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“...the beauty of the open source Thunderbird email client is its extensibility. Sure we love our web-based email like Gmail, but Thunderbird is the ultimate open source desktop email app. Its pluggable interface lets developers freely build extensions to make it ever more useful. And ever more useful do a few key extensions make it." Gina Trapani, Lifehacker, Feb. 7, 2007
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Windows
Operating Systems
- Windows 98
- Windows 98 SE
- Windows ME
- Windows NT 4.0
- Windows 2000
- Windows XP (Recommended)
- Windows Vista
Minimum Hardware
- Pentium 233 MHz (Recommended: Pentium 500MHz or greater)
- 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
- 52 MB hard drive space
Linux
Software Requirements
Please note that Linux distributors may provide packages for your distribution which have different requirements.
- Linux kernel - 2.2.14 with the following libraries or packages minimums:
- glibc 2.3.2
- gtk+2.0
- XFree86-3.3.6
- fontconfig (also known as xft)
- libstdc++5
- Thunderbird has been tested on Linux Fedora Core 4
Minimum Hardware
- Intel Pentium II or AMD K6-III+ 233 MHz CPU (Recommended: 500MHz or greater)
- 64 MB RAM (Recommended: 128 MB RAM or greater)
- 52 MB hard drive space
Mac
Operating Systems
- Mac OS X 10.2.x and later
Minimum Hardware
- Macintosh computer with an Intel x86 or PowerPC G3, G4, or G5 processor
- 128 MB RAM (Recommended: 256 MB RAM or greater)
- 200 MB hard drive space
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Microsoft Outlook or Outlook (full name Microsoft Office Outlook since Outlook 2003) is a personal information manager from Microsoft, and is part of the Microsoft Office suite. Although often used mainly as an e-mail application, it also provides a calendar, task and contact management, note taking, a journal and web browsing. It can be...
Mozilla Thunderbird
69%
vs.
Microsoft Office Outlook
31%
MSRP $0.00
Released September, 2007
Cons
- When opening attachments, it is prone to crashing.
Mozilla Thunderbird
71%
vs.
Windows Live Mail
29%
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Outlook Express is an e-mail/news client that was included with several versions of Microsoft Windows, starting with Windows 98 through the release of Windows XP. Outlook Express was also bundled with Internet Explorer 4.0, and available for Windows 95 and Mac OS 9. In Windows Vista, Outlook Express is replaced with Windows Mail. Windows...
Mozilla Thunderbird
100%
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Reviews
May 14, 2009
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reviewer
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
- Automated Update
- Phishing Protection
- Very quick installation; can be used from portable media e.g. USB stick
- Message Tagging
- With proper plugin, can be used for a lot of web mail accounts (hotmail, yahoo, gmail)
- tried & tested interface, easy message filtering & organisation
Cons
- Extensions must be downloaded and installed manually.
- Junk mail filtering is not always accurate. If it marks it as junk and you tell it that it is not junk, it has a tendency to keep marking it as junk.
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June 4, 2008
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
- Automated Update
- Phishing Protection
- Very quick installation; can be used from portable media e.g. USB stick
- Saved Searches
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June 9, 2008
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Very quick installation; can be used from portable media e.g. USB stick
- Saved Searches
- Message Tagging
Cons
- Extensions must be downloaded and installed manually.
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February 6, 2008
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reviewer
Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- Extensions and Themes
- Automated Update
- Phishing Protection
- Saved Searches
- Message Tagging
Cons
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December 4, 2008
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
- Automated Update
- Very quick installation; can be used from portable media e.g. USB stick
- tried & tested interface, easy message filtering & organisation
Cons
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May 18, 2008
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have it
Pros
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
- Automated Update
- Very quick installation; can be used from portable media e.g. USB stick
- With proper plugin, can be used for a lot of web mail accounts (hotmail, yahoo, gmail)
- tried & tested interface, easy message filtering & organisation
Cons
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September 2, 2009
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Pros
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Extensions and Themes
- Phishing Protection
- With proper plugin, can be used for a lot of web mail accounts (hotmail, yahoo, gmail)
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June 17, 2008
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Pros
- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
- multiple mailbox support
- Automated Update
- Phishing Protection
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May 16, 2008
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- Free open-source software
- Custom junk mail filters
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January 10, 2008
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- Free open-source software
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