarifying that point, I thought thuderbird was a new release of Mozilla or something of the sort. 
Maybe I'll try it; it sounds cool.
Originally posted by nrzero@May 31 2003, 04:00 AMThanks for clarifying that point, I thought thuderbird was a new release of Mozilla or something of the sort.
It is